Anybody know of source for approximately 2" diam. 3" long hard rubber
bumpers or something similar?

Rear support on JD 966 utility tractor is missing (long story, bought
the tractor used, the seller had put new hood on it, but hadn't fitted
it out w/ all the odds and ends of the origninal). JD doesn't show
what is supposed to actually be there on the parts diagrams but has
emobsses on the underside of the hood for a threaded stud similar to
those that hold the front brackets. I think they're 8 mm, btw, for a
hint on size needed for the bumpers. There are areas directly under
these molded into the trough that fits over the fuel tank that they
would set on/in. W/O anything there, the hood is resting directly on
the dash panel and sits low enough the firewall panel is rubbing the
hood. Eventually this is going to wear a hole in the hood itself if I
can't find/fabricate something suitable.

So, ideal would be a molded bumper w/ a threaded insert on the other
end..I've seen such things, but can't seem to find any source...help/
leads appreciated.

On 23 May 2007 12:40:06 -0700, dpb wrote:

Anybody know of source for approximately 2" diam. 3" long hard rubber
bumpers or something similar?

Rear support on JD 966 utility tractor is missing (long story, bought
the tractor used, the seller had put new hood on it, but hadn't fitted
it out w/ all the odds and ends of the origninal). JD doesn't show
what is supposed to actually be there on the parts diagrams but has
emobsses on the underside of the hood for a threaded stud similar to
those that hold the front brackets. I think they're 8 mm, btw, for a
hint on size needed for the bumpers. There are areas directly under
these molded into the trough that fits over the fuel tank that they
would set on/in. W/O anything there, the hood is resting directly on
the dash panel and sits low enough the firewall panel is rubbing the
hood. Eventually this is going to wear a hole in the hood itself if I
can't find/fabricate something suitable.

So, ideal would be a molded bumper w/ a threaded insert on the other
end..I've seen such things, but can't seem to find any source...help/
leads appreciated.

My first thought was urethane bushing as I replaced the front
suspension in my truck with them...

A fast check resulted this threaded poly....HTH

http://www.polyprod.com/bumper.html



--
Oren

"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly."

On May 23, 2:47 pm, Oren wrote:
On 23 May 2007 12:40:06 -0700, dpb wrote:



Anybody know of source for approximately 2" diam. 3" long hard rubber
bumpers or something similar?

Rear support on JD 966 utility tractor is missing (long story, bought
the tractor used, the seller had put new hood on it, but hadn't fitted
it out w/ all the odds and ends of the origninal). JD doesn't show
what is supposed to actually be there on the parts diagrams but has
emobsses on the underside of the hood for a threaded stud similar to
those that hold the front brackets. I think they're 8 mm, btw, for a
hint on size needed for the bumpers. There are areas directly under
these molded into the trough that fits over the fuel tank that they
would set on/in. W/O anything there, the hood is resting directly on
the dash panel and sits low enough the firewall panel is rubbing the
hood. Eventually this is going to wear a hole in the hood itself if I
can't find/fabricate something suitable.

So, ideal would be a molded bumper w/ a threaded insert on the other
end..I've seen such things, but can't seem to find any source...help/
leads appreciated.

My first thought was urethane bushing as I replaced the front
suspension in my truck with them...

A fast check resulted this threaded poly....HTH

http://www.polyprod.com/bumper.html

Oren, by golly, I think that could shore do the trick...I'm thinking
the softer ones probably would work better for my purpose. I also
realized (somewhat belatedly) that there's a magnet mounted on a
bracket on the firewal, but nothing for it to latch on to on the
hood...I need to figure out the right heights and clearances and do
some figgering...for the life of me I can't understand them not
showing on the JD parts diagrams/lists, though. The small tractor
mechanic locally says he can't recall there being more than one more
of this series in the area and it was sold at a retirement sale a
couple of years ago so don't know where it is any longer. He says
he's not seen one to know what the actually had from factory but
there's no doubt whatever it was isn't shown on any diagrams.

Anyway, that's a good pointer and undoubtedly will get something that
will be workable...

-- dpb

--


"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly."

On 23 May 2007 17:24:15 -0700, dpb wrote:

On May 23, 2:47 pm, Oren wrote:
On 23 May 2007 12:40:06 -0700, dpb wrote:



Anybody know of source for approximately 2" diam. 3" long hard rubber
bumpers or something similar?

Rear support on JD 966 utility tractor is missing (long story, bought
the tractor used, the seller had put new hood on it, but hadn't fitted
it out w/ all the odds and ends of the origninal). JD doesn't show
what is supposed to actually be there on the parts diagrams but has
emobsses on the underside of the hood for a threaded stud similar to
those that hold the front brackets. I think they're 8 mm, btw, for a
hint on size needed for the bumpers. There are areas directly under
these molded into the trough that fits over the fuel tank that they
would set on/in. W/O anything there, the hood is resting directly on
the dash panel and sits low enough the firewall panel is rubbing the
hood. Eventually this is going to wear a hole in the hood itself if I
can't find/fabricate something suitable.

So, ideal would be a molded bumper w/ a threaded insert on the other
end..I've seen such things, but can't seem to find any source...help/
leads appreciated.

My first thought was urethane bushing as I replaced the front
suspension in my truck with them...

A fast check resulted this threaded poly....HTH

http://www.polyprod.com/bumper.html

Oren, by golly, I think that could shore do the trick...I'm thinking
the softer ones probably would work better for my purpose. I also
realized (somewhat belatedly) that there's a magnet mounted on a
bracket on the firewal, but nothing for it to latch on to on the
hood...I need to figure out the right heights and clearances and do
some figgering...for the life of me I can't understand them not
showing on the JD parts diagrams/lists, though. The small tractor
mechanic locally says he can't recall there being more than one more
of this series in the area and it was sold at a retirement sale a
couple of years ago so don't know where it is any longer. He says
he's not seen one to know what the actually had from factory but
there's no doubt whatever it was isn't shown on any diagrams.

Anyway, that's a good pointer and undoubtedly will get something that
will be workable...

Would Shop Manual, like Chilton's type have more detail vs a parts
list?



--
Oren

"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly."

On May 24, 2:23 pm, Oren wrote:
On 23 May 2007 17:24:15 -0700, dpb wrote:



On May 23, 2:47 pm, Oren wrote:
On 23 May 2007 12:40:06 -0700, dpb wrote:

Anybody know of source for approximately 2" diam. 3" long hard rubber
bumpers or something similar?

Rear support on JD 966 utility tractor is missing (long story, bought
the tractor used, the seller had put new hood on it, but hadn't fitted
it out w/ all the odds and ends of the origninal). JD doesn't show
what is supposed to actually be there on the parts diagrams but has
emobsses on the underside of the hood for a threaded stud similar to
those that hold the front brackets. I think they're 8 mm, btw, for a
hint on size needed for the bumpers. There are areas directly under
these molded into the trough that fits over the fuel tank that they
would set on/in. W/O anything there, the hood is resting directly on
the dash panel and sits low enough the firewall panel is rubbing the
hood. Eventually this is going to wear a hole in the hood itself if I
can't find/fabricate something suitable.

So, ideal would be a molded bumper w/ a threaded insert on the other
end..I've seen such things, but can't seem to find any source...help/
leads appreciated.

My first thought was urethane bushing as I replaced the front
suspension in my truck with them...

A fast check resulted this threaded poly....HTH

http://www.polyprod.com/bumper.html

Oren, by golly, I think that could shore do the trick...I'm thinking
the softer ones probably would work better for my purpose. I also
realized (somewhat belatedly) that there's a magnet mounted on a
bracket on the firewal, but nothing for it to latch on to on the
hood...I need to figure out the right heights and clearances and do
some figgering...for the life of me I can't understand them not
showing on the JD parts diagrams/lists, though. The small tractor
mechanic locally says he can't recall there being more than one more
of this series in the area and it was sold at a retirement sale a
couple of years ago so don't know where it is any longer. He says
he's not seen one to know what the actually had from factory but
there's no doubt whatever it was isn't shown on any diagrams.

Anyway, that's a good pointer and undoubtedly will get something that
will be workable...

Would Shop Manual, like Chilton's type have more detail vs a parts
list?

--

I've looked at the full JD service manual/exploded diagrams as here
--

http://jdpc.deere.com/jdpc/servlet/c... geServlet_Alt

These are electronic versions of the official Deere manuals and all
there is...

Not absolutely positive what view that link will bring up in a new
browser if you're interested enough to peruse it, but the alphabetical
list and "magnet" will bring you the drawing that shows the magnet/
mount (which is there), and "support, hood" will show the hood section
-- which shows nothing for the magnet to latch upon. Extensive
searching of all nearby drawings leads to nothing as of yet and it's
hard tto fathom on what other drawing it might have been pictured...

Anyway, I do appreciate the "bumper" link -- I hadn't thought of the
type of application you had that got the successful search although it
is obvious in retrospect (ain't it always??? )...

-- dpb

--

On May 24, 3:32 pm, dpb wrote:
....
I've looked at the full JD service manual/exploded diagrams as here
--

http://jdpc.deere.com/jdpc/servlet/c...tscatalog.view...

....

Not absolutely positive what view that link will bring up in a new
browser ...

Opens up the parts app, not the previously displayed page. Enter
"955" in the model field then select "compact utility tractor" from
the list...again, assumes enough interest to look, a _BIG_ assumption,
I grant...

On 24 May 2007 13:32:15 -0700, dpb wrote:

but the alphabetical
list and "magnet" will bring you the drawing that shows the magnet/
mount (which is there), and "support, hood" will show the hood section
-- which shows nothing for the magnet to latch upon.

At the alpha list, select *H* and drop down to HOOD MAGNET AND
BRACKET (LATCH). Looks like an angle bracket mounts to the firewall?


--
Oren

"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly."

"Oren" wrote in message
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On 23 May 2007 17:24:15 -0700, dpb wrote:

On May 23, 2:47 pm, Oren wrote:
On 23 May 2007 12:40:06 -0700, dpb wrote:



Anybody know of source for approximately 2" diam. 3" long hard rubber
bumpers or something similar?



McMaster-Carr

On 23 May 2007 12:40:06 -0700, dpb wrote:

Anybody know of source for approximately 2" diam. 3" long hard rubber
bumpers or something similar?

Rear support on JD 966 utility tractor is missing (long story, bought
the tractor used, the seller had put new hood on it, but hadn't fitted
it out w/ all the odds and ends of the origninal). JD doesn't show
what is supposed to actually be there on the parts diagrams but has
emobsses on the underside of the hood for a threaded stud similar to
those that hold the front brackets. I think they're 8 mm, btw, for a
hint on size needed for the bumpers. There are areas directly under
these molded into the trough that fits over the fuel tank that they
would set on/in. W/O anything there, the hood is resting directly on
the dash panel and sits low enough the firewall panel is rubbing the
hood. Eventually this is going to wear a hole in the hood itself if I
can't find/fabricate something suitable.

So, ideal would be a molded bumper w/ a threaded insert on the other
end..I've seen such things, but can't seem to find any source...help/
leads appreciated.

My 94 saturn has a rubber engine upper support mount that I
fabricated completely out of 'Goop' when the original failed.

It has been holding for 5 years now.

On May 25, 7:47 am, DK wrote:
....
My 94 saturn has a rubber engine upper support mount that I
fabricated completely out of 'Goop' when the original failed.
.....

"Goop" is a brand, I thought...DAGS and their web site uses so much
Flash that w/ dialup was unusable when went to any "product" link.
Which product, specifically, did you use? ("Goop" was most often a
hand cleaner in my vocabulary... ).

On 25 May 2007 06:28:34 -0700, dpb wrote:

On May 25, 7:47 am, DK wrote:
...
My 94 saturn has a rubber engine upper support mount that I
fabricated completely out of 'Goop' when the original failed.
....

"Goop" is a brand, I thought...DAGS and their web site uses so much
Flash that w/ dialup was unusable when went to any "product" link.
Which product, specifically, did you use? ("Goop" was most often a
hand cleaner in my vocabulary... ).


Engine mounts in my vocabulary; means, engine mounts! :-/

--
Oren

"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly."

On May 25, 2:48 pm, Oren wrote:
On 25 May 2007 06:28:34 -0700, dpb wrote:

On May 25, 7:47 am, DK wrote:
...
My 94 saturn has a rubber engine upper support mount that I
fabricated completely out of 'Goop' when the original failed.
....

"Goop" is a brand, I thought...DAGS and their web site uses so much
Flash that w/ dialup was unusable when went to any "product" link.
Which product, specifically, did you use? ("Goop" was most often a
hand cleaner in my vocabulary... ).

Engine mounts in my vocabulary; means, engine mounts! :-/

Me, too, I was just curious what "goop" could be adequate for the
purpose...

I'm pretty sure your bumpers are much more suited to the task at hand
if I end up w/ no further leads directly from Mr Deere Greenpaint on
the _real_ missing part(s)...

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