Harry,
"I'm still confused tho. How many threads are showing at 85in.lbs??? If you've got 3 or 4 showing, cannot rotate the rubbers with your fingers, have about 1/10th in gap for the snubbers, then I think you're "In" That about explains it, Harry.
There are three to five threads showing on the bolts, depending on what position they are in and where one counts the threads. I
am about to set the engine and see how everything turns out. I hope everything lines up and I don't have to take a reamer to the mount holes. I'll be using new grade 8 bolts and lock washers from Caterpillar for the engine pan mounts. I wish I could post a photo or two, but my camera takes pictures that are too big to post.
Thanks for the advice on routing the headlight wire. I don't have any wire clamps on the tractor, so I'll have to try to find some wire clips. I have some push-pull connectors, but am wondering what Cub Cadet used to break the wire from the removable hood/grill assembly to the main harness. I left ample wire to go to the headlights, so placement of the disconnect is not critical. I do, however, wonder about the heat from the muffler box.
I have to get this nightmare running today, or it may cost me one of two things; a new Cub Cadet that I don't want, or a fully restored John Deere 140 with no deck, that I don't want either.
The only things that should be Green and Yellow are the NDSU Bison. GO Bison!