A little more progress, but didn't start the engine yet. Painted the dash tower, hood and nose piece IH white and assembled the hood and nose, test fit it on the tractor. Not enough clearance above the air cleaner, so I shimmed up the bottom grill from the frame with some washers and gained an eighth inch clearance. Might add a couple more. Not sure why some pictures show the hood and grill bright white--everything is IH white.
Put some after market lights on the rear as well, but need to wire everything up. I need another ground wire from the frame to the engine. the throttle cable turned bright red when I tried to test crank the engine using the installed battery. Apparently, that's the only path from ground to the engine without the extra ground cable! Yikes.
Probably could have put gas in it and started it up with a jump pack, but the weather this weekend here on the east coast has been crappy, got some ice and sleet, so didn't want to smell up the shop with exhaust.
Waiting on seat, decals, engine heat shield/muffler support, front tires, light switch, all ordered and shipped but not yet delivered. Need to go get some more quick disconnect crimp connectors to finish the wiring to the lights.
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