Reviving a G1900

[Hugo Habicht]

Some cosmetics

Yes, I know cosmetics should come later but I am using the tractor for cutting the lawn grass and I could not stick the steering wheel centre cover missing, so I splashed out and bought a brand new one for about 25€. And cleaned the manky steering wheel. Looks much better now, I think.



Also the cover under the dash board was held by a coach screw on one side. Really bugged me having to get a screw driver every time I wanted to take the cover off. So I bought 5 of those knob screws M6x20 for 6 quid on ebay (original is M6x15), fitted a DIN 1440 big washer over it and a soft padding cut from a cork/rubber gasket material. Love it !

 

[Hugo Habicht]

Cutting deck

The position of the cutting deck was wrong as explained by some helpful members here on the forum.

The RC48-G20 is the right deck for this tractor but the front linkage is the wrong type. It was from another deck and had been cut and welded already but was still too long.

The adjustment range on the threaded part was at it's end already. I had ordered an M20x1 die for increasing the threaded length but when I wanted to do it I noticed that 1. the thread is rolled, not cut and 2. I could not turn the die holder with the other arm of the u-shaped linkage in the way. Right.

So I simply bent both arms a bit more in a hydraulic press and now I could adjust the deck properly without the anti scalp rollers touching the ground.

Got two suitable pins for the rear wheel and machined 2 14mm pins for the front linkage. Somebody had put an M14 bolt in there. Took ages to take that off every time I wanted to take the deck off. Piece of cake now.

Looking forward to trying it out when its a bit drier