Adding Lights to a 2016 Mahindra Max 26

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ADKMax26

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I figured I would make a post to show how I added lights to my Max 26 and the parts I used. I will admit that the ideas and some of the pieces are from ideas I found on here and on youtube. Where I can remember I will give credit to those sources that I pulled from. This all started with a gift from my wife of a 12" nilight light bar and a wiring harness. I do have a background in DC wiring so it is my comfort zone. I have been watching a ton of videos and will credit "A Ritter bit will do" and "Paul and Kathy Short" both Youtubers on the idea of a 2nd fuse panel. I purchased a Fastronix 4 fuse panel from Amazon and drilled and tapped a spot for it on the drivers side under the kick board. I will credit "5 Year Plan" a Youtuber for accessing the kick board and for the Nilights used. In trying to source a main fuse and wiring to go from the battery to the added fuse panel I found a lot of wire on Amazon but for my price point all of the wire seemed to be copper clad aluminum. Going back to my younger years crutchfield crossed my mind. I looked at amp kits and found that they have their own branded oxygen free wire kits. It was about $30 but it came with 10 awg wire, some wire loom and a mini-ANL fuse and holder. I mounted the fuse by the Master fuse which I drilled and tapped. I used precaution when drilling since it was close to a line (hydraulic cooler?). I had posted a bit earlier of an electrical issue I was having and the dealer recommended changing out the battery terminals. I found InstallGear makes a set of battery terminals made again and marketed mostly for car audio. I will warn you the negative terminal will need to use the supplied shims. I wasn't having much luck with the shims so I decided to use a simpler terminal for the negative terminal. The positive terminal made separating out the battery connections individually a breeze given there was 4 separate set screws to connect the wiring. This however did not fix my ongoing issue with starting. I purchased some more wire loom, heat shrink, another Nilight wiring harness and (4) 4" Nilight flood lights. I mounted 2 switches on the drivers side lower smooth portion of the dash panel. This was a bit tricky and I used a dremel and files to get the cutting done. I credit Paul Short for idea of using a file to get the holes the right size. The holes may be a bit bigger than I would like. I haven't got it put together completely yet so I will wait for the complete reassembly for judgement on that. As for mounting the light bar and lights I am using an idea I found on here from user jambx. I picked up my county line stake pockets at tractor supply. The install is a work in progress and I still have the tractor in pieces. I will post some pics along the way to the finish line.
 

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I don’t take ANY electrical advice for a dude named “short”.......

Thx for sharing. Hope some photos will follow!
 
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I did a little bit more today. It is a slow process in an unheated attached garage in a northern New York winter. I got the wires fishes under the tractor and zip tied to the factory wiring harness. Removing the PTO/gear selection dress plate helped a bunch.
 

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Had a warm up for the past few days. So I purchased and cut in a third switch and a 12 volt outlet. I have ran the wires for the 3 switch. I started on my lighting brackets but have not finished them yet. I am adding in a pic of the other 2 switches I got cut in the other day.
I have decided to shorten the wiring harness to save space under the cowl. I am adding a photo of the before and after.IMG_0008.JPG



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I would like to add lights to mine and don't have a problem finding lights but could use suggestions on switches. A 2 gang switch box for the front and rear lights that could mount at the bottom of the rops near the power pigtail would be ideal but I am open to all suggestions. I would prefer switches that are labeled front and rear lights.
 
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I don’t know if any switch box right off hand. But you could do something like I did on my 12 volt outlet. I mounted it on the 3 point control lever trim plate. Nilight I believe makes round switches also. Here is a pic of my outlet. I did zip tie it pretty good to make sure it wouldn’t get tangled in the lever linkage.

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