Well I finally got this tractor all back together and all the bugs worked out of it, I think.
(Wish I could say the same for my keyboard issue).
But anyway, I wanted to know if anyone here can tell me what holds the hood up and keeps it from smashing into the grille. My other one had a chain that kept it from going too far, but the hood for this one doesn't have a single place that a chain, or anything else can attach to to stop it. I finally just put 4 rubber bumpers on the grille so it has something to rest against.
I had to modify the hood because the tractor doesn't have the original fuel tank, so the hole in the hood was not in the right spot. I painted it white to match the grille and the dashboard, but also because it hides my less than stellar bodywork, lol! It doesn't look that bad, as long as you don't look too closely at it.
There's a picture of the new muffler bracket I made too. Much better than what it had.
And a few of the mower deck I adapted to it. This deck had one belt that drove the blades and went up to the engine. So I had to modify that by using 3 matching Chevy waterpump pulleys to get a second belt on it that just runs between the blades.
You can see where I cut and welded the deck to clear the front wheels too. That turned out to be unnecessary.
Anyway, the main question is how did they keep the hood from hitting the grille? A cable, chain, bracket, what?
Thanks for any help.
Rick
(Wish I could say the same for my keyboard issue).
But anyway, I wanted to know if anyone here can tell me what holds the hood up and keeps it from smashing into the grille. My other one had a chain that kept it from going too far, but the hood for this one doesn't have a single place that a chain, or anything else can attach to to stop it. I finally just put 4 rubber bumpers on the grille so it has something to rest against.
I had to modify the hood because the tractor doesn't have the original fuel tank, so the hole in the hood was not in the right spot. I painted it white to match the grille and the dashboard, but also because it hides my less than stellar bodywork, lol! It doesn't look that bad, as long as you don't look too closely at it.
There's a picture of the new muffler bracket I made too. Much better than what it had.
And a few of the mower deck I adapted to it. This deck had one belt that drove the blades and went up to the engine. So I had to modify that by using 3 matching Chevy waterpump pulleys to get a second belt on it that just runs between the blades.
You can see where I cut and welded the deck to clear the front wheels too. That turned out to be unnecessary.
Anyway, the main question is how did they keep the hood from hitting the grille? A cable, chain, bracket, what?
Thanks for any help.
Rick
