Toolbox and Lights for my JD4100

[JimmyO]

Yes you can definitely weld aluminum with a Mig. However to get good results the use of a shielding gas is neccesary. Aluminum Mig welds done with a wire that is self shielded(ie does not use a gas) look bad and are not nearly as strong. And because of aluminum's softness it helps tremendously to use a spool gun, as the aluminum tends to bindup in a typical 15' mig lead. Where the tig really shines is on thin material and on outside corners. On inside corners the mig definitely has the advantage as the wire feeds right through the center of the torch. With the tig it is often very difficult to get the torch and the wire in since they have to come in from different angles. Hopes this helps.

Jimmy

 

[Bob_Trevithick]

Hi Terry,

<font color=blue>...Wow, I didn't expect this much traffic on my post. But that's cool, TBNers are a great bunch of people.</font color=blue>

They sure are!

Sorry I got your topic off target a bit.. hopefully people will still show up with 4100 light setups, which was your original request! /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

You'll have a great setup when you're done, I'm sure!

Best,
Bob

Bob Trevithick

 

[Anonymous Poster]

http://jdpc.deere.com/pimages/MP24/MP24664________UN12APR01.gif
John Deere - Parts

Catalog: 2654 | Grid : C24 | Section: 40 | Page: 18
Catalog Name: 4100 COMPACT UTILITY TRACTOR
Page Name: WIRING HARNESS



<pre> PART NO. PART NAME QTY SERIAL NO. 4100G 4100H 4100N REMARKS
1 M807483 COVER 1
2 19M7964 CAP SCREW 3 M8 X 12
3 M807462 LINK 1
4 CH13189 CLAMP 4
M800307 CLAMP 1
5 M807894 CABLE 1 (POSITIVE)
6 M807463 BOLT 2
7 M807895 GROUND CABLE 1
8 M807893 WIRING HARNESS 1
9 M807453 FUSE BOX 1 (INCLUDES FUSES)
KEY PART NO. PART NAME QTY SERIAL NO. 4100G 4100H 4100N REMARKS
M808593 FUSE 2 10 AMP
M808594 FUSE 1 15 AMP
M808595 FUSE 1 20 AMP
10 M809070 WIRING HARNESS 1 X X (SUB FOR M807890)
M809075 WIRING HARNESS 1 X (SUB FOR M807896)
11 M807465 HOSE CLAMP 1
12 M807378 BOLT 1
13 CH16579 CLAMP 4
14 M807891 WIRING HARNESS 1 X X
M809076 WIRING HARNESS 1 X (SUB FOR M807897)
KEY PART NO. PART NAME QTY SERIAL NO. 4100G 4100H 4100N REMARKS
15 M807892 WIRING HARNESS 1
16 M808579 TUBE 1 X
17 12M7065 LOCK WASHER 3 8 MM
18 T114319 DIODE 2 (BLUE)
19 LVU800146 DIODE 1 (BLACK)

</pre>

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Terry, I have access to most everything on JD back to about 1940, but schematics are in printed manuals {I only have JD5205}. This is the wiring harness for the 4100, but very hard to decipher...{basically pictorial layout... that's about it...}

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Muhammad on 12/18/01 08:19 AM (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[Anonymous Poster]

<font color=blue>...a company called Upright Scaffolds...</font color=blue>

I picked up one of those at an auction this past summer... I need a pawl for one side {broken}... I can put the darn thing up, but the spring is broken in the pawl and it won't come down unless I manually push it... {have you ever taken a "Jack-in-a-box or toaster" apart....? and parts go flying?} /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

I guess the company was bought out by United Rental and they were as helpful as **** on a boar hog... they could rent or sell me a new unit for $1500-2200... /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

I need a $1 dollar part... any available on the West Coast? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Harv]

<font color=blue>the company was bought out by United Rental</font color=blue> (Upright Scaffold)

A mere 30 years and I've already lost track of what happened to that company, but I somehow doubt they were bought by a rental outfit. Upright was a full-blown manufacturing concern consisting of a foundry (made all their own castings and fittings), production lines, R&D facility, etc. Rental yards were their main customers.

Besides every kind of scaffold, tower and scissor lift you can think of, they also had a line of grape harvesting machines. Wish I had pictures of those things. They were about 2 stories high so they could straddle rows of grapevines, which they could then harvest as they drove along. They sold a bunch to France, but it turns out French vineyards are built on hillsides, and our harvesters had a tendency to topple over. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif The solution was totally cool -- each "leg" was made hydraulic and all were controlled by sensors which kept the machine level no matter what the terrain.

Let's see ... what were we talking about? Oh yeah! Welders, toolboxes 'n' stuff like that. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[MikePA]

I've been coming to Pittsburgh about every month, for 3 - 4 days at a time, for the past 2 years, as have several others from the company where I work. This is due to a merger between my original company based in central PA and a company located in Pgh.

So, we've been to many of the great restaurants (and not so great /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif) in and around Pgh. PapaJs, 1902, Primante (sp?) Brothers, etc. Downtown, Station Square, Southside, the area is filled with great places to eat as well as great sports teams to see in action. I've been to see the Pirates (new stadium is gorgeous...and expensive) and Penguins play, but not the Steelers.

Anyway, back to the topic...I encased the wire I ran to the battery in some of that black corrugated sheathing, the kind with a split down its length. I noticed that all the other wires that ran from the engine compartment to the back of the tractor were protected in this manner, so I thought I'd better follow suit.

 

[TerryinMD]

John,

Thanks for the diagram. Interesting.... clear as mud. If they only labeled the connectors...

What was this captured from?

To everyone else, thank you for the complements and suggestions.

Terry

 

[Anonymous Poster]

<font color=blue>...What was this captured from?...</font color=blue>

JD 4100 parts manual...

 

[DFB]

Terry, like Mike has already detailed a fused circuit direct from the battery is probably the easiest way to power the additional lights.

Specs on the headlights are 37.5W and the tailight are 5W

What size fuse is in the light circuit now?

DFB

 

[Anonymous Poster]

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