8n electric wiring harness tube

met828 said:

ok i am going to replace the wiring harness on my 8n, the wires are just old. They are in the metal tube that runs down the block my question is when i go to remove that tube will the blots that are holding it to the block need to be torqued like a normal head bolt would, or is just to hold that tube on to the tractor.

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Why remove it ?? Its not that hard to fish the wires through..

From what I've been reading and the pics I looked at, they are head bolts and need to be torqued. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

Headbolts are 65-70ft/lbs, studnuts are 55-60ft/lbs. Retorque after 20-30min of warmup, engine warm.

Torque Spec. sheet:

http://www.ntractorclub.com/howtos/pdfs/Tractor_Engine_Torque_Specs.pdf

I thought this idea was very cool!

http://www.ytmag.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=nboard&th=810142

The finished product!

http://ytforums.ytmag.com/trforum/viewtopic.php?t=776065&highlight=

i like the exhaust pipe idea!

fishing the wires through didn't work for me.
1st i tied string to the wires and taped the wires so they wouldn't fetch up on the pug wires on the way through. i got to the 4th pug wire and i didn't dare put to hard to wreck my new wiring harness.
after my effort i just zip tied the new harness to the outside of the wiring loom.

bow2no1 said:

fishing the wires through didn't work for me.
i got to the 4th pug wire and i didn't dare put to hard to wreck my new wiring harness.
after my effort i just zip tied the new harness to the outside of the wiring loom.

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That is also what I did. I could not get all the wires back into the tube. It works fine.

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