Well I guess I won't get drawn and quartered for what i am about to say in this forum. I am a small farmer in New Mexico. All I have ever had for equipment is new to me and old and worn out to most of the others around. I do custom farming and believe it or not, appearances are everything. The other thing is safety and now with the West coast moving in, the law. I read where many mentioned lighting and lights. The law here is now making the tractor operators, ( not classic parade tractors)but for the working tractors that use the road we must meet the automobile requirements and the towed equipment must meet the trailer lighting and signal standards. This includes warning flashers, SMV placards, Turn signals and brake lights along with tail lights and clearance lights as required by weight and dimensions. The only thing they haven't hit us on is emissions. So as I am in the middle of refurbishing not restoring a Farmall 1206 and it has some bad wiring I have decided to update things. Someone had already replaced a multi gauge with two separate gauges and two warning lights, I am going to add a few that I think are good to have. 1. Volt meter 2. Boost/Vacuum 3. Oil pressure, 4. Oil Temperature, 5. Transmission Temperature. I am replacing the fuel and engine temp gauges that are reading flaky and intermittent with new gauges and level sender. I will redo the lights so that there will be an easily accessible and concise light switch panel and with the switches will be the corresponding resettable circuit breakers like we use in the aviation industry. I was in aviation for 37 years and I just think I know the better way to do things. The wire will all be bundled and run through wirelume and be clamped into place with clamps and I will place connector plugs where regular disconnection is required. Do you guys think this is too much for an international 1206 and a Ford 841 power master? I don't think so. I need these machines to be reliable and meet the standards. I can't do that and keep them original. So If I cant keep them original I make them what I want them to be. Just food for thought. By the way the 1206 has a real nice set of air horns on it so that when these car drivers blow at me for going as fast as I can, I can be neighborly and honk back at them with just a few extra decibels. lol Merry Christmas, LarryT
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