Another craftsman II build

All of our tractors have belt breaks without them we would probably die.  Before I put one on my sears I rolledit twice on the same hill because with the chassis flexing the belt wouldn't disengage and over we went with the don't break no matter what the belt stops turning sothe tractor stopped moving.

I've had the same belt on my Sears now for over a year I'm not sure what most people get out of there belt but it's only $20 for a new belt and I'm not seeing any issues a year later

I was just looking back through the photos of this build a lot of it looks pretty crude but that got me to thinking about what I have bought for it.

I have bought the steel in the lock collar for the custom rear axle the engine pulley and the belt everything else has been recycled and reused from other tractors and random stuff that is laying around my garage.

Front tow point on bumper. We reused a u bolt from an axle I removed from a jeep.





Going to have to lower the seat I think. I'm not pleased with it at the stock heoght.

Rear bumper, reused the factory hitch we chopped off and welded it into the bumper.

Bumper looks good! How much more until she runs and drives?

Just took it around the block.

Engine doesn't seem to run right though.
So need to look into it, but it seemed to work ok.

I did swap the cast iron axle in, which dropped the front an inch.
I have 11 inches of clearance at center of front axle.

Over all height is 30 inches.

For comparison my sears has 12 inches clearance nut sits 39 inches tall.

Hopefully that keeps it more stable

Redid the exhuast, I "cobbled" it first time.




Cut the hood to clear




Also changed plugs air filter, cleaned carb and deleted the fuel cut off solinoid

Nice! What is that steering wheel from? Looks good on there

It's off a sears custom

Heading.out for the first test run tomorrow.

Switched to a blue Kevlar lined belt and it made 100% differance on clutch operation.

Good luck! Does the brake light work on the Sears?

Yes it does

Nice! Could you show us some pics of the foot throttle pedal?

I will probably be redesigning it. But I'll get some

Creepycrawler Redid his clutch, as did on with my sears, and this one needed a test. So we did a short romp today. Had a buddy ride my sears to test it.
Vtwin still not running up.to snuff and creepycrawler and the craftsman both had belt slippage issues we need to address but the craftsman seems to work as hoped.
https://youtu.be/JIlqASq7U3Q

Built a new gas pedal.

Nice diamond plate. I'm still thinking of ideas for mine, thiking some bent rod with a piece of rubber fuel hose for your foot.

My duaghter getting her hands dirty

This is why you don't use plastic pullies.

I had forgot I set the clutch up with an old plastic pulley I had laying around. Didn't take long to chew though it

The bad pulley.





Moved tge seat two inches forward so my duaghter could better reach the pedals.

When you break the shift fork a few miles from camp, you do what ya gotta do.

On our last trip out with this tractor the transaxle got stuck in reverse. We assume assumed the shift Fork was to blame.

Got it taken apart today and sure enough the fork hsd come off of the shifting sleeve.

There was nothing bent butt we did find that the brass bushing on the shaft was completely worn out and assume that it is to blame.

Will have to get a new bushing tomorrow. We also felt this to prevent it from coming apart again.

Some more from creepycrawlers garage.

4 grease zeros and shift bolt mod

The things that happen when creepycrawler gets ahold of your tractor

Seat lowering...


Before...


After...

Still needs finished up but should be done today