craftsman ralley/mud mower "bad moon rising"

Well it's running and running good, other than a sticking float in the bowl of the carb

She sounds good! Wouldn't mind a Vanny myself haha.

That's the first time I've actually tried cranking it, when I first got it I jumped the starter to check spark, but this is the first time I've put fuel to it lol

Next upgrade to the engine is a atv carb lol

Sounds great. What kind of carb?

When u do your carb swap are u going to build a new intake or just adapt to the old one?

Same intake, just modified, got the carb today, it's a mikuni off a Polaris Explorer 400

This is the carb I have, it's a 34 mm



Mod Edit Mightyraze: changed from mobile thumbnail.

Looks like it will be a very big improvement from a briggs carb.

Mainly I wanted it for better throttle response

Looking it over, I might make a whole new intake, who knows lol

Off work tomorrow, so I'm a try to get the pulleys one and lined up, and maybe have it moving, Idk yet though but I'll keep yall updated

Belt is on,
Pulleys are on and lined up,
Go to crank it and battery is dead..... so maybe mobile tomorrow lmao

Dontcha just love it when that happens? Lol

Yep, I'll put it on charge tomorrow, and hopefully drive it finally

Yep, didn't happen, just got off a 14 hr shift, got another one tomorrow lol

Well guys, I've been home a total of 4 days since this update, I'm in Virginia at the moment and will be here all week lol, so not much time to work on this old thing, it isn't forgotten, I'm also getting stuff together for my build off mower, just curios, what's the highest speed anyone has reached with a must 206?

Update! I've been home one day since previous post, I have money to build, no time to build lmao

richie thomas wrote:

Just curious, what's the highest speed anyone has reached with a MST 206?

Well IDK what the top speed ever is, but the most I've seen is CarsandCameras hit 43 in one, and it had more to go.  It was in 4th, and the throttle was about half.  They put half of a torque converter on the engine, run back to a jackshaft with a tiny pulley on top and a huge pulley on the bottom, run back to a tiny pulley on the trans.  They also had no governor.  Here's the playlist with those vids in it:

Needless to say, it the trans case shattered and threw gears all over the road!! LOL

Well, I've hit 30 with mine. Mostly stock Murray Widebodys are surprisingly stable in road gear.

I've hit 45 before with one, I'm just wondering how fast I can get one