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John Deere 214 Electric Conversion...So Far!

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Yes, I know it isn't RED or Yellow and White......But it does have yellow wheels!

I decided that this conversion will be 36V rather than 48 that the Toro conversion was. See this conversion here.... www.rvbprecision.com

The JD214 having a 4 speed transmission and not running a mower deck off the tractors electric mower, I believe 36V will be plenty. I would have like to used 48V but I was concerned it put to much weight forward of the rear wheels. The fourth battery would have needed to go foward, abopve the motor.
Running a mower deck would need the full 3300RPM this motor is capable of. But just as a yard tractor, I won't need this speed....We shall see....



Yesterday I got a lot done.....



Built a new dash and mounted the switches and gauges

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Cut out a bit of the rear chassis for the rear battery. This tractor will have an electric Sleeve Hitch so all this area will be reinforced later

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Welded a cross brace to support one of the front batteries


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Mounted the motor


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And installed the three batteries


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Got the near perfect condition grill from the 214 I picked up on Sunday mounted...Love this grill!

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Just need to wire it up, fabricate belt locator pins, paint the body panels and do a variator adjustment......And away we go!
 
Looks like a nice conversion. I also like how neatly the tools are laid out.
When I am working on my tractors the tools get scattered all over the shop.
 
I admit it.....I'm a bit OCD when it comes to tools.....I hate spending time looking for a tool.....:)
 
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