rear work light kit

[tony binkowski]

hey just got the kit and it looks easy enough but the guys at the dealer said that u have to drop the head liner in the cab to pull down some wires? btw its a b3000 and i dont want to f@#! it up! any help from the veterans would rock thx

 

[JJZ 109]

hey just got the kit and it looks easy enough but the guys at the dealer said that u have to drop the head liner in the cab to pull down some wires? btw its a b3000 and i dont want to f@#! it up! any help from the veterans would rock thx

I put one of those kits in the B3030 cab that I used to own. I didn't drop the whole headliner. If I remember correctly I removed all the fasteners from above the rear window, and a couple from each side. I think the knob had to come off of the fresh/recirculation air vent lever. I was able to pull the liner down enough to get at the factory pigtails.

 

[tony binkowski]

thx for the info!!!!

 

[JJZ 109]

thx for the info!!!!

Let us know how you did. It was a couple years since I did mine and I've since gotten rid of the tractor and went to a skid steer. I was trying to go from vague memories. Hope it helped you out a little.

 

[bandit67]

If you haven't gotten to this yet, dropping the headliner isn't that big of a project. I did it just to see what was up there (had conflicting info on whether speakers were up there already or not), and wanted to get a general idea of what was going on up there for some potential future projects I have in mind.

You don't necessarily have to drop the whole liner to do the lights, but it might make it a little easier depending on how they tucked the wires up in there.

 

[srs]

Hi Tony, if possible can you post a picture or two where the wires are? Appreciate it! Stanley

 

[JJZ 109]

If you haven't gotten to this yet, dropping the headliner isn't that big of a project. I did it just to see what was up there (had conflicting info on whether speakers were up there already or not), and wanted to get a general idea of what was going on up there for some potential future projects I have in mind.

You don't necessarily have to drop the whole liner to do the lights, but it might make it a little easier depending on how they tucked the wires up in there.

Of course you've got a new model and mine was a 2009, but I know that there were no speakers in mine. I do remember the antenna wire being way up in the right front (as you sit in the seat) corner. I had the complete liner in & out several times doing the speaker/stereo install. I also bought Kubota's stereo mount, which will take pretty much any car stereo and aligns with existing bolts to install. You're right in that it isn't that big of a project. An extra pair of hands would have been nice a few times, but I managed to do it solo.
I'm trying to remember, but I think that you have the obvious plastic fasteners around the perimeter, a couple of screws to take the face plate off of the climate control panel and then the little knob on the fresh/recirculate air lever. I don't recall if that had a set screw in it or not.

 

[tony binkowski]

its 15 below zero here and shop isnt heating enough to do it but as soon as it gets alittle warmer i will get it done and post info

 

[tony binkowski]

15-below zero shop isnt heating enough for project but i will get info to you as soon as it gets warmer, i hope. hope all is well!

 

[bandit67]

No speakers in the B3000 either. That's why the radio install kit runs $300. I plan to do a radio at some point, but have found some decent aftermarket setups that would allow me to bypass the Kubota install kit. But I also plan to eventually add a backup camera to make snowblowing with my 3pt blower easier.

Just need to decide if I do 2 different setups, or and all-in-one stereo/camera screen.

Yeah, we had that cold for a couple weeks here. Virtually no new snow during that cold blast, either. So I wasn't all that motivated to be out in the garage/shop much. I did plow a 3/4" snowfall just because the tractor had been sitting for nearly 3 weeks. Now Denver is supposed to brush a record high close to 70* tomorrow.