Homemade Cub Cadet Original Lights
 

I am looking to install lights to my cub cadet original. However, the original lights are way overpriced and I am looking to use my original as a genuine workhorse. Anyone know how I can install a pair of lights of my own?

P.s. I'm sorry if I sound dumb at all, I just got into restoring old tractors and dont know much about electrics and stuff:Sorry:

The reason for the high price on the Cub Cadet Original lights is because they are getting more hard to find, as time goes. The tractor is 60+ yrs old. The Grote rear tail light is NLA. The head light assembly was also used on the IH 101 Combine and that my offer resources for you. But the mounting brackets were different.

As for just general lights, maybe some Angle Iron, and whatever you can find at a Auto or Tractor Supply store.

Just throwing this out there.
When mounting lights try to not "cobble" something up as far as drilling holes in the sheet metal or other places. try to find existing holes or mounting places.
As Roland says, they are 60 yrs old and becoming somewhat of a collector to those that like them.
There are LED lights available that are inexpensive and consume little current.
Just 2 wires and a hardware switch, and you "light up yer life" :beerchug:

Oh ya definitively, I don't want to drill holes in places I don't have to. And if I must, I might buy a new grill just to drill the holes into.

The head light option for the Original was installed at the dealer or owner installed. It involved drilling holes in the grille surround and pedestal for the switch. There were instructions with the package from IH. It shouldn't be hard to find lights and a switch that would be good enough for a working tractor.

Also just throwing an option. As mentioned, yes to the LED lights, and a rocker switch, easy peasy. I would recommend a set of pod,
or a small LED bar. Tractor supply has some nice ones. I have their 30" LED bar to go on the top of my 45" snow thrower on the 2182. Going to mount the LED bar on a piece of flat stock, and use a pair of un-godly strong neodymium magnets to hold it in place. And I say this with the utmost confidence that it would take a serious/catastrophic event for the bar to move. The ones I have you do not want them even getting close to each other. If they got close enough and come together. It would not be good for me, and the magnets would be destroyed. :bigeyes:
No holes to drill, and you can make them plug and play. You could take them off and use on
another tractor if needed. HTH

Here's a link for the magnets. So many to choose from. https://www.magnet4less.com/neodymiu...be-bar-magnets

A link to TSC for some LED lights, They put them on sale quite often. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/se...20light%20bar?

Cc lights
 

Search for
Cub cadet origional lights instructions.

It will show where to drill holes in the side of the grill.
Flatten and bend pipe for mounts
You can use newer tractor lights til you find origionals
Jim

i would put a fuse in the circuit.