MTD - "Budgie"

Yeah, cuz i actually kinda have some money now lol.

Got the engine mounted today

love the looks of those old flathead briggs...

Me too. This one should do til i get a 11hp or 12hp flathead or a gx390.

Or a horizontal shaft opposed Looks good so far Rich! Hopefully the belt setup doesn't cause too much of a headache, haha.

Put a torque converter between the 2300 and the Engine! Then you have really high rpm range!

An oppy would be kinda heavy for what I want. Although its really that I dont have one lol.

And hell no. No torque converters for me. I'll stick with something i know works, and won't slip underwater, thanks.

@SebastianAlbrecht wrote:

Put a torque converter between the 2300 and the Engine! Then you have really high rpm range!

I'd go with a torque converter, because you can't really shift a 2300 in motion very easily.  So with the planned pulley swap you are not going to have too much torque in a high gear.  But it would slip a ton under water.

Nah those 2300's shift on the go fine for me, you just gotta not hesitate about it.

I'm like 100% sure i can make a 2300 shift at speed. Like, I wont be giving it a choice. Lmao.

sounds like an Transaxle murder, called Rich lol

Sure would've been nice if they were designed to shift like an automotive tranny

Maybe you could find a way to stuff some synchronizers in there...ehh, probably not though haha. Just gotta be really good with revmatching, which i think i am.

Well they are an old sliding gear trans, but the one side of the gears on the main shaft have a bevel on them, which helps. The 600's, 1200's, and 2300's all have very similar gear clusters, shift shafts, etc.

Spent some time getting her running today. Just had to gap the points, really. She's still kinda iffy but better than before.

Also the fuel valve doesn't leak like i think it did, which is good.

The muffler was on there before. Thinking of using the flange i made for mutt for the exhaust on her though. That'd be kinda nice for taking it all apart





Oh, and if I'm not working tomorrow i suppose I'll take the dash and shifter gate off to get better access to the belt system and get on the belt system, maybe

Cool. Gotta love that sweet metal fuel line, haha.

I'm surprised no one has pointed out the saltine box intake gasket yet lol

@RichieRichOverdrive wrote:

I'm surprised no one has pointed out the saltine box intake gasket yet lol

That's because I am just getting caught up! LOL

@RichieRichOverdrive wrote:

I'm surprised no one has pointed out the saltine box intake gasket yet lol

I prefer a Kraft Macaroni n Cheese box, myself, LOL. It's the cheesiest and seals up great too..

I think Rich is trying to be a little salty.... not cheesy. LOL

I like the metal fuel line too and definitely go with the flange.  That makes things easier to work on and change.

Yknow if that muffler just happens to point out one of the headlights, you should know I'm gonna be lazy and keep it like that, at least for a bit

lol yes, put 1 LED pod in the other headlight opening and the exhaust out the other!  Hey my 59 david bradley suburban had the factory exhaust exiting the hood where a headlight would go

I think some old Speedexes had the exhaust pointed out the grille.

No electric on this unless i find a starter/gen and battery lol

Some parts magically appeared in the mailbox lol. Pair of 1642-2RS bearings and my throttle clevis. Case gasket should be here in the next fay or two.

Oh, apparently someone didnt tell me my gasket came like 2 days ago guess I'll go clean the shop and get started on this