1987 Montgomery Wards mudder project

this is what the Ward looked like before i tore it down. i was originally using it for parts for my 02 mtd but i realized this was the better tractor.

this is what it looks like now. at this point i put the dash console thing back on, reassembled the front axle and steering and did some stuff at the back.

this is the back. this tractor originally had the gas and the battery in the hood but i switched it around. i took the rear frame piece off my mtd and swapped out the one from the montgomery. i then took the seat off the mtd and put it on also.

this is the ward before i swapped the mtd frame part and seat in

this is what it looked like back in 1987. I took this pic off the owners manuel, which i do have.

this is just a side view of how it is at this current moment


hopefully today i will be able to put in the transaxle and put some wheels on the front.

sice im putting the gastank in the hood i need to find a different engine. im looking for anything that isnt a twin and has at least 12.5 horse power.

i will post more pics asap

Looks good.
I keep an eye out for a motor.

Why no twin? and did you pull it apart for cleaning or what? looks good. hopefully it doesn't have a hydro

redlinemotorsportts wrote:

Why no twin? and did you pull it apart for cleaning or what? looks good. hopefully it doesn't have a hydro

no twin due to wieght. and i prefer singles. it has vari drive too

Not much left, and looks good.

i havent don much work on it since i made this post i would work on it tody but due to the fact my workarea is outside and its frezing rain ill pass if the weather is nice i will work on it tomorrow

mudmonkey06 wrote:

i havent don much work on it since i made this post i would work on it tody but due to the fact my workarea is outside and its frezing rain ill pass if the weather is nice i will work on it tomorrow

Ok.
Here lately its been between the 55-80s here.

What??? That Ward is wierd. This is mine: Got different wheels now.

Oh I think mine is a '78 not '87.

ya that would make sense lol

i got the transaxle in and front wheels on with help from DirtQueen13

the back

a mock up with the hood and front grill




still looking for an engine

Looks like your in the middle of a forest, without an engine lol. Looks good tho.

Thunderdivine wrote:

Looks like your in the middle of a forest, without an engine lol. Looks good tho.

my workspace is under a tree house/shed out back my house. ill post a pic of it right now

Sweet! So you gonna use the twin? I've got some 6 1/2hp motors I need to sell. If you're worried about weight they're nothing! I can lift one singlehandedly/

BlackMountian88 wrote:

Sweet! So you gonna use the twin? I've got some 6 1/2hp motors I need to sell. If you're worried about weight they're nothing! I can lift one singlehandedly/

6 1/2 hp is a little small lol im looking for around 12.5hp

mudmonkey06 wrote:

Thunderdivine wrote:

Looks like your in the middle of a forest, without an engine lol. Looks good tho.

my workspace is under a tree house/shed out back my house. ill post a pic of it right now

thats my workspace

What about 6.75? haha! I've got a 12hp (I think) thats sized and half taken apart. And an 18hp twin block. Any interest? I wanna make some money!

Damn that's a huge picture!

And a nice "garage". It's bigger than my "garage". But what do you do for power?

BlackMountian88 wrote:

What about 6.75? haha! I've got a 12hp (I think) thats sized and half taken apart. And an 18hp twin block. Any interest? I wanna make some money!

Use the ads for selling please, and you can't think it's 12hp if you wanna sell it...

Yup sorry I just know he's local.

Thunderdivine wrote:

Damn that's a huge picture!

And a nice "garage". It's bigger than my "garage". But what do you do for power?

i push the tractor outfront my house

Ya that's a pretty cool setup.

mudmonkey06 wrote:

Thunderdivine wrote:

Damn that's a huge picture!

And a nice "garage". It's bigger than my "garage". But what do you do for power?

i push the tractor outfront my house

Yea ok.

Resized it for ya.

mudmonkey06 wrote:

Thunderdivine wrote:

Damn that's a huge picture!

And a nice "garage". It's bigger than my "garage". But what do you do for power?

i push the tractor outfront my house

I do the same thing to run tools that run on eletric.