{"id":270,"date":"2013-06-11T11:52:02","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T11:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2013-06-11T11:56:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T11:56:30","slug":"countax-c300h","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/?page_id=270","title":{"rendered":"Countax C300H"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hydrostatic gearboxes don&#8217;t last long in a hilly environment.<\/p>\n<p>Peerless has gone bust!<\/p>\n<p>So what is the answer?\u00a0\u00a0 Scrap the mower?\u00a0 Buy loads of scrap hydraulic parts and weld up your own drive system&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>NO!\u00a0\u00a0 Fit an 801 gearbox &#8211; brand new at only \u00a3395 + vat<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_271\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/CIMG0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271\" class=\"size-large wp-image-271\" alt=\"All the holes match!!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/CIMG0003-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"436\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comparison..<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It Fits, just need a few spacers or washers.\u00a0 Rob the brake leaver off the hydro box.\u00a0 Buy a longer belt and make one push rod with a hole in each end.\u00a0 Done.\u00a0 Really rugged manual 5 speed and reverse gearbox.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy the pulley for the 801 including key and circlip.<\/li>\n<li>Buy a new belt.<\/li>\n<li>Make two wheel spacers from some tube and washers.<\/li>\n<li>Make a push rod to operate the gear mechanism &#8211; straight bar with a hole in each end.<\/li>\n<li>Might need to bend the brake arm a bit to make it reach the new position.<\/li>\n<li>Bolt it into the tractor &#8211; fit the belt.<\/li>\n<li>Fit the gear mechanism and brake arm.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t change geer when on the move.\u00a0 Always put your foot on the brake and this disengages the clutch then change gear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thats it..\u00a0 If in doubt or want a mail order site to buy the bits and gearbox, get in touch..<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_272\" style=\"width: 536px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/CIMG0016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272\" class=\"size-large wp-image-272\" alt=\"C300H RHS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/CIMG0016-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"526\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can see the brake mechanism..<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hydrostatic gearboxes don&#8217;t last long in a hilly environment.<\/p>\n<p>Peerless has gone bust!<\/p>\n<p>So what is the answer? Scrap the mower? Buy loads of scrap hydraulic parts and weld up your own drive system&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>NO! Fit an 801 gearbox &#8211; brand new at only \u00a3395 + vat<\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comparison..<\/p>\n<p>It Fits, just need [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/270\/revisions\/278"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astro.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}