Did a project on my mom’s Craftsman DGS6500 54” garden tractor on Saturday.
I installed a new PTO switch and added a voltmeter and fuel gauge. Why? Why not! The parts were not that expensive and I also wanted to see if I could do it. And anyway the PTO switch was so old and faded that the new switch is way better. The old one still worked but looked chewed up.
I had replaced the engine on this tractor back in August and noticed that, while fuel level is read by looking at the translucent tank body through a slot on the back, the view is now all clouded and hard to read. Being far afield and running out is a chore,
I got the fuel gauge and tank sending unit from Amazon, and finally put them in while listening to our MN Golden Gophers lose handily to Illinois
. Cut the holes, wired up the lines, making sure not to get the sending wires tangled in any moving parts.
Now the tractor has a working fuel gauge, but I’ll need to look up the voltmeter. I suspect it’s set to 6volt (it’s a combination 6/12 volt), since it pegs out at 18, and I know the little 340 amp battery isn’t that powerful.
Just a project to add something that didn’t NEED to be done, but done just because
Later this week: the Mini rear brakes since all of my ordered parts are in today, and my niece’s Jaguar rear suspension. Woo hoo.