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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Craftsman GT6K Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:03 pm | |
| Got a new thing today. Craftsman GT6k, sans engine. Something to waste my new abundance of scrap steel on.   Electrolux style 633, not especially excited about it but it's not that bad of a trans. Shifts a bit hard but I think that's just a good seal.  Has the nice 5 lug hubs  Oh and a hood without a grille that probably won't get put back on (thinking about the series II snapper lt16 that was meant for the lt18rs project)  Plans: -Horizontal swap. No belt twist. -Use original steering after replacing bushings and rewelding and grinding teeth -Reinforce frame. Plenty of room for that I think. -Mutt's old bright green bumper for now -Mod old front axle mount or build a new one. Plan to keep the cast iron front axle, but could use some help with caster and the bushings -Not sure what's gonna happen with the front tires for now. I think I can make them hold air -For now the back tires will just have tire chains
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MightyRaze Administrator


Age : 44 Join date : 2016-09-06 Posts : 6115 Forum Rep : 437 Location : Shawnee, OK
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:35 pm | |
| Nice score there. Excited to see this build out. Awe come on... you could do an @AllisKidD21 style grille!  _______________________________________________ |
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AllisKidD21 Moderator


Age : 21 Join date : 2016-07-10 Posts : 4835 Forum Rep : 231 Location : Ontario Canada
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:36 pm | |
| Yeah, better do mono leaves on the front and a rack and pinion too. Looks pretty neat. Looks like that ol' AYP trans has a couple bad axle seals though? Either way, should be a cool build. |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:00 pm | |
| Put another wheel on the one side. Back tires don't hold air for more than a few minutes and the left front maybe an hour  Ew  Weird steering, seems ok besides the stripped teeth and bad bushings. I might just do new bushings and it'll be ok.   |
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Crazy_Carl Seasoned Veteran


Age : 30 Join date : 2017-10-30 Posts : 2259 Forum Rep : 139 Location : Rochester, New York
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:05 pm | |
| Seems like a good foundation to start with. I like how Mutt's old hood looks on it. |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:11 pm | |
| Yeah well mutt's hood isn't happening lol |
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MatthewD Grand Master


Age : 18 Join date : 2014-11-16 Posts : 1993 Forum Rep : 42 Location : Northern Ireland
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:13 pm | |
| Cool project. What engine are ya thinking of using? |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:15 pm | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:32 pm | |
| I mean some big horizontal twin is what I'm shooting for but for now I'd be satisfied with a gx390. Maybe a 212 predator too. |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Sun Nov 04, 2018 7:42 pm | |
| Found a plate to mount the engine to, working on cutting it to fit now. Gonna weld it on, don't think I have a need to take it off.  I also pulled out most of what was left of the deck hardware and put a knob i found on the range selector lol |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:31 pm | |
| Pulled the steering gear out, it's corroded pretty bad and the teeth are rolled over from not engaging fully. Thinking on improvements ATM. Forgot to get pics for that. Traded some rims for a different set of front tires that held air. I also swapped a set of turfs on the back that hold air(for longer). Looked at putting duallies on. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself  |
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Crazy_Carl Seasoned Veteran


Age : 30 Join date : 2017-10-30 Posts : 2259 Forum Rep : 139 Location : Rochester, New York
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:51 am | |
| You don’t seem like a dually guy to me. Although wouldn’t be a bad feature on a tractor that pulls heavy trailers around all the time. |
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Double W Cross Ranch Seasoned Veteran


Age : 16 Join date : 2017-06-09 Posts : 2504 Forum Rep : 72 Location : Literally Nowhere, Texas
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:51 pm | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6000 (Mutt Mark II?) Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:49 pm | |
| It won't, I just really like duallies. They've proven fun in the past lol |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Sun Nov 18, 2018 8:31 am | |
| Been trying to work on this thing. Steering is proving to be a pain to fix  |
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Crazy_Carl Seasoned Veteran


Age : 30 Join date : 2017-10-30 Posts : 2259 Forum Rep : 139 Location : Rochester, New York
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Sun Nov 18, 2018 8:34 am | |
| How so? What kind of steering is in this thing? |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
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Crazy_Carl Seasoned Veteran


Age : 30 Join date : 2017-10-30 Posts : 2259 Forum Rep : 139 Location : Rochester, New York
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Sun Nov 18, 2018 8:43 am | |
| stuff looks welded in place and non adjustable. Yeah that's a pain. |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Sun Nov 18, 2018 8:46 am | |
| Yeah, had junky plastic bushings too. I'll probably manage to fabricobble something up to make it work. |
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AllisKidD21 Moderator


Age : 21 Join date : 2016-07-10 Posts : 4835 Forum Rep : 231 Location : Ontario Canada
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Sun Nov 18, 2018 9:10 am | |
| Hmmm. I'm not positive, but I think you can fix those steering setup with a rack and pinion. Or so I've heard anyway. Did I already make that joke....? Oh I did. Well whatever, my point still stands.  |
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SebastianAlbrecht Expert

Age : 18 Join date : 2018-02-27 Posts : 1299 Forum Rep : 45
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Sun Nov 18, 2018 9:13 am | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Sun Nov 18, 2018 9:43 am | |
| No thanks - Spoiler:
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biggasmowers Grand Master


Age : 19 Join date : 2016-12-30 Posts : 1943 Forum Rep : 69 Location : Kansas
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:11 am | |
| The steering on the gt6000 frame I got was pretty good I thought. Haven't used it, alomsng with many other random parts I was thinking I needed, but it's good for some future project. Duallys would defiantly be a neat feature, and dually aggs would be even better. A horizontal oppy would sit nicely in there, man that would rip |
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Double W Cross Ranch Seasoned Veteran


Age : 16 Join date : 2017-06-09 Posts : 2504 Forum Rep : 72 Location : Literally Nowhere, Texas
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:17 pm | |
| - @Crazy_Carl wrote:
- stuff looks welded in place and non adjustable.
Yeah that's the way it is in my weed eater too. Sucks. Put a Ross box in it Rich! |
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RichieRichOverdrive Seasoned Veteran


Age : 17 Join date : 2016-10-29 Posts : 2579 Forum Rep : 90 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K Mon Nov 19, 2018 5:35 pm | |
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