LED lights on a MF65

Hay hay hay · Mar 22, 2018

I am looking for some advice on putting LED headlights on an old ugly MF65 work tractor. The lights will be used on a very limited basis...30 minutes max..4 or 5 times a year.

Situation: When I bought the tractor the old headlights were gone, totally missing, and the wires to the original lights had been stripped out of the tractor. Also, the ignition switch and the push button start switch had been replaced with an after market key turn ignition switch (running thru the neutral safety switch).

I want to put 2 LED headlights on the tractor with a fused on/off switch. The question is where to hook the positive wire to have power? Regulator? Solenoid? and What size wire and fuse do I need for the Led headlights?

Phil Tibbetts · Mar 22, 2018

LED lights don't draw much current. I would connect to any handy point that has power to it when the switch is off with a #14 wire and fuse it 15 amps close to the connection point. Run the wire to one side of a toggle or lighted rocker switch and from there to your lights. I like to have the lights work if the tractor is not running in case I want them as a work light for something else while the tractor is not running. IMO

shaeff · Mar 22, 2018

(quoted from post at 15:41:55 03/22/18) I am looking for some advice on putting LED headlights on an old ugly MF65 work tractor. The lights will be used on a very limited basis...30 minutes max..4 or 5 times a year.

Situation: When I bought the tractor the old headlights were gone, totally missing, and the wires to the original lights had been stripped out of the tractor. Also, the ignition switch and the push button start switch had been replaced with an after market key turn ignition switch (running thru the neutral safety switch).

I want to put 2 LED headlights on the tractor with a fused on/off switch. The question is where to hook the positive wire to have power? Regulator? Solenoid? and What size wire and fuse do I need for the Led headlights?

It's probably overkill for LEDs, but I generally run 14awg. I can't remember the wattage of the LEDs I have installed on my '64 MF35 Utility. I have four total, two facing front, two facing the rear.

I ran them through a double throw switch, up turns on just the front lights running through a relay. Down powers the rear lights backfeeding the relay through a diode so the rears and fronts come on at the same time. Rears are lower wattage and are not run through a relay. (only reason I bothered with the relay was due to the diode trick)

I run the machine for quite a while during snow storms and never have issues with depleting the battery. I ran my hot wire direct off the positive battery terminal to power the relay, but the trigger wire runs through the ignition. Key has to be ON for the lights to work.

Fuse should be based off the power draw of the lights you use.

mlb907 · Mar 22, 2018

If you are interested in going all original I have a set of lights and lower instrument panel off my 65.

Brendon Warren · Mar 22, 2018

MLB I might be interested interested in your original parts. Email is open.

Hay hay hay · Mar 23, 2018

Thanks, but this old tractor is far far from being restored. It is an ugly, but useful, old workhorse.

LED lights on a MF65

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