My new 4300 project

[larboc]

K on the carry all... see it now.

And only takes one well placed stick to rip off the bail on the pins.. regardless of how much spring is left. So rare that those arms are ever removed.. unless you exchange with a backhoe. Good on your builds.

O I see what you are saying, you said third picture which confused me. You meant the first picture which shows the pins at the transmission case? Yes, I'll bolt those, good idea. Makes sense now!

 

[beenthere]

Yes, but thought that was 3rd pic.
Need glasses..

 

[Egon]

Follow Beentheres advice on the pins.

 

[larboc]

Kinda forgot to update this, everything's been working well. I love having the heated cab.

Had to go open up the neighbors driveway last weekend. They hadn't been keeping up on plowing and it drifted in on them. I took my time in low gear and the model 59 blower just kept doing it's thing. Never got stuck despite a coating of ice on the driveway underneath.

Pulled it in the shop last night to de-ice and get some more lighting.

 

[TSO]

Looks like some heavy snow! Looking good

 

[RoyJackson]

Kinda forgot to update this, everything's been working well. I love having the heated cab.

Had to go open up the neighbors driveway last weekend. They hadn't been keeping up on plowing and it drifted in on them. I took my time in low gear and the model 59 blower just kept doing it's thing. Never got stuck despite a coating of ice on the driveway underneath.
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Pulled it in the shop last night to de-ice and get some more lighting.
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Yeah, turf tires are great in the snow!

LED lights are great...might want to consider good quality lamps. I'm still using factory lighting (I also have a Curtis Cab) on the front...replaced the rear work light with an LED Light Bar

 

[larboc]

I'm finding I like to turn off the factory headlights and just use the lightbar on top of the cab. The normal headlights reflect off the snow and make it hard to see. I made a punched angle iron "halo" that sets on the cab with magnets so I can take it off easily to get under the 7' door. Right now it is jankly wired with some speaker wire twisted and taped just to get working.

Tonight I'm working on wiring in a 7-way flat RV style trailer connector on the tractor to power the light halo, and adding some small square LED lights all around for 360* of lighting. My plan is to wire it in so that the AUX power pin will run the LED lights and the reverse power pin will run an amber beacon.
The rest of the pins will be hooked up to the tail and running lights so I can use it to run and test trailer lights.

I'm just buying the cheapest LED lights on ebay and so far they look to be identical to more expensive units which are also made in china. We'll see how long they last. I just bought an 8-pack of 4" square 48watt lights for $44 delivered, should be here today.
8PC Square 48W 4'' Spot LED Work Light Bar Driving Offroad SUV ATV 4WD 12V/24V E

 

[beenthere]

larboc
Thanks for the update. I'm impressed with your snow rig and turf tire performance in that deep snow, and without chains.

Maybe you'd add a pic or two in the snow thread running on TBN...
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/snow-removal/184041-pictures-your-snow-weapons-339.html

 

[larboc]

Well crap, looks like I need to rebuild the engine. Started noticing a whole lot of crankcase blowby and a miss. Tore the engine down (hardest part was pulling the tank, they really don't make that easy) and took some measurements. The cross hatching in all 3 cylinders looked suspiciously good. I couldn't tell if the head had been off before or not.
I'm thinking someone might have honed it in the past with stock bore when it should have been pulled and bored oversized.




I took some measurements and she needs rebuilt

Cyl. aA___aB_____bA_____bB_____cA_____cB
1 84.02066 84.02574 84.02066 84.04098 84.0232 84.0232
2 84.02574 84.01812 84.02828 84.03844 84.03336 84.01558
3 84.01304 84.03844 84.0105 84.05622 84.01304 84.03844

 

[carolinatractor]

I have the mounting kit for the mower deck cylinder and mounts. I all so have a like new deck with all brackets.