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Caleb10123 Member
Age : 29 Join date : 2013-07-31 Points : 4286 Posts : 104 Location : Georgia
| Subject: Sears super 12 build Tue Sep 20, 2016 7:58 am | |
| Picked up a 1967 Sears super 12 yesterday. Any thoughts or ideas? | |
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Caleb10123 Member
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MatthewD Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Tue Sep 20, 2016 4:06 pm | |
| Nice Sears! Your pics posted 3 times though. | |
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:26 pm | |
| Nice! That got an old Tecumseh in it? I would put a bumper on the front, something subtle but functional. It could save 'er from having to get a nose job, hahaha! "This'll either wake you up or put you to sleep forever!"- Red Green "Whatever you do you should do right, even if it's something wrong." - Hank Hill - MTD Off-Road Build - Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build - Craftsman GT 6000 Off-Road Build - Sears LT11 Rat Rod Build *2019 Build-Off Winner!* Garden Tractor Collection: Allis B-110 x2, 710, 716, & 410 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic, G10 & 1668 Diesel Swapped - Cub 106, 124 & 1000/149 Frankentractor - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss - Moto Mower 710-100 | |
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:02 pm | |
| Looks good. Might want to add a brace somewhere to help hold the exhaust if you don't have one. With a high and heavy pipe, vibration works pretty hard on mounting bolts. If it's threaded into the block it might be less of an issue, but even then, that pipe is pretty tall. As far as further modifications, bumpers are always cool and fairly easy to make out of various junk. Hood rack, light bars, skid plates, rub rails, custom paint, stickers. Could do stuff for looks like put some screen behind the open headlight holes. Can get creative with spray paint and masking tape on the hood/fenders ect. Racing stripes... I made a fake hood scoop from a piece of pvc pipe and shampoo bottle once on a tractor. Spray painted it silver. Didn't look horrible, I had it held on with wire ties. | |
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Caleb10123 Member
Age : 29 Join date : 2013-07-31 Points : 4286 Posts : 104 Location : Georgia
| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:38 pm | |
| Turns out after degreasing the tractor the paint isn't original. Someone before me had tried to match the paint to original and failed terribly. Also anyone know how to waterproof the points on the spark plug or do an electrical ignition system swap? Really thinking about going with this color. Let me know what you guys think! Tear down starts this weekend. | |
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Thu Sep 22, 2016 5:29 pm | |
| One thing you definitely should do is make a flywheel screen, or else the flywheel might coat the cooling fins with mud and water and it would probably overheat. Also about the points, I could be mistaken, but aren't those old Tecumseh's solid state ignition? "This'll either wake you up or put you to sleep forever!"- Red Green "Whatever you do you should do right, even if it's something wrong." - Hank Hill - MTD Off-Road Build - Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build - Craftsman GT 6000 Off-Road Build - Sears LT11 Rat Rod Build *2019 Build-Off Winner!* Garden Tractor Collection: Allis B-110 x2, 710, 716, & 410 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic, G10 & 1668 Diesel Swapped - Cub 106, 124 & 1000/149 Frankentractor - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss - Moto Mower 710-100 | |
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Caleb10123 Member
Age : 29 Join date : 2013-07-31 Points : 4286 Posts : 104 Location : Georgia
| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Thu Sep 22, 2016 10:01 pm | |
| I'm ordering the original shroud for it. I wanna say so but being my first one I'm not sure. Ill definitely found out Saturday when I pull it off and begin rebuilding it. | |
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:17 am | |
| Nice, that will probably be better. Yeah if it's solid state there won't be any points, so you don't have to worry about waterproofing them. "This'll either wake you up or put you to sleep forever!"- Red Green "Whatever you do you should do right, even if it's something wrong." - Hank Hill - MTD Off-Road Build - Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build - Craftsman GT 6000 Off-Road Build - Sears LT11 Rat Rod Build *2019 Build-Off Winner!* Garden Tractor Collection: Allis B-110 x2, 710, 716, & 410 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic, G10 & 1668 Diesel Swapped - Cub 106, 124 & 1000/149 Frankentractor - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss - Moto Mower 710-100 | |
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Caleb10123 Member
Age : 29 Join date : 2013-07-31 Points : 4286 Posts : 104 Location : Georgia
| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Fri Sep 23, 2016 11:10 am | |
| I cleaned it up the other night and tried to fire it up afterward and it wouldn't start at all. Let it dry out a day and it fired right up no problems at all. Leading me to believe it's not a solid state. | |
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Fri Sep 23, 2016 5:46 pm | |
| Yeah it could be, I guess you'll find out when you start tearing it down. "This'll either wake you up or put you to sleep forever!"- Red Green "Whatever you do you should do right, even if it's something wrong." - Hank Hill - MTD Off-Road Build - Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build - Craftsman GT 6000 Off-Road Build - Sears LT11 Rat Rod Build *2019 Build-Off Winner!* Garden Tractor Collection: Allis B-110 x2, 710, 716, & 410 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic, G10 & 1668 Diesel Swapped - Cub 106, 124 & 1000/149 Frankentractor - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss - Moto Mower 710-100 | |
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Caleb10123 Member
Age : 29 Join date : 2013-07-31 Points : 4286 Posts : 104 Location : Georgia
| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:59 pm | |
| So started the tear down today and noticed a lot of stuff missing. I also pulled the head and began to pull the piston. I discovered the valves weren't seating right due to the carbon build up so I knocked a lot of carbon off and cleaned up the heat sinks on the block. I also noticed the piston had sucked in a small screw I'm assuming from the carburetor( common problem with the Tecumseh around this year) and beat it half to death imprinting the screw into the piston and eventually exiting the exhaust valve and out the muffler. The rings seemed fine except the oil ring. It seemed as if it split on the underside of it causing to seep a little causing it to smoke. It did smoke when I first got it last week. QUESTION: Am I able to put a modern solenoid on this tractor? I don't see any difference and I'd like to update it as you can tell the solenoid is fairly old. I also plan on running new wires for the harness. Maybe swapping the ammeter for a voltmeter or temp gauge. I've also decided on a color but you guys let me know what you think, attached is a photo of my car, it is sonic blue. Let me know your opinions! Plan to pull rearend tomorrow and dash. Then the sanding begins! 09.23.2016 | |
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Caleb10123 Member
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Fri Sep 23, 2016 11:31 pm | |
| Here's the color I'm thinking of doing | |
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Caleb10123 Member
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Sat Sep 24, 2016 9:06 pm | |
| That's what the old gear oil looked like in my Case when I changed it, yuck. That blue is a cool color, are you going to paint the sheet metal and fiberglass parts two different colors? "This'll either wake you up or put you to sleep forever!"- Red Green "Whatever you do you should do right, even if it's something wrong." - Hank Hill - MTD Off-Road Build - Ford LT 110 Off-Road Build - Craftsman GT 6000 Off-Road Build - Sears LT11 Rat Rod Build *2019 Build-Off Winner!* Garden Tractor Collection: Allis B-110 x2, 710, 716, & 410 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic, G10 & 1668 Diesel Swapped - Cub 106, 124 & 1000/149 Frankentractor - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss - Moto Mower 710-100 | |
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prancstaman Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Sat Sep 24, 2016 10:41 pm | |
| Old and new solenoids are the same, to water proof the points for those engines just silicone the cover on the points housing that is held in place with a wire strap. Nice blue, should look good. My Techumsa sucked in the choke butterfly screw too. Thought it was just my luck, LOL. | |
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TheBeal Veteran Member
Age : 30 Join date : 2013-06-06 Points : 5739 Posts : 1402 Location : Central PA
| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:15 am | |
| I must admit, Im probably slightly jealous. Thats a cool looking sears! The picture of the piston, makes me want to check all the little screws in my engines! Maybe a little loctite wont hurt. | |
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MatthewD Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Sun Sep 25, 2016 3:55 pm | |
| Wow that piston is pretty badly damaged. | |
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Caleb10123 Member
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prancstaman Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Fri Oct 07, 2016 11:39 pm | |
| Looks good!! Love those rear tires, will be able to dig some holes with those, LOL. | |
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Caleb10123 Member
Age : 29 Join date : 2013-07-31 Points : 4286 Posts : 104 Location : Georgia
| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Fri Oct 07, 2016 11:54 pm | |
| Thanks man I'm hoping it will perform well in the mud! | |
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MatthewD Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: Sears Super 12 Sun Oct 09, 2016 11:59 am | |
| Paint looks great! Is there a peerless 633 in that? | |
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