Homemade Garden Tractor

Member Join date : 2013-01-03 Posts : 89

FearlessFront wrote:: One of a kind! I like it! Since it's a Chrysler axle, maybe you could put a select-able locker in it so you could unlock it when u needed to turn. Being from the 50's might be tough.. that would be sick though. The only thing the surprises me is the fact that it only has a 38" deck.. I have a 11 hp briggs that runs a 36" deck.
Is it diesel or gas?

Its a gasser. Would be cool if it were a diesel. I could be rollin coal on a lawn mower!

Subject: Re: Homemade Garden Tractor January 4th 2013, 8:45 pm

Great looking tractor! I love home-built machines

Member Join date : 2012-10-16 Points : 4303 Posts : 51

i bet she pulls a plow like non other! totally awesome man!

Subject: Re: Homemade Garden Tractor January 9th 2013, 10:50 pm

Thanks for all the positive comments! Right now she is just a lawn orniment but I hope to have it running soon

Subject: Re: Homemade Garden Tractor January 21st 2013, 11:14 pm

Hey guys, I got it running. More info later

Subject: Re: Homemade Garden Tractor January 22nd 2013, 9:28 am

Great to hear. Keep us informed.

Subject: Re: Homemade Garden Tractor January 22nd 2013, 12:17 pm

Ok heres more info.

I emailed a magneto repair company a few days ago and asked how much it would cost to rebuild my magneto. I got an email yesterday from them and they said to rebuild that magneto would cost about $250 so I thanked them for replying with a quote and went outside to see if I could fix it myself. Took apart the magneto last night and looked at a damaged gear inside the magneto. The gear is missing a tooth but seems to work just fine so I put the magneto back together and put a good battery on it.

Now before I go any further with the description I must mention that the first time I attempted to start it I used the orignal battery which was no good so I had to jump start it. When I started it the first time the motor turned over very slow but at the time I just thought it was supposed to be that slow so I thought the magneto was faulty because I wasent getting spark.

Ok back to the description. I hooked up a nearly new 420 amp lawn and garden tractor battery on the tractor and attempted to start it. I noticed the motor spun over much faster so I got a little carb cleaner and sprayed in the carb and the motor busted off. When I get some gas I will try and get it running.
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Subject: Re: Homemade Garden Tractor January 23rd 2013, 12:28 pm

When you say "Busted off" do ya mean it fired and then quit? I hope ya get her runnin.

Subject: Re: Homemade Garden Tractor January 23rd 2013, 3:25 pm

nice looking tractor. at first i thought it looked like a jeep. bet that will win a couple tractor shows without a doubt!

Subject: Re: Homemade Garden Tractor January 28th 2013, 11:33 pm

Got the tractor running. Runs ok but has a timing issue. Its not good but heres a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl5GjUbQD28

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That's really amazing I love that.

Subject: Homemade Garden Tractor November 25th 2013, 9:34 am

wow I thought that you had got that reposessed?

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