What have you done to your tractor today?

put some air in the tires so they wouldnt dry rot and how many tractors and all do you have k2500life

today i put my racing/offroad mower in the garage to start working on it

Kawasaki220 hmm bout 18 or so

Watched some tractor pulling with my younger brother the other day. Think he might be interested in tractors, so I pulled out a parts machine from the back yard and got it running. Had an extra 5" pulley for the front, and a 6" for the rear. Started mocking them up, but I have to pull the trans to get the new pulley on and the shifting action is very stiff. Need to find out what's binding.

We'll likely use it for mud and trails.

This is all on a 90's green Craftsman with 5 or 6 speed and a 19hp B&S opposed twin. It looked like the easiest to get going. The hard part will be getting the right belt with the new pulleys.

Not going to lock it or put aggressive tires on, just want to speed it up a little and make it reliable. I suppose reliable also means removing all the safety switches and rewiring....

I finally got the Peerless 920 back together and took the Murray for a spin.  I used a gear set from a 930 and it fit like a glove.  There's a difference in the ratios though: The 930 has lower 2nd through 4th gears, so now I'm starting out in 3rd. I may eventually do another pulley swap since 1st gear is still useless.

Also took the motor out of the golf cart and fit the Snowmobile engine into it.  Lots of work to be done there...  But that's another story for another forum.  

T-Dub13 wrote:

I finally got the Peerless 920 back together and took the Murray for a spin.  I used a gear set from a 930 and it fit like a glove.  There's a difference in the ratios though: The 930 has lower 2nd through 4th gears, so now I'm starting out in 3rd.  I may eventually do another pulley swap since 1st gear is still useless.  

Also took the motor out of the golf cart and fit the Snowmobile engine into it.  Lots of work to be done there...  But that's another story for another forum.  

My 930's 1st is a creepy crawl, especially at idle. Good for creeping around tight woods, about it.

That golf cart sounds interesting. Id like to see some of it.

I will post pics and vids as soon as I get some. My phone sux for that stuff, so I'll be relying on others to txt or email me the files.

It's a Yamaha golf cart originally with a 300cc 4stroke motor, belt driven CVT snowmobile style clutches. So it's a no-brainer to swap with a sled motor. We have a 440 FC Suzuki Spirit motor from a panther. Sorta lame, but it should go ok. I'd rather stick with Yamaha and get a 540 FC from like a SRV/XLV/Phazer. But We're doing this on the cheap.

Sent a guy on craigslist a message trying to buy his green craftsman and trailer for $50... No reply yet...

got our newly acquired westwood mower up and running, it had been sitting in a barn for a few years, did the fearlessfront flywheel mod and she started up after a few pulls

Replaced a section of fuel line so now the first foot and a half off the tank is steel and tied fast to the frame.

ratcatcher wrote:

got our newly acquired westwood mower up and running, it had been sitting in a barn for a few years, did the fearlessfront flywheel mod and she started up after a few pulls

What's a Westwood? And what's FF's flywheel mod? Sounds cool... Your pic didn't load for me.

T-Dub13 wrote:

ratcatcher wrote:

got our newly acquired westwood mower up and running, it had been sitting in a barn for a few years, did the fearlessfront flywheel mod and she started up after a few pulls

What's a Westwood?  And what's FF's flywheel mod?  Sounds cool...  Your pic didn't load for me.

a uk mower,
and welding a flywheel to the top of engine that has no pull start
it's weird as the video showed in your quoted post, anyone else have problems viewing?

Loaded fine here.

I added a muffler today. Rode for a bit, clutch pulleys are dry.

I painted mine black and put a clear coat on it.

Ok. I hope yall like long post.
Late august. Put a foot throttle on my mower. Works perfect
That was easy.
Early september. Changed pulley back to 1:1 ratio cause the belt was gettin worn out. Converted my spicer six speed to a three speed using pvc pipe as spacers. Drove to my friends house and raced his 4wheeler off road. Since i race prepped my rod it can handle WOT. I was wide open on the straight part of the trail when. BOOM BANG CHITTY CHITTY. it backfired, caught on fire. Put the fire out with sand and pushed it home. Not a big dea ill clean evrything and drive some more. Well. I was wrong.
Late september. Pulled it out of the weeds and started to work on it. Cleaned the carb, put it back on, i try to crank it, itspins over once then locks up. Im like wth. Take the valve cover off and wala, bent valve stems. Force it over a couple times and it spins easier. Crank it and it fires up. Heres the problem tho. The float on the carb works, but it doesnt stop the fuel flow. So i can crank the motor and run it at high rpms and it runs fine. If i try to let it idle or rev it when its runnin slow, itll sputter alot but itll rev up. Ive cleaned the carb several times and verified the float was workin by blowin into the fuel nipple and rotating the carb. But why it wont stop the fuel flow i dunno. As of right now im lookin for another engine to replace it with.

https://www.atltf.com/t4270-major-timing-advance-retard

I did this

I blew the Peerless 920 for the last time.    Outta spares and sick of pushing it home.  

SO, I'm taking all the good stuff from the Murray and making the Simplicity the tractor to beat.

Simplicity was originally a 7hp.  Now it will be a 12+hp flatty that I built in Doc's low buck flatty build page.  The motor is still running strong and smooth.  

More updates to come as this one gets the treatment!

Right on! That oughta be good! Speaking of fragged trannies, I had to repair mine today. When I'm done talking here, I'll put a link in. Meanwhile... I'm really thinking to reconfigure things. I'm thinking 700 and live axle. I have most of the parts already. Just need a sprocket, and a hub or two. We'll see.

Anyhoo:

T-Dub13 wrote:

I blew the Peerless 920 for the last time.

What broke this time? And also, what broke last time? And what were you doing when it happened?

That simplicity looks like a 727 broadmore. We have one, it might be a bigger model though. Pretty beef, mr. modified has one and it looks pretty stout.

Also, what are those cars in the backround? Looks mopar?

Yeah, That's a 728 Broadmoor. Pretty stout indeed. I'm looking forward to riding this one more than working on it.

Lessee here, on the 920's (plural of course)... I've gone through numerous shift fingers, destroyed input bevel gears, knocked all the teeth off of the big step-down gear and ring gear, and completely blown the ring gear / bull gear right through the housing. They just can't handle the abuse. Period.

I've killed them doing various things. Sometimes just riding around, other times killed when plowing and hitting a stump, or plowing and trying to wheelie the plow over the leaf pile... Things like that.

I think if the 920 was the only option I had, I would cut down the 3" long keys that lock the rims to the axles and make them the weak point. I'd figure about 3/8" long keys would shear before the 920 let go. But that may take some experimentation in length. The wheels were held on by "E" clips, so I could have had a handful of keys and a jacknife and replaced them as I sheared them... Hindsight is 20-20.

That car is a 3rd generation Mercury Comet. I forget what the other one is, maybe a thunderbird...

More pics of the Braodmoor to come...

Got a little more done on the build yesterday.  Front tires and had to cut out the grill to fit the motor.  

Still need to cut more out of the grill, build a new exhaust, swap rear tires, set up my foot throttle, and more.  Front tires need clearanced too, as I'm sure the rears will as well.

T-Dub13 wrote:

Lessee here, on the 920's (plural of course)...  ...  They just can't handle the abuse.  Period.

Yep, precisely. They were built to mow grass, and haul around those silly little Suzie Q. Homeowner leaf wagons. We beat them into submission. Sometimes they even submit more easily than expected.

Wish I had the "small key in the wheels idea" before blowing up all my Peerlesses! meh,,, I'm glad I was forced to switch to the Simplicity anyway. Keeping the Murray alive would be the same as giving it a prolonged death. It needed to be euthanized!