[gleanerjd]

Last winter we purchased our neighbors 1981 gleaner l2 to replace our model E. I love it, However the owners manual does not have all the pages, infact it is missing most of the settings pages. It has the 426, hydro traction, 15 foot grain head, and its the corn plus.

1st. what is corn plus?

2nd. what should i set the combine too for soybeans? cyl speed, fan speed, etc. there 13-15 % moiuster right now

3rd. is there a good way other then moth balls to keep mice out of the cab?

4th. this summer our soft red wheat kept leaving unthreshed wheat in the feild, or small heads in the bin we closed our lower sive all the way, set the cyl to 1080, and the cyl clearance was 7/16 i believe, if it was any more or less for both of those cly settings, we got cracked wheat.

Thanks, i would really appreacaite it if some of you long time gleaner operators could shed some light on those issues

 

[rjrenko]

I big jump from a E to a L2. I'm jealous. I can help you on one of your questions. "Corn Plus" was a combined option package over and above the standard combine. Things like A luxury seat,Tattletale IV monitor, Pacer Efficiency gauge,engine boost gauge,heavy duty start,roller chain tailings elevator, digital tach, variable drive on the corn head, and a few more. I hope you enjoy your new combine.

 

[gleanerjd]

It only has 2715 engine, and 2170 seperator hours, we still have the old E my dad and uncles....well there not big fans for change. its the "back up" i love it, i love driving it, its my girl the a/c in the cab works great but alot of the monitors dont, but there simple to fix, and we have the complete service manual for it also something i forgot to ad i would be willing to pay for someones old operators manual if its complete

 

[ibewwireman]

Check ebay. You can find almost any operators manual for sale on there.

 

[ru4gleaner2]

gleanerjd,

You'll love the L2. We also have a 81 Corn Plus. Another thing the Corp Plus will do will allow you to slow the cylinder speed way down for corn along with the variable header drive like rjrenko mentioned above.

As far as the mouse problem we've found the best thing to do is make sure your machine is completely clean of any grain and make sure your shed that you keep your combine in isn't full of loose grain also. Have fun with that L2.

 

[js5020]

Do the L2's also have the punched hole screen in the bottom of the shoe and on the clean grain elevator,, or was that only on corn and bean specials?

 

[aras]

We have a L3 Corn PAC which I believe is the same as long as your L2 is a later one with the long shoe. My bean setup that works good for me is to set the cylinder at 3/8" clearance and 650 RPM. Air at 6-7 with a square corn chaffer set at about 1/2-5/8" opening with a bean screen that has 7/16" holes. The screen came with the combine and I've only used it for bean. I don't really know why the sieve wouldn't work as well. I did try doing beans with the cylinder filler bars in one year -- DID NOT WORK.

Mice hate dryer sheets too.

They don't get much better than the L Series. Enjoy the Gleaner!

 

[gleanerjd]

thanks for the help guys

 

[bee]

The mice in cab problem can be solved by looking at floor under control console... there is a large piece of foam covering up large square hole in floor. This is where mice chew thru foam and get in cab. Take and lift foam up and slide a piece of tin over hole and secure with sheet metal screws. You can lay foam back over tin. This will keep mice out. I did this to many gleaners we owned after trying everything to keep them out(mothballs,dryer sheets,etc) You need to eliminate the place they enter. Also I wonder if cleaning combine throughly outside helps or not... One thought is if they have something to chew on other than wires and hoses like grain they might leave other things alone...I've tried it both ways and not sure if any difference. I do put moth balls on and around engine and and around combine on floor and have not had any problems. Hope this helps.

 

[gleanerman]

Theres another place where mice get in too, we found out this year... On the back wall of the cab below and left of the seat is a square metal plate held by four capscrews. For some reason it is spaced out from the metal wall of the cab by spacers the thickness of the cab insulation. Mice chew their way along the insulation between this plate and the cab wall and into the cab. Remove the plate,throw away the spacers and bolt the plate back in place.