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I've got a line on a good cab for my 766 gasser, it's the red deluxe cab. How difficult is it to add this cab to my tractor? A good weekend job? Any suggestions? Thanks guys!!!
 
It depends on how handy you are, whether you have the right tools and equipment to do the job, how many people are helping you, how handy THEY are, and if you've got all the mounting brackets and other parts.

Installing a cab involves lifting a big heavy, bulky, awkward chunk of metal very high in the air. Higher than a typical tractor loader can lift.
 
Assuming the cab has the "pivots" at the rear axle mounts, you can roll the thing onto the tractor all by yourself in 10 minutes with just the aid of a come-along and a handyman jack.

That's the easy part.

Getting the tractor ready before-hand is the hard part. Lots and lots of parts have to be installed/interchanged first:

Fenders removed
Dash electrical wiring loom and cab power relay
Tool box removal
Battery boxes
Front cab support irons
Lower cowl pieces
PTO shifter
Floor board
Clutch and brake pedal boots
Air conditioning compressor and hoses
Heater hoses
Exhaust extension

And most importantly, the sound deadening material. If you don't redo the inside of the cab and properly deaden the tractor cowl area, you'll hate every minute you have to spend inside that tractor.

If you need pictures, hollar back.

Allan
 
Assuming you have the pivots, and that's assuming depending on the type of cab, you've still got to get the cab turned upside down and attached to the tractor before you get to the part of flipping it up into place all by yourself in 10 minutes with a comealong.

Not saying it can't be done, but you do need to plan ahead.
 
Akin to hooking up the rear gang of an old cultivator.

Oh, and forgot to tell you, ya gotta drop those 3-point tug arms down on the ground.

Allan

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I'm hoping to buy the complete tractor, clean old 1466 with a rod poking through the side of the block, so hopefully I'll have all the parts I need to drop the cab on my 766. I've got access to my neighbors 6430 John Deere with a 673 loader, so that should help.

Also, my 766 has a cornhusker 3 point add on, so I'll have to do some checking to see if it'll still work. I forgot all about that doggone 3 point.
 
Hey, If you get the 1466 bought, how much for the front cover, oil pan, and flywheel housing? I have a couple of 360 CID take out engines from Hough wheel loaders. They had a different front mount, different oil pan, and an ASAE flywheel housing. I always wanted to buy a 766 gasser and switch it to diesel.

I am ot sure the oil pan will work on a 360.
 
(quoted from post at 17:32:58 04/03/11) I always wanted to buy a 766 gasser and switch it to diesel.
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That was my thought when I first picked this rig up, but after a few nights with no electricity at -20f I was glad it was a gas...not that any machine likes to work when it's that cold, but the yard needed to get blown out so I could feed the cows...sure would like a cab for if I ever have to do that again!

I can't complain too hard on the old 291...it's got enough grunt to do most of what I'd like it to do, and it just keeps chugging along. She's a thirsty old gal, and I'm looking for a 966 or 1066 to complement her (I'm going to get a front end loader and pull a back blade with the 766, snow blower on the 9 or 10). Sure can't complain for what it is, an easy starting old tractor.
 
When we converted the 766 to diesel with an old DT360 bus engine, we needed the front and rear covers off an early 886 with the D360.

The 400-series front and rear covers are different, we were told. They won't fit the 360.
 
(quoted from post at 05:39:09 04/04/11) When we converted the 766 to diesel with an old DT360 bus engine, we needed the front and rear covers off an early 886 with the D360.

The 400-series front and rear covers are different, we were told. They won't fit the 360.
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Thanks for the input, saved me some time.
 
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