Gravely convertible woes

3258 Views 11 Replies 2 Participants Last post by Five Points, Sep 26, 2012

plumbjack57

Discussion Starter · Sep 22, 2012

Hi from southwest Florida, great to find some like minded folks. We have an XMark ZTR we use for mowing and a 69' Gravely Convertible 7.6 mower to beat the woods back with. Herein lies the problem. The Gravely has always been reliable for mowing, and for the first time, I tried a small tiller that came with it, a univator?, which worked great for the first hour. Now it won't stay engaged and keeps jumping out of gear while tilling, the tiller stops turning, even when holding back on the rod that engages the attachments. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any comments.

Save

1 - 12 of 12 Posts

Five Points

· #2 · Sep 22, 2012

Welcome to the forum! I'm located in Lake County, nice to see a fellow Floridian!
I'm not familiar with univator but I'll have to look it up and see what I can find. One of our other members might jump in before hand. I'll monitor and see if you get some help, meanwhile take a look around the forum.

Save

Five Points

· #3 · Sep 23, 2012

Do you have any manuals for the gravely?

Save

Five Points

· #4 · Sep 23, 2012

Have you checked the clutch on the attachment point, and does the chain drive on the univator turn freely?

Save

Five Points

· #5 · Sep 23, 2012

Another thought, have you tried putting the mower back on? If it doesn't work it may be an internal pto linkage problem and not a tiller problem.

Save

plumbjack57

Discussion Starter · #6 · Sep 23, 2012

Thanks for the message, yeah the univator looks to be much older than the 69' Gravely and has Berkeley Calif. stamped on it which somehow doesn't seem right. Trying to get a garden going down here in the Fort Myers sand.

Save

plumbjack57

Discussion Starter · #7 · Sep 23, 2012

The clutch at the attachment point seems to be engaging properly, although I'm not sure what "normal" looks like on it. Good idea about the mower attachment, I'll put it back on and give it a try, I just assumed it was a clutch problem.

Save

Five Points

· #8 · Sep 23, 2012

They are made in Berkely Calif. Did you get a chance to check those areas out yet?

Wheel Motor vehicle Automotive tire Poster Vehicle

Thought you'd like the ad.
:cool

See less See more

Save

Five Points

· #9 · Sep 23, 2012

There is a big linked chain that drives the cultivator head. You can remove a side cover to view it. If the mower works, Id check out the gearboxes and chain drive on the cultivator.

Save

plumbjack57

Discussion Starter · #10 · Sep 25, 2012

Put the mower attachment back on, it does the same thing, won't stay engaged. Cool advertisement on the univator, any idea how old?

Save

Five Points

· #11 · Sep 26, 2012

Either binding of the external linkage or broken or worn internal PTO shifting mechanism. Probably have to take it apart and insect the PTO section for starters.

Save

Five Points

· #12 · Sep 26, 2012

As far as the year, I think it was @ the late 60s. I might get corrected here but, the Univator was advertised and sold by Gravely dealers but was not made by Gravely. :dunno:

Save

1 - 12 of 12 Posts

This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.

Top Contributors this Month