[Alvy]

Originally Posted by 1250 DAN

Wow! You guys are amazing! I was planning on disappearing into the woodwork after being so mechanically inept, but apparently I have set the marker even higher. Today was a true learning experience. I went out today ready to take on the cold and figure this out. I printed out FINSRUSKW'S instructions and went out to study the tractor. I removed the tunnel cover and moved the lift lever to try to see the 2 bolt holes. I couldn't see them.
Then I went to the back of the tractor and tried to find the 2 bolt holes on the frame and could not find them either. The place where I should have mounted the spring assist on the rear of the frame already had something bolted there. Anyone care to guess what was bolted there?
If you guessed a spring assist go to the head of the class. There was already one installed. You can not imagine how stupid I feel right about now. I really didn't know what a spring assist was or where it mounted when I started. I thought it just replaced the lift rod between the snow plow and the bottom of the lift lever. I didn't realize it was on the opposite side of the tractor. After I realized that I still couldn't understand why it was so difficult to lift the snow plow. After studying the lift rod that I had made I realized what Ironman saw in my pictures. When I got the tractor I was given a bucket with tire chains and there was one long piece of chain with an s hook. After experimenting for a while I discovered that the chain was the length I needed to replace the lift rod. I pushed the lift lever all the way forward and hooked it to the arm for the plow and magically the plow lifts easily. I am truly amazed at how observant Ironman was to also spot the position of the lift lever. When I was through I checked the original lift rod I had made and realized it was about 6 inches too long and that was why I could not lift the plow blade. Thank you everyone for your help. It's not easy being mechanically challenged and having no one to figure this stuff out with. I appreciate everyone's patience. I'm going to disappear now..

Thanks
Dan

That's great that you figured it out Dan, and being honest about your findings is the best policy. That's how we ALL learn. There's guys on here that are masters of these things and can spot the smallest differences in years with frame cutouts, parts installed backwards or upside down, aftermarket vs. oem, it's awesome. Don't go disappearing on us because there's always room to learn more and more all the time and theres a lot of upgrades you can do to that quiet line that my or may not have been done already. I've said in the past and others have too that everyone has their specialty or something that they're better at than others and combined there's nothing that can't be figured out on here. Congrats again and plow away.
P.S. Put that spring assist in the for sale section and it will probably go fast!