[Cubcadet_107]

Update #2, today was a very productive day for working on this little project. Got a bunch more done, there's still more to go though.

Cleaned the dash cowl and tin, they're much cleaner now

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Got the whole dash tower off, wasn't too difficult. Had to unbolt the steering gearbox (easy enough, just 2 bolts) and mess with the hydro control shaft a bit but it popped off with little trouble. Also ran my screw taps/thread restorers through all the nuts and bolts to make sure they go together again easy. Unfortunately the friction adjuster nut is way too rusty to loosen up, but at least I can actually get some lubricant down in stuff now so it may be ok as it is.

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Dash tower is in decent shape, some light rust at the back edge of the battery tray and a bit near the bottom, but nothing too bad. Still gotta clean it and the surface of the tunnel cover on the tractor. My light system came right out with the tower and you can really see the simplicity of it.

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Overall a pretty good day. Still plenty of work left to do. Next thing is to clean the dash tower up and then drill out and tap those 2 broken bolts. Once I get the tower back on the tractor I will start work on the front end.