My NX6010

[GManBart]

I hope that the only Kioti I ever see in that condition is yours....LOL.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I hope that the only Kioti I ever see in that condition is yours....LOL.

Heh. It is slightly more together, or at least the dash is all back together now, but the joystick is all torn apart and I'm waiting for hydraulic parts.

While that happens, I stained my backyard deck and chased down and sorted an oil leak on my zero turn.

Hopefully, this deck will tell people, "buy me," and "pay top dollar," and "Yes, I agree to dual agency, Eric!"

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Tractor progress is interrupted by neighbors and highballs. It happens often since I dole out free BGTs, greyhounds and beer all summer.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Although I removed the rubber boot and put a 12mm and 19mm wrenches on the joystick shaft in order to loosen the locknut and remove the shaft so I could drill out new mounting holes for the new handle, that little voice inside of me said I was about to break lugs off of the joystick twisting on the 12mm. As a result, I needed to find an alternative jig in order to hold the round stock shaft straight so I could drill it. A 5/8" hole through a saw horse, and I had my jig.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Finished up the sound damping today. Located one camera and the monitor (although I'm thinking about putting it up in the headliner instead of clamped to the righthand door grab rail), popped in an additional 12v power point and here I'm finding always-on, unswitched power for it.

Here you can see things going back together now.

 

[TSO]

That's a big project ... come do mine next!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

That's a big project ... come do mine next!

Been waiting on hydraulic bits. Today I received the D03 stuff, but I think I'll wait to see the D05 stuff before locating the 3rd function valve and chasing off to the hydraulics shop to begin making custom hoses. I'm not exactly sure how I'll get hydros up to the loader, but I'd like to get some hard line made since I'll be in the thick of the woods often. I spaced off taking the electric measurements with the engine running I need before taking apart the hydraulics and so I cannot work on my custom breadboard to drive the ECU to accelerate the engine on the trigger button. My bad.

In the meantime, I've been messing around with how and where I will grab always on power and switched power, while second guessing where I've located the monitor (it is tough to tell if I like the monitor where I mounted it on the righthand door handle or if I should mount it on the dash or up in the headliner without a seat installed).

Anyway, I'm doing housekeeping, and located and wired in an always on 12v power point since Kioti's 12v power point is switched. These wire loom tools make quick work of making your own, custom wire looms.

And these piggy-back fuse jumpers make grabbing fused power and switched power, easy.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Today I began making what I hope will look like a factory wiring loom to run the electrics I'm adding.

Careful to locate my new wiring harness in places where it is guarded from getting ripped away by brush and saplings.

Utilizing factory tie-downs.

Utilizing rubber grommets whenever needed.

All hand-wrapped from tip to tail with 3M Super 33+ electrical tape.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Today I began making what I hope will look like a factory wiring loom to run the electrics I'm adding.

Careful to locate my new wiring harness in places where it is guarded from getting ripped away by brush and saplings.

Utilizing factory tie-downs.

Utilizing rubber grommets whenever needed.

All hand-wrapped from tip to tail with 3M Super 33+ electrical tape.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Yesterday I also made a short, "Kioti, what are you thinking?" video.