Hemmjo
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Finally finishing the reassembly of my 860. Thought I was nearing the finish line. But not as close as I thought. About a year ago, I bumped a tree with the front while working in the woods. Bent the front hood emblem housing. I removed the sheet metal and got a new emblem housing, but just never got time to paint and reassemble.
Anyway, got all the parts back together. Now the grill does not fit. The bolt holes that hold grill closed are 1/2 too far apart. I am not sure where the problem is. The housing appears to be a bit too wide as the gap between the center hood door and the side panels is too wide. I got a new housing from Steiner. The part description clearly says Note: For best results, fit to tractor before painting.
I honestly did not think the fit to tractor would need to make the housing a 1/2 narrower. So I am not blaming that yet, it just appears too wide I am not sure where the real problem is. Perhaps there is more than one problem. The hood gap appears be 1/4- 3/8 too wide but I can see some distortion in the side panels. I could live with that, it is not a show tractor. The the real problem is the bolt holes in the grill are 1/2 too far apart.
It is entirely possible the side panels were bent in the incident. Perhaps I need to get some clamps and 2 x 4s together to gently squeeze the side panels closer together?
If someone would be willing to take some measurements it might help find where the problem. Here are some photos of the measurements I got. The housing is not the easiest thing to get accurate measurements from. I dont know of any 800s close by that I can measure.
Anyway, got all the parts back together. Now the grill does not fit. The bolt holes that hold grill closed are 1/2 too far apart. I am not sure where the problem is. The housing appears to be a bit too wide as the gap between the center hood door and the side panels is too wide. I got a new housing from Steiner. The part description clearly says Note: For best results, fit to tractor before painting.
I honestly did not think the fit to tractor would need to make the housing a 1/2 narrower. So I am not blaming that yet, it just appears too wide I am not sure where the real problem is. Perhaps there is more than one problem. The hood gap appears be 1/4- 3/8 too wide but I can see some distortion in the side panels. I could live with that, it is not a show tractor. The the real problem is the bolt holes in the grill are 1/2 too far apart.
It is entirely possible the side panels were bent in the incident. Perhaps I need to get some clamps and 2 x 4s together to gently squeeze the side panels closer together?
If someone would be willing to take some measurements it might help find where the problem. Here are some photos of the measurements I got. The housing is not the easiest thing to get accurate measurements from. I dont know of any 800s close by that I can measure.
