Greenfield? for D4 7U

According to the picture in my 5U parts catalog (and I'd think the 7U would be similar), the heavy cables from the battery box (pony start) run across the fender to the dash and then in. The lighting cables on the other side also run along the fender and it looks like they're just regular cable, not inside conduit, but it doesn't really say. The serviceman's reference might have some more info, or anyone on here that has an original wired tractor. I used 2/0 battery cables on mine and they're so stiff that they route from the battery box to the dash without any additional support

I used 2/0 welding cable, so it is very flexible. On yours, is the cable attached to the fender? Mine doesn't show any sign of attachment holes. I was considering a piece of 3/4 greenfield screwed onto the inside vertical edge of the fender, away from the top and the floor, but I don't want to do something stupid looking either. I guess I would like to do it the way CAT would have if they put together my set up with both pony and electric starting. Elton

The information your looking for is in the "attachments" section of Form 32523 on page 161 (copy attached below). The conduit is part #6B3675. Clips are part # 5B, held in place with nuts.

The attached picture is how it is mounted of my 7U. Hope this helps.

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Thank you Neil and Phildirt. I appreciate your help so much. Elton

rubber/vynil type flexible conduit would be the ideal and if you cant get yellow and don't like black paint it with a plastics primer and then a light coat of cat yellow.
remember it doesn't have to be exactly spot on original it just has to work properly and be in the spirit of what it was. the only opinion that truly matters when it comes to how your machine looks is your own!

Thank you all for your ideas and opinions. The tractor wiring is complete and it runs! Sunday afternoon after adjusting the main clutch brake so I could get it in gear, I took a little cruse around my place. Lots of slobber, but I hope to put it under a load soon and stop that nonsense. Otherwise it ran well! I think my wife was as tickled as I was. I haven't yet put the hydraulics or blade back on since I wanted to run it a bit and make sure it was ok before doing all that. I will unfortunately have to remove the radiator to install the front PTO drive for the hydraulic. But we are much closer than 1.5 years ago when it came to live with me. Elton

Well done, you will have a lot of fun with that tractor

Great job Elton! Very satisfying when you do a start-up : ) Of course, you've spilled the beans so now we're demanding a video! : ) For the front hydraulic control drive, I think I managed to install the flange and the shaft without having to remove the radiator but I could be wrong. I do know the first time I did it, the radiator was off being fixed, but I did another installation because I had to change something on the shaft and I might not have removed the radiator - memory is failing me. Anyhoo, it's not a big deal to remove the radiator on the U-series if you have a chainfall or one of those cheap HF engine hoists like I have