CK 20 cab installation

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#11  
Oh and I just noticed Ken, you asked where I'm located. I live in Cape Breton Nova Scotia Canada and we get tonnes of snow here in the winter. We have had snow already -- just two days ago.
 
   / CK 20 cab installation #12  
Hi again Ken,
Some progress today. I finally found out from the dealer (who called Kioti) that you don't use the spacers if you have a loader on the tractor. The instructions do not say that. I guess they want you to try and try to figure that out on your own. So now, the cab is bolted down and securely on the tractor both front and back. Also, they don't tell you that you must reverse the hoses. In other words, you take them apart at the quick couplers outside and off the bottom of the tractor and reverse them putting the angled ends under the tractor versus being outside by the loader arms and when you do this, the mount on that side will fit without using the spacer. Another thing the dealer found out by talking to Kioti. And thanks to you, I now know that there is a kit that you use to mount the hydraulic hoses in a different place that is supposed to come with the cab and did not in my case - the dealer is sending that to me so I'm very thankful that you mentioned that in your previous post. Now, just when you feel you're over the hardest parts, there is no section in the instructions to tell you where to hook up the heater hoses or the electrical. I hate to keep asking but would you have any idea where those connections are made on the engine? If I can find those spots under the hood to make the heat and electrical connections, I would be done with it. I looked today and I can't see where any of it goes on. No heat and no power in there would be worse than having no cab at all. I can't see out the windows because they are steamed up. I know this, that this is something that I would never tackle again. That being said, I know it would be easier now after doing it. Also, decent instructions would have saved many many hours and a ton of frustration. Thank God for you guys here. People like me would be lost without you.

Man I wish I had pictures of all of it for you, but I never took any under the hood. I never took note of exactly how the dealer did it, I traded the tractor a few months after it was done, never even changed the oil after the cab was installed. I do have a little advice for when you do figure out where to splice in and tee off from, install a shut off valve to the line running to the cab. My JDP cab and my factory DK45 cab have both leaked in the heat exchanger and you also don't need to be circulating hot coolant through the cab in the summer.

I love Nova Scotia, I hope to visit again soon. You're going to really enjoy that cab in some of the weather you get. I'm in Ottawa and it's been a really balmy fall so far but it's time to pull out the blower and get it serviced and touched up, I seem to have a hydraulic leak somewhere.
 
   / CK 20 cab installation #13  
The top hose goes on this adapter plate screwed between the flanges.
 
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   / CK 20 cab installation #14  
Bottom connection is made by cutting bottom hose and installing tee. Mine is a non factory Curtis cab.
 
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   / CK 20 cab installation
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Thank you so much for the pictures. This will show me where to install the heat hoses - there was no T in the kit - I wonder if I can use any T or does it have to be a Kioti part? Also, if you know where the electrical connections are made, that would be great as well. My instructions do not say where to put the cables for electrical or the heat hoses. Thanks again...
 
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The tee on mine looks home made. My electrical connections come straight off the battery terminals with fused and breaker wires.
Will try to get some pics if I can find some time this weekend.
 
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#17  
I did manage to get the electrical done today. Also the heat pipes are in place but they hook up differently than yours do on your kioti. There was no T needed according to the dealer. You just remove a small hose that connects to the water pump and one other place by the thermostat and connect each hose from the cab to those two places. The electrical on mine connects to the alternator. That being said, one of the signal lights does not flash now on the back and one of the park lights does not work. No idea what's causing that. When you turn the signal light on, you can hear the flasher going very fast but no light. The one on the other side works normally. The park light does not work on the one that flashes normally but the one that does not flash, the park light works on that one. As for the heat set up, all the pipes are hooked up correctly by the dealers instructions but there is no heat. Only cold air -- I suspect that there is air in the hoses but that's only a guess, Anyone have any idea what would cause there to be no heat? Air lock is the only thing I can think of - there are no kinks in the pipes but the hoses are not even getting warm. Yet the water in the radiator is hot. My thinking is that the hoses are new and if there was no water in them or the core in the cab, and air is in there instead, the water will not flow because of that - or am I wrong on that way of thinking... any suggestions would be appreciated.
 
   / CK 20 cab installation #18  
Are you sure the heater control valve, located on the ceiling of your cab, is in the open position? If so, your problem is trapped air, and if your radiator cap is latched securely, the air has no way out. Run for a while with cap loose, air in system should purge. Keep your eye on overflow tank, more coolant will probably be needed.

I too, installed my cab myself, it is a job, but the end result is well worth it. Spent hours reading and re-reading instruction book, and 4 or 5 days to complete the installation. Didn't encounter all of the problems you have, my dealer made sure I had all needed parts before I left his site (hyd hose relocation kit, etc).

You will like your cab when winter gets here, it will make snow plowing actually enjoyable....Hill Billy Bob
 
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The heat is now working - there was air in the system. Yes, it's quite a job and there were several things missing from the cab kit but I hope the dealer is going to replace them for me. The only thing that's not working now is the rear wiper. I don't seem to be getting any power from the switch to the rear. I even managed to get the signal lights fixed today as well. Here are a few pics of the finished cab. Thanks everyone for the replies. inside cab.jpgoutside cab.jpg
 

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