I've rebuilding the 3 point snow blower for the JD 2032r. Originally it was painted early Yanmar calf scours green and looked terrible. Just couldn't make myself use it behind the newer JD. In this photo I'm setting up the winch driven chute turning system.
The whole blower was disassembled and sandblasted. All cracks and bent parts were repaired or replaced. New bearings and seals were installed where needed. Then the unit was painted and reassembled. The chute turning assembly was reinstalled and adjusted and is working smoothly. The winch was used because I didn't want to have to install rear hydraulics so the original hydraulic system could be used. Much easier to run wires than hydraulics. More about this later.
The turn buckle will be removed as it was installed to make setup easier. Today I thought I would start on the wiring seeing as how the last of the parts arrived to complete the controls. Ran the 10ga wires from inside the cab to the battery which is locate at the very front of the tractor. Right behind the battery is the radiator, Oil cooler for the Hydro, and then another small cooler for something. I'm reaching down into a space behind the grill to do this which makes it kind of tight when wearing a coat and gloves. I had the positive wire hooked to the battery and was installing the circuit breaker when the wire got away from me and just barely touched one of the fins on the hydro cooler. I had to really look to see where it touched. Was glad to see no damage was done and completed the hookup. Fabricated a mount for the controller and by that time it was getting dark so cleaned up and put the tractor away. As I'm setting there looking out the windshield I notice a stripe of fluid on the ground and moan to myself. Get out to look and there is a big pool of oil on the ground under the front of the tractor. It's coming from the oil cooler I touched with the wire. I've now gone from being happy with my progress to sick, really unhappy with myself, to totally disappointed. So tomorrow I get to call JD and order a new cooler. Anyone want to guess what that's going to cost me???????
More pictures tomorrow as I should have settled down by then.
The whole blower was disassembled and sandblasted. All cracks and bent parts were repaired or replaced. New bearings and seals were installed where needed. Then the unit was painted and reassembled. The chute turning assembly was reinstalled and adjusted and is working smoothly. The winch was used because I didn't want to have to install rear hydraulics so the original hydraulic system could be used. Much easier to run wires than hydraulics. More about this later.
The turn buckle will be removed as it was installed to make setup easier. Today I thought I would start on the wiring seeing as how the last of the parts arrived to complete the controls. Ran the 10ga wires from inside the cab to the battery which is locate at the very front of the tractor. Right behind the battery is the radiator, Oil cooler for the Hydro, and then another small cooler for something. I'm reaching down into a space behind the grill to do this which makes it kind of tight when wearing a coat and gloves. I had the positive wire hooked to the battery and was installing the circuit breaker when the wire got away from me and just barely touched one of the fins on the hydro cooler. I had to really look to see where it touched. Was glad to see no damage was done and completed the hookup. Fabricated a mount for the controller and by that time it was getting dark so cleaned up and put the tractor away. As I'm setting there looking out the windshield I notice a stripe of fluid on the ground and moan to myself. Get out to look and there is a big pool of oil on the ground under the front of the tractor. It's coming from the oil cooler I touched with the wire. I've now gone from being happy with my progress to sick, really unhappy with myself, to totally disappointed. So tomorrow I get to call JD and order a new cooler. Anyone want to guess what that's going to cost me???????
More pictures tomorrow as I should have settled down by then.