Recent content by RomanG

I tried having them inside ROPS structure but it did not work for me. In the winter, I have a scraper blade on the 3-point hitch and lights were in my way, I had to constantly look down around them, when checking the back mounted blade. So I just took them off, but now that they are fixed with...

And then the whole assembly was bolted on to the light base and back on to the tractor. I will add steel loops around the lights to protect them from this happening again. The new light assembly here in Canada is about $240 CAD with tax, so almost $500 CAD for new set of lights. This is MUCH...

Then I attached lenses to the frame, they fitted like a glove.

I cut the remnants of broken flanges off of the lens frame and screwed the new piece on.

So I came up with a piece that replaces the broken flange and bosses, and bolts on to the lens frame

Here is a picture of one of my lights. with the flange and screw bosses ripped off

There are many posts about tail lights on MF GC17XX tractors, but... Like many people who own GC17XX tractors and use them on a property with trees, I kept snagging them on the tree branches and snapping them off, removing them and gluing them back together, putting them back on…rinse and...

Hi not2old, I have done some calculations and results are summarized in the table below. Bear in mind that I may have the kinematics of the loader a bit off, as I do not have a production drawing with exact measurements and weights. Also, I have estimated the cylinder diameter at 38mm, which...

My first post here, may be a bit long-winded so bear with me please. I have acquired the Massey Ferguson GC1705 last fall (it sort of came with the house that we moved in to), along with some implements. Nice little tractor, I like it. But as everybody here knows, once you have a tractor you...