My B7100 HST upgrades
When using a 23yr old piece of equipment things tend to get worn out or just outdated. Now this machine is amazing in many ways, with the quality of parts used compared to today's stuff, but there is always room for some improvement. I will document a few items that I have upgraded in case someone else is looking for ideas also.
The 1st item to be upgraded was the seat. There is many options, but this is the one that I choose and was a fairly direct fit with minor modification.
The original was getting rusty around the hold down brackets. I found the Black talon compact seat at a local (they don't pay me, so I don't advertise for them) store that listed Kubota as an option.
I had to cut off ( grind) the rusty welds and remaining old seat material from the old seat mounting brackets. Then bolted them into the new seat where I felt would work for me. Like I said, easy with minor fabrication skills. Its a great time to lubricate the seat rails with seat off.
New seat is soooo much better now and I can actually lean back.
Next post will be the LED lights..
When using a 23yr old piece of equipment things tend to get worn out or just outdated. Now this machine is amazing in many ways, with the quality of parts used compared to today's stuff, but there is always room for some improvement. I will document a few items that I have upgraded in case someone else is looking for ideas also.
The 1st item to be upgraded was the seat. There is many options, but this is the one that I choose and was a fairly direct fit with minor modification.
The original was getting rusty around the hold down brackets. I found the Black talon compact seat at a local (they don't pay me, so I don't advertise for them) store that listed Kubota as an option.
I had to cut off ( grind) the rusty welds and remaining old seat material from the old seat mounting brackets. Then bolted them into the new seat where I felt would work for me. Like I said, easy with minor fabrication skills. Its a great time to lubricate the seat rails with seat off.
New seat is soooo much better now and I can actually lean back.
Next post will be the LED lights..
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