TC40DA Headlamp Assembly

[pikewrench]

Wife in a week and half broke the glass lens on both headlights and three bulbs exploded while moving indoor from the rain. I searched the net but find with tax and shipping and bulbs a total of 500 bucks to replace both and no guarantee that they'll last another week. Looked for something to replace it that would work that was price friendly and could be easily replaced. Found an Allis Chalmer 5.5 inch bullet shaped head light with a seal beam to replace the lower light. Rear mount stud goes right in the bulb hole. Added half inch foam tape around it to control vibration movement that could weaken the mount, though is has huge cupped metal washers that come with it. The upper light does not shine straight ahead, it is an area work light. Found a New Holland LED to mount in after some modifications. Had to cut the back out of the hole and had to cut the mounting ears off the new light... JB welded the gaps after covering the light body with the plastic bag it was shipped in. Filled the space with JB and after it set, removed the light from the bag and removed the bag itself. Sanded the area and removed the chrome reflector. spray them flat black and attached the lights with 3 screws.

 

[pikewrench]

Used WN-388946R91, 25.00 each on eBay on the bottom.
Used 82035642 on top. 64.47 or two for 138.93 w/shipping on amazon (this is a new holland part)
Both are mounted in the original light housing

 

[MiserableOldFart]

New Holland parts are certainly a bargain, are they not? That is the one thing that has me considering other brands of tractors, and I do my best to see what their parts prices are like as part of my due diligence..

 

[spitter]

I would have fixed the tractor and got rid of the wife.:drink:

 

[pikewrench]

I would have fixed the tractor and got rid of the wife.:drink:

Wife bought the tractor, would have lost it in the divorce.

 

[pikewrench]

Bought it at an auction down the road where several parcels of land and a couple of houses were being sold off. This was the last item and the majority of the people left. Tractor had a tree fall on it. Insurance put a new engine, all new plastic fenders and cowling and a whole new 16L front bucket assembly. Had 200 hours on the repairs. Added a 758C backhoe sub frame mounted. It came with half dozen attachments and a dual axle factory trailer. Put 500 hours more on it so far. Did read here and found that the right hyd. fluid makes a big difference in this unit performance. Been using it to dig up around sweet gums and pines and than push them over after digging a 3-4’ deep trench around them. Have done more than 30 so far, got 40-50 more to go