Lights on a 990

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Lights, Lights, Lights. Never enough on a tractor it seems, so I added more. This is the source of their power.
I attached a fused, heavy gauge wire to the main battery cable post on the starter (orange wire). From here on
I ran all the wires in that black wire protector stuff so it looks more factory.

 

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A wider view showing the power wire following some other factory wiring.

 

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I followed the factory wiring harness up behind the dash, back down, and across the transmission tunnel. I obviously
removed the cover that is normally over all this stuff. You'll notice that I picked up a ground here as well.
There was a convenient bolt holding on some sort of breather screen (or whatever it is) which I borrowed.

 

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I followed the factory harness a bit farther under the seat before making an upward turn on the right side of the seat.

 

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Up under some "bodywork" and follow the ROPS.

 

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Attaching the actual lights to the ROPS took some thought. Way too much thought actually. I went through a hundred
designs in my head, involving the creation of all sorts of fancy brackets, custom fitted hanger bars, etc, etc.
In the end a simple piece of flat bar with 4 holes in it and ordinary U bolts from the hardware store solved the
problem.

 

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Another of the mounting bracket.

 

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I also added a rotating yellow beacon for those dark winter evenings plowing snow where I have to go on the road a bit.
This picture also shows the switch box I made. 3 single pole switches to switch power to the beacon, the front lights,
and the rear lights. The box also serves as a connection point for all the ground wires.

 

[KiotiJohn]

All the projects look really well done Brad. How many amps is your alternator? John

 

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Rear view.