John Deere 165 Hydro Drive Belt Replacement

cjet69

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My brother has been using my freebie 165 Hydro ever since we got the deck rebuilt in 2014. Last weekend the drive belt gave up. He started working on it in his yard but with the lack of tools and the pto clutch being stuck we decided it was better off in the shop. Much cooler out of the sun also. Hauled it down in the tilt trailer behind the Farmall Super C and rolled it in under the bridge crane. Got it picked up and used a puller along with tapping on the clutch to get it removed. Both pulleys on the drive belt tensioner are noisy so they will be replaced along with the belt. Time to order parts.
 

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I ordered the belt and pulleys and they probably won't arrive for a week so I decided to weld up the cracks in the fender pan. That then leads to painting it which means stripping it so its now soaking in the electrolysis tank.
 

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I don't know Cjet that seat pan is going to make the hood look like.....well you know...
And you probably don't want to get your spray gun dirty twice.... ;)

Oh I'm sure the yellow wheels will clean up to match the rest of the newly painted tractor...
Your brother is going to love you...
All because of a belt...:p
 
I don't know Cjet that seat pan is going to make the hood look like.....well you know...
And you probably don't want to get your spray gun dirty twice.... ;)

Oh I'm sure the yellow wheels will clean up to match the rest of the newly painted tractor...
Your brother is going to love you...
All because of a belt...:p
I already painted the front wheels so only 2 more to do but you don't want old tires on newly painted wheels. Then I should tear it completely apart so I can spray the frame black.
 
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