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PostSubject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part II   Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part II - Page 5 Icon_minitimeJanuary 29th 2019, 10:26 am

Well you're perceptive, W
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RichieRichOverdrive wrote:
Well you're perceptive, W
That's right!

Let's not try to jack the thread.
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PostSubject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part II   Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part II - Page 5 Icon_minitimeJanuary 31st 2019, 12:26 am

Stuck it im between these trees for a second.
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This big stick was very well attatched to the ground for some reason, the whole tractor rotated around it
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PostSubject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part II   Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part II - Page 5 Icon_minitimeJanuary 31st 2019, 11:55 am

She might look ok but the trans doesn't sound ok lol. Need to hurry up and get the new one together
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Whine. Pops once in a while, it's not consistent though
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I'll tear this one apart when i swap it out.
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I guess I'm really just giving this trans a proper send off

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"On tonight's episode of BURIED ALIVE" lol! 

You really know how to send something.
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It's funny really, I did the exact same thing about 10 months ago. It seems that hole hasn't filled in at all since then.
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Also i haven't put oil in it since before i flooded it last time lol.
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SebastianAlbrecht wrote:
now I know why the trans wears out so fast...
water gets inside and destroys it
A proper live axle swap should not flood if you do everything your supposed to.
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No 820 left behind man! Maybe there easy to find where your at but I don't think there's one in my entire state. I've never even seen one.
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It's still on the fozzy locked trans. The locker is almost done.

I'm not sure why 820s are so common in my area. They're everywhere in Murray GTs.
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My friend accidentally ordered 2 extra of these little volt meters so he gave me two to do something with.(thats his hand haha I'm not married)

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Took an ammeter that had gotten full of water and stop working. Cut a hole in the face with a sharp chisel and hammer. Cut the bridge in the middle so it wouldn't pass current and soldered the ammeter wires so i could use the posts for terminals like normal.
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Test without a window in, looks good!
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Cut a piece of plastic from an Utz cheese ball jug for the gauge face. The glass had broken a long time ago from floating around in the bottom of a toolbox. All crimped back together nicely.
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Little work with a holesaw and now i have something to remind me that i need to buy a new battery every time i turn the key on this thing.
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Also put a diode back in the lighting output of the coil to have a bit more use from the charging system.
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Turning a junk ammeter into a digital voltmeter is a great low buck mod
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I think so. Kinda wish it still had a glass window though, this one will probably get all scratched up and hard to read during the daytime eventually
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What size Diode did you use?


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I think 6 amp 1000v? Can't remember. Bought a 20 pack a few years back off of ebay. About half the time they seem to burn up, start backflowing, and try to set themseves on fire after a few months, but every other time and even the ones that eventually fail work the same as factory. These are just cheapo chinese ones so I don't expect much from them.
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Just curious... I have a small pack of 6amp 50V that I was considering on one of those opposed that working with. I think that I read somewhere that would work.


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Should. These stators put out about 14V AC and it's rectified to probably less than that, and they're 5amps max. Although I've never seen mine go over 4 lol. It's a good idea to have an ammeter so you can see when they fail before they let the smoke out of the stator.
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