Urgent! Zetor 12145 questions-Australia

[farmerdave]

Thanks I've rigged up a set up so it goes straight onto the battery just In case there's nothin there

 

[farmerdave]

Its home!!! Drove like a gem all the way, worked out to be bout 30kmh in top gear, not to bad,

Next issue, how do you turn the front headlights on?

 

[corundal]

Well done. For lights you rotate the key. There are three positions. When the tractor is parked always pull the key up into a power off position. Also check the front hubs have oil. Checked from the outside of the rim. Large drain plug, small check plug.

 

[farmerdave]

Thanks for the reply
I guess I'm up for a new key setup, having trouble keeping power to the dash, you have to hold it in a certain position to start and keep the gauges on, if you let go of it everything stops working

 

[corundal]

Mine's getting that way too. There's a new one on ebay.

 

[farmerdave]

Just found it, should be good!

Sorry for all the questions, but what do the 4 little lights in the tachometer do? I understand greens indicators, blue is high beam, but what do the other ones do? There's a red one but unsure what its for

 

[corundal]

You know I don't know. Perhaps alternator warning light. The dash on mine is different to the one in my handbook . The handbrake had a light. They always go off and it's never arisen. My tractor is 1980, yours is a later model. The date is on the makers plates, one for the factory and the other for Zetor Australia.

 

[farmerdave]

Thanks mate, it's an 85 model, stock number 12145-53 so it's pretty early, I wired past the key and put a switch in for the ignition, that red light has me wondering, wouldn't think it would be a oil pressure light, I'd say charge, it has some sort of vacuum gauge what does that show?

 

[corundal]

If it's the air pressure gauge it's for towing trailers with air brakes. I think they're only connected if it's got an air tank.