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YM 1601D Generator to Alternator Conversion? Has anybody done this on the 1601D? I know on some of the smaller tractors if is hard to fit a alternator in the small space. Then the other question is how to wire the alternator. Go with the one wire alternator and run the hot wire to the...

The lightning bolt warning light on my YM1601D came on today about one hour into a four hour bush hog job. The tractor was running around 2,300 rpms on level ground. The light flashes on and off. Sometime the light is bright, mostly it is dim flashes. It has done this before several times in...

The front lug tires on my 1601D are all most gone. Dry rot has killed them. Lugs are still like new, but the dry rot is getting bad. I have big cracks and just starting to have pieces of rubber coming off. Back tires are great, no rot or any other problems. I use this tractor to bush hog...

Where is the hydraulic screen/filter on ym1601D? Does anybody have a picture of the location?

I got a 1995 Ford F350 flatbed dually. It has a 12 foot flatbed. When the 12 foot flatbed was put on the truck they added two foot to the frame by wielding some smaller frame rails. I want to put in a gooseneck hitch in the truck. I know a 12 foot bed is too long to work. I am looking at...

I would like to have some more length on my front wheels. Don稚 need much to center up the front wheels with the back wheels. The back wheels rims are reversed and are at a wide track. The front wheels are running on line with the inside track of the back wheels. It looks like if I reverse...

The fuel gauge does not work. The needle stays at or below the empty mark with the off. When you turn on the key the needle will move passed the empty mark. Took the instrument panel/gauges out and the wire from the sending unit to the fuel gauge was good. Checked all connections and had...

Well I been looking for a bigger tractor and everything that I looked at has been high dollar junk. So yesterday I purchased a Ford 4610 with a Big Bee L660 bush hog and a New Holland 56 hay rake for $8,250.00. The tractor has around 1660 hours, sheet metal is straight and the tires are 85%...

Today I looked at a used Ford 5610 that was a trade in at the local New Holland dealer. The tractor has 2,220 hours on the clock. The dealer stated it is a one owner. It has a back yard paint job, but the sheet metal is good. It started right up and all things worked. Black smoke came out...

I have been looking for a bigger tractor to upgrade over my Ford 3910 II. The Ford 3910 is at the bottom end for HP for my round baler and disk cutter. I have found a 1994 Ford 5610S for $12,500.00. Tires are 80%, one remote, and 755 hours. No FEL. Did some net price checking and the prices...

Found a Ford 4610 w/6' foot bush hog yesterday. It has 1662 hours and runs good. It is the 1984 model. Body is in good shape, tires are 85%, and the bush hog has not been used much. The price is $8,800.00 for the package. The price on the net is all over the place for the 4610. Good price...

For the past several days I have been doing cleanup around the fences with my YM1601D and a four-foot Bush Hog brand bush hog. I been running the rpm @ around 2400 and/or 2500 rpm to get the 540 on the PTO. The problem is the charge light will come on at those rpm, not on bright, just dim...

On the YM1601D what is the proper level for the oil on the dipstick. The dipstick has a checkerboard pattern on it. Is the top of the checkerboard marks the full mark? Or is the full mark is where the flat part changes to the round section of the dipstick?

I have found a used New Holland 462 disk mower for sale. Will a Ford 3910 II with 42 hp at the PTO run this mower?? Thanks, Frank

My YM1601D is not charging the battery. I need a regulator and likely a generator. But before I buy the parts has anyone put an alternator on the YM1601D? If so, which one did you buy and how did you wire it up? Was it a drop in or did you have to make brackets? I know some have done the...