WHY? Why would anyone,
 

notch a hood out so the exhaust would fit??????????????????????
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Then add a support thingy for the hood???????????????????
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I can live with it but.......................... ?

Nik,

Ive seen something like that on a 126 i used to have. The original hood holes broke so the PO made his own pivot hinge out of flat stock and drilled another hole in the hood and bolted it all together. Annoying as crap! It looks like the muffler was bigger than original so in order to use the new muffler they chopped the hood and at least it was braced in a way so as not to cause any further damage!

I have at least 5 or 6 tractors that have that notch in the hood. It's really not that big of a deal. The problem with your hood is very common on that series. They are very weak at the hinge bolts and wear out quickly. If you are good with a wire welder you can hve that fixed in no time.

Hacked up cubs just make the nice ones worth a little more $$$. I have see everything from cup holders bolted to the fenders, rear view mirrors screwed to hoods, and old kitchen chair seats bolted on, to many hacked weld jobs to count. The best red neck fix, is a guy was to cheep to buy new rear tires, so he wraped bailing twine though the rim and around the tire to keep it from splitting---3 yrs later, he's still running the twine tires

But look at that custom work. Fits like a glove. Musta worked at a hotrod shop. :biggrin2:

That series had the worst hood hinge design. Does make one wanna :bash2:.

They were better than the piano hinge from the 129/149 series IMO.

Mine has two nuts welded in place of the rusted off corners.


I don't think the notch on the hood looks bad, at least it fits.


Speaking of hood notching, what really peeves me off is when someone takes a letter series row crop Farmall (M, H) and cuts the hood out to put in an alternator. :bash2::bash2: Converting it from 6v to 12v is another pet peeve story....

Really? A broken piano hinge is really easy to fix...these, not so much, especially when it tears out a whole corner of the hood.

Exactly. That's why I made that comment. Most of the 1X6/1X7's I've seen have been repaired and not very well at that. I've had alot of the 1X8/1X9 series as well as quietlines with mods to the hood hinge area. Pull off the mod, buy a new piano hinge, bolt on and go. :Huh::TwoCents:

I agree with Josh and Matt. Every 1X6/1x7 tractor I own has had or has a hood bolt problem. Ive only had one bad 1x8/1x9 hinge problem...

Bubba. He works in mysterious ways.

John:BangPC: