craftsman 12hp project

so im new and i wanted to start off with my 1990? craftsman 12hp ohv 6 speed 38"
so a guy my dad knows gave it to me along with a 10 hp techumseh and other parts
things ive done so far: got rid of the safetys, got it running, wired up the headlights
to do: front bumper, lock the tranny, swap the motor, lift?, gas pedal, brakes, headlight lenses and buckets, pulley swap
so let me know what you think

got any pics? we love that kind. sounds cool, gotta love those old squarebodys. personally, i am not a fan of lifted mowers.

Yea workin on the pics thinking of only a 1" lift because i want to fit some 20" tires with a little space and i see a real easy way to do the lift

ahh, ok, so more or less just a body lift. when i think "lifted mower" i think these ubsurd foolish creations that you need a ladder to get in. lol.

How are you lifting it?

I plan on putting spacer blocks on the two main rear mounts and there are a second set of bolt holes on the front of the transaxle and thats all i need but i might just end up doing a body lift who knows
Oh yea does anyone know what tranny i have in it its a six speed im thinking its a Foote maybe a Spicer its a 90 cube tractor thanks

Not really any reason but for looks and in case i want to go with bigger tires in future

an update:
I got it running MINT after a tank of gas went through it now the only problem is the huge oil leak coming from the head which needs to be fixed
for christmas i got two 3 inch 27 watt LED lights but thats 54 watts total and i dont think my charging system will support that
i have all the materials to build my front bumper so i got to get a design and get cutting and welding

So if you lift the tractor suspension... What do you have to do with the input shaft on the transaxle? Make a longer one

i did some "testing" today and set up some rocks to crawl on and realized how bad i need a steering gear for the first gen steering
im also working on a front bumper design using this

and some other scrap steel i have
oh yea these are the lights i plan on mounting (27 watts each) can someone tell me if my charging system will support that i have a 12 hp techumseh ohv

this is the front part of the frame to mount to, i want to do a bolt on bumper so i can remove my hood if need be but stilll strong, any ideas out there?

right i almost forgot, lets take a look at the oil leak buildup shall we?

Yea ive seen strech's builds but personally im not a fan of the bumper and i want to find a tractor with 2nd gen steering to do a swap if possible
Right now im eyeballing a tractor identifal to mine on craigslist with a trailer to possibly resolve my oil leak which is getting oil all over my garage

new mod can you see it

yep a tach pretty hilarious i think heres a closer look

pretty easy to hook up 3 wires and it works
there is some clearance issues though like the huge overbite and the hood hitting the tach


went for a snow romp today and the turfs are HORRIBLE as well as the open diff but the oil leak comes first as it leaks a 5 inch round puddle in 20 minutes after it is ran