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Very interesting Stan. Is the board an OEM item? Or a safety add on to keep wrenches from shorting terminals? The tray looks pretty straight forward. Hopefully it is 16GA like the vandalism covers. I still have some left from a 4x4 sheet. Looking forward to it. Take your time and I will reimburse yo...

No sweat Stan, There is a lot going on and take your time. Bruce I just sent a PM with a tracking number. You should have your OEM and new repro covers by Wednesday. I sure am grateful. Please offer up feedback as that tells me if I am on the right track or need to make changes.

Thanks for explaining the outbox situation.

And thank you for sending the tool tray for me to duplicate. I tried to edit my PM to say that I would be reimbursing you for any shipping costs. I don't want this to cost you a thing. So thank you. This is great.

I typed up 3 PM's to you folks. It appears they may be stuck in my outbox... Hmmmmm... I am hoping they went out.

Outstanding Stan!

A hearty thank you. And I will return it as soon as I am finished with the work. I know that is important.

Off to send a PM.

Thank you LeonardL! It's nice to know there are options. Lets see what Stan says and go from there. This is a great site. I frequent several and this site is top notch in help.

Hi Stan, I am reading in my tool tray post that the tool tray is the same between the 350 and 450. That is good news. I should be getting some measurements via email this weekend. That is if my transition to satellite based phone and internet goes well tomorrow. How would you feel about sending me t...

Well super Mike! We appreciate it. I will send a PM. Saturday mid day we are switching to satellite home phone and internet. I am supposed to be keeping my existing personal email. I hope it does not give any problems. If it bounces for some reason that might be why. I just wanted to mention it. Tha...

Hi members, Myself and member Btown are searching for good pictures and even better yet measurements of the tool tray found in the battery compartment on the 450 crawlers. If anyone knows where one is, or can take some pictures and measurements, (side wall height, end wall height, metal thickness, e...

I will probably leave the washers under my padlock post till I see how things fit. There may not be room for what I want to do. Not a big deal as I will deal with abrasion marks and come to the conclusion it is just a crawler. :) I'll look again at the picture of the tool tray. I am know I could mak...

I only partially installed the original cover on my panel. Honestly I did not want to scratch anything. It looked like the only need would be to very slightly bend the tang that goes in the throttle slot so it tucks in. I can say that the new covers have the same dimensions as the original. I was ve...

Finally putting stuff back on or in. My main pressure line from the pump to valve body had some bad abrasion. I had a new one made and found a neat trick to do to it. I ordered some of the electrical woven abrasion resistant harness sleeving for the line. It is extremely durable and it will help pro...

All done... I finished the second cover, spot welded them, sanded and coated them. At 5 above zero this morning I heated the shop for 8 hours to finally get above 70 for the coating. We were at 50 F and raining just two days ago. Crazy weather this year. I will need a couple days to cure the coating...

I am glad I asked. My machine has 4 or was it 5 1/4 washers on it to make the eyelet further from the dash metal. Not sure why, but when the time comes I will test fit the cover and remove them if need be. I am on the mend as my wife forced me to eat raw garlic from her garden. I don't get sick much...