Not wanting to spend the money for Mother Deerest lights for my 140, I bought these lights from Walmart. They are 3.5" round driving lights. The original lights are 3" so I had to enlarge the opening in the headlight bezel. I then mounted the lights on a small piece of plywood and mounted that to the bolts that hold the headlight bezel to the hood supports. I trimed down the piece of plywood and painted it black. The lights are cheap, $19 and are very bright, (2) 55 watt halogens. I think they look good too. The lights draw 9 amps which is nearly double what the lighting circuit will tolerate. I wired them directly to the battery on their own circuit with an in line fuse. I am no expert but I think that running the lights for extended periods will slowly drain the battery. I won't be using the tractor to cut grass at night or anything, just down to the wood pile in the winter and stuff like that. I have run the lights for 15-20 min. at a time with no issue at all with heat or a lack of battery power. The model number on the lights are QH-85CD if that helps. By the way, these lights will make your 140 sort of "bug-eyed" compared to the stock "squinty-eye" lights. On another forum some guys nick named my tractor Wall-E after the little robot. I kinda like that little robot so now I call this tractorWall-E. Adam
adamjd
140 headlight alternative
Not wanting to spend the money for Mother Deerest lights for my 140, I bought these lights from Walmart. They are 3.5" round driving lights. The original lights are 3" so I had to enlarge the opening in the headlight bezel. I then mounted the lights on a small piece of plywood and mounted that to the bolts that hold the headlight bezel to the hood supports. I trimed down the piece of plywood and painted it black. The lights are cheap, $19 and are very bright, (2) 55 watt halogens. I think they look good too. The lights draw 9 amps which is nearly double what the lighting circuit will tolerate. I wired them directly to the battery on their own circuit with an in line fuse. I am no expert but I think that running the lights for extended periods will slowly drain the battery. I won't be using the tractor to cut grass at night or anything, just down to the wood pile in the winter and stuff like that. I have run the lights for 15-20 min. at a time with no issue at all with heat or a lack of battery power. The model number on the lights are QH-85CD if that helps. By the way, these lights will make your 140 sort of "bug-eyed" compared to the stock "squinty-eye" lights. On another forum some guys nick named my tractor Wall-E after the little robot. I kinda like that little robot so now I call this tractorWall-E. Adam
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Would someone be able to reinstall the beautiful factory lights later ??
But function is what is needed in those cold dark winter nights, and you need more wood !!!:drunkie:
But function is what is needed in those cold dark winter nights, and you need more wood !!!:drunkie:
theroosterb, all I had was the headlight bezel, I didn't have any of the rings or brackets that go along with them to make them work.
Katt, I could not go back to factory lights using this bezel since I enlarged the holes to 3.5" from the original 3". This tractor has been somewhat pieced together from other parts so I am not going for that perfect restoration. This is a working tractor and it is a solid performer but it won't win the best of show. But I do have that front emblem!
betterbefore, those weights are E Rowe weights out of Martinsville IL. They are 105 lbs each and really cool! Adam
Katt, I could not go back to factory lights using this bezel since I enlarged the holes to 3.5" from the original 3". This tractor has been somewhat pieced together from other parts so I am not going for that perfect restoration. This is a working tractor and it is a solid performer but it won't win the best of show. But I do have that front emblem!
betterbefore, those weights are E Rowe weights out of Martinsville IL. They are 105 lbs each and really cool! Adam
No worries mate !! there are plenty of perfect restorations to see. Enjoy and use yours, it's better than being parted out!! Like I said works on those cold dark nights.
Let's show some ages here ........ Looks like a bug-eyed Sprite.
Let's show some ages here ........ Looks like a bug-eyed Sprite.
in looking how I might learn how to install the new headlights I got for the 140, I noticed this thread, which didn't have what I was looking for, but just FYI, you can get 140 lights for under $13.
https://www.greenpartstore.com/John-Deere-Headlight-Sealed-Beam--AM31282_p_5213.html
https://www.greenpartstore.com/John-Deere-Headlight-Sealed-Beam--AM31282_p_5213.html
While I am an advocate for keeping the older machines "original" looking, I can understand the need and reason to do something like this. The bezels and parts are expensive once you add it all up, and what you did is extremely functional. It's not like you painted the thing red or something. And it appears that what you installed is removable so no harm there.
I love Wall-E. As far as kids movies go, it is one of my favorites.
Enjoy your bright lights sir!!
Jared
I love Wall-E. As far as kids movies go, it is one of my favorites.
Enjoy your bright lights sir!!
Jared
What I would have done is just spent the extra money and buy a blank headlight bezel of eBay and cut it up for the headlights and then keep the nice headlight bezel for the OEM light setup in good condition.
The stock #4414 bulb is only 18watts and draws less than 1.5 amps each. They have a life of 300 hours, but that is under ideal conditions, no vibration, no on and off cycles. I got tired of getting on the tractors only to have the one eye look so I am switching to LED bulbs as the incandescent lamps fail. The stock bulb a PAR 36 style and were used in low voltage lighting, emergency lighting as well as our tractors. The LED bulbs I have been using have the have an equivalent output of 65-70 watt incandescent lamp, draw about 3/4 of an amp and are supposed to have a life of 50,000 hours.
https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/led-spot-flood/filter/Bulb_Type,AR111,30,3370:
https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/led-spot-flood/filter/Bulb_Type,AR111,30,3370:
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