What are these handles under the hood up front for?

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What are these handles under the hood up front for?

Post by Fallon » Sun Nov 17, 2024 9:04 pm

What do these 2 handles on each side on the upper radiator support do? Other than get in the way of taking on & off the aftermarket grill guard? I would have removed them, but they seem to be quite rusted in there, even after removing the set screw things on the side.

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It was quite annoying to have to disassemble the whole front of the machine to replace a blown hydraulic hose coming off the pump. I just finished resealing the cylinders & replacing all the hoses between the valves & cylinders. So of course one of the 3 hoses I didn't replace blew while plowing snow the other week.

As I'm only using it as a backup machine for plowing snow & playing forklift when my new HST tractor isn't around I'm tempted to leave the grill guard off. Show off the original JD grill & less effort to reinstall. Any thoughts?

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Found a wet spot with a hint of green at the bottom of the radiator when I was in there as well. Coolant is only 2" down, so not to bad, but not good. The leaky valve cover gasket I found is less concerning. At least all the hydraulics are back together & aren't leaking anymore.
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Re: What are these handles under the hood up front for?

Post by Canuck 420c » Sun Nov 17, 2024 9:21 pm

Those look like the light arms that hold the headlights in place
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Re: What are these handles under the hood up front for?

Post by Lavoy » Mon Nov 18, 2024 9:35 am

Headlight brackets, can't use them on loaders, take them off.
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