Massey Ferguson GC1700 tail lights repair

[RomanG]

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 repeat…
After about three cycles, I just left them off and they were sitting in a box in the garage.
I kind of had a fix in my mind, but was not in big hurry to implement it.
Until my company got a the 3D printer...

What actually always broke in my case, was the flange of the frame for lenses that is held on to the base of the light with 4 screws, lenses are probably made of PC, so they are tough.
The flange kept breaking and screw bosses were being ripped off.

 

[RomanG]

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

 

[RomanG]

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

 

[RomanG]

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

 

[RomanG]

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

 

[RomanG]

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 cheaper option.

 

[mapper]

The problem is they mount them on the outside of the ROPS. I moved mine to the inside and they are still intact to this day.

 

[WranglerX]

IF you do not have BH on your 17xx move the light to inside of roll bar..... New one is $127, don't ask.....

 

[RomanG]

IF you do not have BH on your 17xx move the light to inside of roll bar..... New one is $127, don't ask.....

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 3D printed part (which costs a mere fraction of the new light), they are back on the tractor, with protective frames as yours and LED work lights on either side, one pointing back and one pointing forward.
I found the tractor normal lights inadequate, when you have a loader or a snow blower mounted in the front.

 

[Williy]

Then again you could get/make a metal box bolt to
'frame on the outside and get some lights that fit inside
you want a good strong metal box that branches will not
damage it

willy