John Deere 40 Grille repair
- Thread starter cjet69
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It sure is.
No working this tractor next to hedge rows when finished..
Thanks guys. Its sure taken long enough to get it to this point, but I did tell him that the farm work took priority, and he was fine with it. The goal today is to get the parts sanded and maybe shoot green on the inside of everything. Got the shop warming up now.
Is the fine mesh suppose to be green too or OE black. Taking it out to paint separately would be a chore too.
Which grille, the 40 or the D? Both are green but the D screen is welded in. The 40 has a removeable screen.
It would be the 40. I pulled up several front end images and noticed the black for the mesh.
I don't think I've seen one with a black grille screen. All of the new ones come painted green that I have delt with.
It looks to me to just the radiator core that's painted black no screen
Like GB says the core is painted black. The tractor in the pic is an Unstyled D whereas I am working on a Styled D grille. Here is a pic of a Styled D.
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As soon as I get more thinner, I have to paint some JD yellow. It's a 18 hp repowered JD316 of an old friend's. Only supposed to paint the deck assembly, but may go on and paint all 4 rims. Once he sees the nice new yellow paint he may decide to get me to shoot new green,. but I hope not. His hood is still pretty good, but fender pan, not so good.
I should have had over half gallon of thinner and 3/4 gallon of pre-cleaner, but both, even though the caps were tight, both cans completely evaporated away! That's several $'s up in the air! Guess being I've not painted in several years I should have expected that though.
Just doing the wheels can really make a tractor look better.
I hate it when I grab a 1/2 to 3/4 full can of hardener and it has hardened. I'm sure I've tossed hundreds if not thousands of dollars in the trash over the years.
Just curious Cjet how many different shades of JD green were there over the decades ?
There were supposed to be 2 colors starting with the Classic green that all of the 2-cylinder tractor were painted. Then they switched to the Ag green for the New Generation tractor like the 3010/4010 and all Lawn & Garden equipment. I don't know if the newest tractors have another variation or not, but I believe Deere only sells the 2 colors. Now when you talk about aftermarket paint manufacturers the variations are limitless.