Cleaning up 1700

[branman1971]

I got back in town last night and today after work I started cleaning up my new rig. Managed to get a ton of grease and slobber off of the tractor and a bunch of the green paint came right off with a normal garden hose with a decent nozzle. I bet the pressure washer will get a bunch of it off. The green seems to be sticking to the red pretty good but it comes right off of the silver, which I dont know if that silver paint, or bare metal. The roll over bar is very rusty and I think im gonna wire wheel it tonight over a few beers and then paint it. Anyways, pics attached.

 

[Thomas]

Little TLC always good thing.

Would that be home built roll bar?

 

[deepNdirt]

I got back in town last night and today after work I started cleaning up my new rig. Managed to get a ton of grease and slobber off of the tractor and a bunch of the green paint came right off with a normal garden hose with a decent nozzle. I bet the pressure washer will get a bunch of it off. The green seems to be sticking to the red pretty good but it comes right off of the silver, which I dont know if that silver paint, or bare metal.

That silver looking color is actually a mint green and is the factory color you'll see on most of these model Ym, it was on my 1700 as well but quite worn through in many places, I wasn't able to find this color locally so I repainted over it a darker green of something ready available at most hardware stores,

 

[branman1971]

Little TLC always good thing.

Would that be home built roll bar?

Affirmative on the home built. As you can see in this pic, the lift arms actually hit the roll bar when lifted all the way up and it strains the pump, so I gotta figure out something else. Not the worst looking roll bar but would be nice to make it a convertible. :laughing:

 

[normde2001]

Rustoleum hammered verde green, from Home Depot makes a pretty good touch-up paint. You can paint right over rust.

 

[shawnjvl]

I can see in the pic that you have the original upper three point bracket. Keep it update to a standard upper link. You will need the bracket if you ever use a yanmar tiller.

 

[branman1971]

I can see in the pic that you have the original upper three point bracket. Keep it update to a standard upper link. You will need the bracket if you ever use a yanmar tiller.

Think you can show me the upper link you speak of?

 

[deepNdirt]

Think you can show me the upper link you speak of?

who ever built the ROPS looks to have built it to attach in the same method I did mine, .....
I believe this is the part Shawnjvl is speaking of, I havn't seen one before, is good to have an image available for folks looking for them,

 

[careyo63]

Had my Tiller out this weekend and was just getting ready to put everything up. I take mine off when I'm not useing my Tiller.

 

[branman1971]

Think you can show me the upper link you speak of?

What I meant was, can you show me to the new and improved part he spoke of?