here's a update I've been working hard on it and its really turning out good and I hope you guys like it so I decided to make the camo a little better so I got some pine needle and sprayed over it to make a pattern here the name of the rig LAWN RANGER and I also dropped the tranny its a peerless 920 5speed and took the hole thing apart to clean the grees out and run gear oil ill have more updates as they come and hope you guys like what you see
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I made my foot gas pedal and it works nicely just a side view of the progress I got my trail wolf tires off my tan mtd there 20x10x8 but they are a different then most these have thicker tread and has a different pattern then the ones every one else has here is almost the finished project all it needs is a rear pulley belt and seat and it will be done
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Those are the front tire version of the trail wolf. There is a difference between the fronts and backs. The backs would have lateral lugs (like most) for better traction while the front ones (yours) would be mainly for steering and light traction (like 4wd).
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here's the first time I drove it and it was awesome and I drove it for a while and went over bumps and a big hill and all of a sudden it stated smoking and shut off, so idid some research and found out the pcv breather was letting oil into the carb like fearlessfront murray so I fixed that problem heres some pics as you can see where the muffler shot all the oil out onto my hood and sadly it only has 3 inches of flex so im thinking about make it get more flex is that a good idea
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Hi Curios on how you fixed the issue with the oil spitting out of the PCV breather? Did you add a catch can? I made a video on that issue myself. Here's the link. https://youtu.be/qmL8MOjxJ20
My motors have that problem too and I came up with a cheap or just free solution so it won't happen again. This is a permanent fix to this problem. Hope it helps.
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I fixed the problem by pushing the breather out of the carb then got a long gas line stuff stuck it in the pcv breather line and it leaks onto the ground now ill get pics later
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heres a pic of my rear bumper made of 1 inch conduet pipe I mounted my seat up and got everything all greased up and tight
so I finally got it done got the belt and pulleys fixed for good speed got it running just perfectly and its super reliable painted the light covers to look like mean eyes
I made some new exhaust because the stock muffler wasn't cool, so I copied fearlessfront muffler it sounds awesome it has that papapapa like a atv so over all its the best mower ive ever had
THIS BUILD IS FINISHED
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well I was driving it and I ROLLED IT DOWN A HILL and the frame is bent and the seat ripped off and the hood is bent so im not sure what to do, im getting another craftsman likes mine soon so ill take parts from it to fix this mower and right now im collecting parts for a double clutch pulley system and disc brakes
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"Mr. modified here reporting live from the 2015 ATLTF build off...We now have word that the Lawn Ranger Craftsman of Kawasaki220 is back in the garage now after a massive accident. Some serious damage to that vehicle. Massive, massive accident. Uhhh....the crew is even saying now that the frame has possibly been bent during the crash. Replacement parts are on the way, but there will be a lot of work to do to get this tractor back into the race. We'll keep you informed as soon as we get any new information."
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well I got her in the garage last Friday took the hole thing apart built a double pulley clutch for it and made a video so all you mower fans can see how to put a double pulley clutch on your craftsman because so far ME AND DOUG AND SOME OTHER GUY are the only ones with craftsman's with modded clutches on YouTube but anyway I got that done and all hooked up so that works great, and I fixed the motor from when I flipped it the float stuck some how so that's fixed and me and my friend ported the motor for more air-gas and it reves much faster now, I also unbent the hood, the frame wasn't bent it was the front axle but that got fixed and I put a spindle lift and suspension on the front with a stronger and adjustable tie rod, from where the seat ripped off the tractor I beat it flat then welded the holes closed and made new holes, lol I did a lot in the past 3 days but I also started sanding it all down for paint, so soon ill get my pics up here and you all will see I've done a crap load of work
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hey guys sorry for the lack of updates because this computer is to hard to upload photos from my iphone so ill just post a link to the videos I made, first off I did a lot, I painted it red and black and got bigger front tires and did some body work and the double pulley clutch is done, so instead of just telling you all how about you watch my video heres like video 3 of update https://youtu.be/T4kTL-qfczQ heres 4 https://youtu.be/9VRwCWHbtTc heres 5 https://youtu.be/MEEeD1Z5dSU heres 6 https://youtu.be/_ala9GkdMSc