He Rerouted Muffler, Air Cleaner On Deere 8430 4-WD Tractor

He Rerouted Muffler, Air Cleaner On Deere 8430 4-WD Tractor TRACTORS Modifications 24-3-2 "The muffler and air cleaner stack were always in the way on my Deere 8430, forcing me to look around them all day," says Robert Davis, Savannah, N.Y. "I modernized it by relocating both the muffler and air cleaner to the right hand fender like on the newer series Deere tractors." The muffler and air cleaner now line up with the right hand cab post and are hardly visible from inside the cab. The muffler now mounts on a 90 degree exhaust elbow which he bought new from Deere. The elbow was designed for the company's 60 series tractors. Davis bolted the elbow to a steel plate which he bolted to the fender, adding lower and upper reinforcement straps for support against vibration. The air cleaner mounts on a tube off a Mack semi truck. Heavy-duty aluminized elbows were used to make the sharp turns necessary to move it to the side. "Once we figured out how to put everything together, it was a relatively simple job," says Davis. "I paid $220 for the 90 degree elbow and a little over $100 for the aluminized elbows at a local NAPA store. I also spent about $80 on two rolls of header pipe insulation and $25 for the air cleaner tube. My total cost was about $450." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Robert Davis, 2030 Bixby-Wood Road, Savannah, N.Y. 13146 (ph 315 365-2266).

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