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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I February 19th 2018, 10:14 pm | |
| Hahaha, yeah maybe. But that would be rather out of character for you. "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: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I February 19th 2018, 10:29 pm | |
| Yeah, that would be weird haha. Although the thought of not breaking stuff 24/7 is rather enticing.
Oh yeah, and for the little romp I did, the steering was really nice. No problems whatsoever. | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I February 20th 2018, 9:17 pm | |
| Yeah, I went and bounced it off some tree stumps today and she handled it great.
When I was clutching once today she pulled the belt up under the V idler clutch pulley. Noticed while I was fixing that that the whole clutch arm was tilted so the frontwards idler is low and the rear is high. Think I'll file the holes out in the frame a bit and tilt the whole crossmember back to correct that. Should be an easy fix.
Also gonna clean up all my connections in the starter and battery ground circuits. I cleaned the battery terminals on Onion and she turned right over and started up with the old junk battery, I figure it'd be a good idea to do that on Mutt too. | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I February 20th 2018, 9:48 pm | |
| - RichieRichOverdrive wrote:
- I cleaned the battery terminals on Onion and she turned right over and started up with the old junk battery, I figure it'd be a good idea to do that on Mutt too.
Dear me, I sure hope you mean Orion! | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I February 20th 2018, 9:49 pm | |
| I believe "Onion" is Orion's nickname, haha. "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: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I February 20th 2018, 9:51 pm | |
| I thought it was a typo. I know a guy named Marty in another chat, always call him Mary lol. He thinks its funny. | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I February 21st 2018, 7:44 am | |
| - RichieRichOverdrive wrote:
Also gonna clean up all my connections in the starter and battery ground circuits. I cleaned the battery terminals on Onion and she turned right over and started up with the old junk battery, I figure it'd be a good idea to do that on Mutt too. I do that too from time to time. | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I February 21st 2018, 1:10 pm | |
| Lol, I call it Onion because it is one. Piece of junk really.
We had a bad connection on our 720 Deere once. Thought it was the starter switch or the battery, but it turns out the clamps just needed a good cleaning. I should really have known better than to not check and clean the contacts more often. | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I February 26th 2018, 1:38 am | |
| Ended up not doing a cutout. Originally made this with the 3/4" NPT coupler on the end because the muffler isn't mine, it's dad's(was originally just gonna weld a muffler in when I did a cutout), but I kinda took some inspiration from the exhaust Doc did on Fugazi, except the whole muffler is removable. I can screw in the muffler whenever I wanna be sneaky lol. I might actually adapt a foot or so of 2-3/8" tubing I took from a gate so I can screw it in too, I bet that would really make the oppy sound nice. All back together with the hood moved back to where it's suppose to be This limb fell off the dead tree in the back yard in last night's almost-tornado, grabbed a chain and hooked up to it and pulled it in 4th gear all the way up the hill. I'm not saying she liked it, but she did it, and sounded damn good doing it haha Executioners are not turf friendly. End of the limb was in the pond btw Hooked up the $10 trailer and fished a bunch of sticks outta the pond, as well as picking up the rest of the ones that fell outta the tree. This stuff burns real nice, tree died a year or two ago and the wood is good and dry. When all the work was done, I took Mutt for a run around the property. She's pretty great, no problems! So fellas, what major change should I do next? | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I February 26th 2018, 8:26 am | |
| Thanks Mighty
Forgot to say, I did clean all the connections. Charged the battery too. She started up fine twice, and after that the battery was suddenly dead. I'm thinking I accidentally forgot to check that the key switch had returned to the On position and not let the starter run while she was running. Damn cheap switch, no solid detent. Might have to add an interlock to prevent that from happening. I'll check the charging system to make sure that it's functional too. I've had diodes let the smoke out a few times before, under load. | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I February 26th 2018, 10:47 am | |
| i need to replace my switches on the craftsman after this week, there all got water in them and froze the internals they broke when i used them . | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I March 2nd 2018, 1:03 pm | |
| Brought a spare oppy carb to school today to measure off of, gonna make a hose adapter for a snorkel on a CNC lathe(with some manual mill work). Didn't get much done lol, it's a brand new Tormach slant bed, so I was still setting some stuff up. | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I March 2nd 2018, 1:25 pm | |
| Our school just got a whole new multi-million dollar trade school, with a ton of new machines. It's pretty lit lol | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I March 2nd 2018, 6:38 pm | |
| Now if I ever get an 820 it will go in the LT4000 and the 930 will go in the Murray. Still dreaming though. | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I March 3rd 2018, 9:18 am | |
| 820s are really common here. I can tell you 2 places off the top of my head where I've seen them in town. I think there's one on facebook marketplace right now in a Murray GT i could pick up for $50 too. Guess I'm just really lucky lol. | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I March 3rd 2018, 11:37 pm | |
| I have no clue how to ship anything. Plus I dont have paypal or a bank account or whatever. I'm an in person kinda guy only, for now. Found another can of gas today so I decided to not let it go to waste. Took her through a bunch of mud around the pastures and in the barn. Got pretty deep there but didnt get stuck. Front tires never pushed at all, just gotta love the 21s. God tier parking and picture job lol Belt has a tendency to jam itself under the V idler once in a while. Might need a new belt, i think this one flops around a good bit because it's stretched a lot, and catches under that pulley. This belt's actually over a year old now so it might be time for a new one anyways lol | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I March 4th 2018, 12:02 am | |
| Awe I need a 820. ....... I don't have PayPal or any of that sheet either. Just mail ya an envelope full of bills lol . I want to see some video of this thing in mud! | |
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| Subject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I March 4th 2018, 12:30 pm | |
| Finally got a start on a go pro mount. Have all the pieces cut out, just gotta zap em together. Using a piece of 3/4" EMT for the main arm. Stripped the galvanize about 6" from both ends, hopefully I won't get zinc poisoning lol. | |
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