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 | Subject: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 23rd 2014, 7:04 pm | |
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Age : 22 Join date : 2014-08-28 Posts : 28 Location : canton ga
 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 23rd 2014, 8:51 pm | |
| This looks like a fun build if you do anything please keep us up to date cause I love older tractors and love to see what people do to them but just one recommendation:bumper | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 24th 2014, 6:32 pm | |
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Age : 23 Join date : 2013-11-13 Posts : 1311 Location : NW USA
 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 29th 2014, 10:27 am | |
| thanks guys, the original 8 hp caught fire and burned the hood so I decided to do this. it needs a bumper for the front. I love the exhaust, but my buddies think that it is too loud. it sounds like a very loud harley davidson. | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 29th 2014, 5:05 pm | |
| Yep, a very loud harley davidson that has something wrong in the carb.. LOL... i think you need to redo your exhaust as tight to the frame as possible, bennens hit his front tire, but we fixed that.
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Age : 23 Join date : 2013-11-13 Posts : 1311 Location : NW USA
 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 29th 2014, 9:04 pm | |
| I just got tubing to redo it today, and I scored a $20 hf winch from the store because I had gift cards and a coupon. so it is getting a strong bumper tomorrow and new exhaust. Z is sounds like a bad carb because when you heard it it had starting problems and I thought it was the carb so I was playing with the mixture. I will put the exhaust on my 6211 dozer. | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 30th 2014, 1:16 pm | |
| aww but the 6211 looks so good! and i would run the pipe as close to the frame as possible at all times for clearance and it will look more trick. | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 31st 2014, 10:42 am | |
| All ready for zsmachines and brennen to come over for a romp today! i will get lots of pics | |
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Age : 23 Join date : 2013-11-13 Posts : 1311 Location : NW USA
 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 31st 2014, 1:04 pm | |
| The new and improved Montgomery Wards Dependable Power Plus 8 4 Speed. It is no longer 8, but 18 horse power. If I open the throttle in 5th (I added 5th gear) I do a wheel stand. Luckily I have the rear rack which keeps me from falling over, although it feels like you are straight up in the air when it goes. Anyways, I have a 2 into 1 exhaust, and I got it to idle without having to open the throttle at all. Winch is attached and ready. Now I am waiting for Zsmachines and Brennen to get here so we can go on a ride. We shouldn't have a problem getting stuck since the mud is frozen solid so it is like concrete.  | |
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Age : 32 Join date : 2013-11-02 Posts : 2885 Location : New Jersey USA
 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 31st 2014, 8:11 pm | |
| Do you have all the tin work removed from the engine except the shroud? I was thinking of removing most of it on an opposed twin I am going to build. I planned on extending the tin down on the lower of the two cylinders though since I saw a picture of one and there was a decent gap. I guess you haven't had any overheating issues? | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 31st 2014, 8:21 pm | |
| I have not had problems, but I have the tins if I need them. Rode it today, till the chain broke, then the belt broke. Ran it for some time though, and it works great! It has tons of power, so awesome! I will rebuild the tranny but I need the countershaft and I can't find one.(splines for reverse sprocket are stripped, and I want the two outputs so I can put on breaks.) I am thinking of getting a straight axle and getting a break disk on that. | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. January 7th 2015, 1:55 pm | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. January 7th 2015, 6:33 pm | |
| i would put the brakes on your axle so that you still have brakes even if your chain breaks. | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. January 7th 2015, 9:03 pm | |
| - ZSmachines wrote:
- i would put the brakes on your axle so that you still have brakes even if your chain breaks.
good point. | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. January 26th 2015, 12:49 pm | |
| I finally got a chain and belt for it, and it probably goes 20 mph. I will try to get a vid of it today.  | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. January 27th 2015, 11:26 am | |
| Looks good! Always wanted a front engined rider with a 700. Pretty hard to come by. Good work mate, keep it up!! | |
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Age : 23 Join date : 2014-07-22 Posts : 347 Location : Downers Grove Illinois
 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. January 27th 2015, 11:30 am | |
| - MatthewD wrote:
- Looks good! Always wanted a front engined rider with a 700. Pretty hard to come by. Good work mate, keep it up!!
well if you buy parts you could always make one | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. January 27th 2015, 3:09 pm | |
| Yeah I have not seen many of these around. sears had a 8hp craftsman with the same setup. Anyways, I made a stronger tie rod that is 2x as thick as the original, since the old one bent in my hand. this is a shortened mtd rod with adjustable ends.  | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. February 10th 2015, 10:45 am | |
| rode it around the other day, flipped it, and the rear pulley fell off. off to fix that... I think the setscrews backed out. | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. February 10th 2015, 11:56 am | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. February 10th 2015, 11:59 am | |
| Ya know... I think that a quad it dirtbike motor would be cool in this... You could hear it down to where 1st gear would be at like 2 mph and high would be like 45... | |
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 | Subject: Re: My montgomery ward off-road tractor. December 4th 2015, 3:46 pm | |
| No. Z that's a bad idea. Traded this to Zsmachines, he sold it to his buddy, and they screwed it all up lol. on the lookout for another! one last pic of it:  | |
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