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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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Age : 21 Join date : 2016-10-29 Points : 6029 Posts : 3315 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Craftsman GT6K October 16th 2018, 9:03 pm | |
| Got a new thing today. Craftsman GT6k, sans engine. Something to waste my new abundance of scrap steel on.   Electrolux style 633, not especially excited about it but it's not that bad of a trans. Shifts a bit hard but I think that's just a good seal.  Has the nice 5 lug hubs  Oh and a hood without a grille that probably won't get put back on (thinking about the series II snapper lt16 that was meant for the lt18rs project)  Plans: -Horizontal swap. No belt twist. -Use original steering after replacing bushings and rewelding and grinding teeth -Reinforce frame. Plenty of room for that I think. -Mutt's old bright green bumper for now -Mod old front axle mount or build a new one. Plan to keep the cast iron front axle, but could use some help with caster and the bushings -Not sure what's gonna happen with the front tires for now. I think I can make them hold air -For now the back tires will just have tire chains
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Age : 48 Join date : 2016-09-06 Points : 13875 Posts : 9803 Location : Oklahoma
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K October 16th 2018, 9:35 pm | |
| Nice score there. Excited to see this build out. Awe come on... you could do an @AllisKidD21 style grille!  | |
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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K October 16th 2018, 10:36 pm | |
| Yeah, better do mono leaves on the front and a rack and pinion too. Looks pretty neat. Looks like that ol' AYP trans has a couple bad axle seals though? Either way, should be a cool build.  "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!* - Allis B-110 x2, 710 & 716 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic & 1668 - Cub 106 & 124 - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss *I have 21 tractors and over 40 chainsaws, I need help* | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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Age : 21 Join date : 2016-10-29 Points : 6029 Posts : 3315 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K October 18th 2018, 2:00 pm | |
| Put another wheel on the one side. Back tires don't hold air for more than a few minutes and the left front maybe an hour  Ew  Weird steering, seems ok besides the stripped teeth and bad bushings. I might just do new bushings and it'll be ok.   | |
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Crazy_Carl Core Member


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Age : 34 Join date : 2017-10-30 Points : 4757 Posts : 2434 Location : Rochester, New York
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K October 18th 2018, 2:05 pm | |
| Seems like a good foundation to start with. I like how Mutt's old hood looks on it. | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K October 18th 2018, 2:11 pm | |
| Yeah well mutt's hood isn't happening lol | |
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Age : 22 Join date : 2014-11-16 Points : 5327 Posts : 1993 Location : Northern Ireland
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K October 18th 2018, 4:13 pm | |
| Cool project. What engine are ya thinking of using? | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K October 18th 2018, 4:15 pm | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K October 18th 2018, 10:32 pm | |
| I mean some big horizontal twin is what I'm shooting for but for now I'd be satisfied with a gx390. Maybe a 212 predator too. | |
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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 4th 2018, 7:42 pm | |
| Found a plate to mount the engine to, working on cutting it to fit now. Gonna weld it on, don't think I have a need to take it off.  I also pulled out most of what was left of the deck hardware and put a knob i found on the range selector lol | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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Age : 21 Join date : 2016-10-29 Points : 6029 Posts : 3315 Location : Lewisburg, KY
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 7th 2018, 10:31 pm | |
| Pulled the steering gear out, it's corroded pretty bad and the teeth are rolled over from not engaging fully. Thinking on improvements ATM. Forgot to get pics for that. Traded some rims for a different set of front tires that held air. I also swapped a set of turfs on the back that hold air(for longer). Looked at putting duallies on. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself  | |
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Crazy_Carl Core Member


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Age : 34 Join date : 2017-10-30 Points : 4757 Posts : 2434 Location : Rochester, New York
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 9th 2018, 11:51 am | |
| You don’t seem like a dually guy to me. Although wouldn’t be a bad feature on a tractor that pulls heavy trailers around all the time. | |
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Double W Cross Ranch Veteran Member


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Age : 19 Join date : 2017-06-09 Points : 5064 Posts : 2640 Location : Literally Nowhere, Texas
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 9th 2018, 12:51 pm | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6000 (Mutt Mark II?) November 9th 2018, 3:49 pm | |
| It won't, I just really like duallies. They've proven fun in the past lol | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 18th 2018, 8:31 am | |
| Been trying to work on this thing. Steering is proving to be a pain to fix  | |
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Crazy_Carl Core Member


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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 18th 2018, 8:34 am | |
| How so? What kind of steering is in this thing? | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 18th 2018, 8:43 am | |
| stuff looks welded in place and non adjustable. Yeah that's a pain. | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 18th 2018, 8:46 am | |
| Yeah, had junky plastic bushings too. I'll probably manage to fabricobble something up to make it work. | |
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Age : 24 Join date : 2016-07-10 Points : 8150 Posts : 5181 Location : Ontario Canada
 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 18th 2018, 9:10 am | |
| Hmmm. I'm not positive, but I think you can fix those steering setup with a rack and pinion. Or so I've heard anyway. Did I already make that joke....? Oh I did. Well whatever, my point still stands.   "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!* - Allis B-110 x2, 710 & 716 - Wheel Horse 655, 953 & 500 Special - Case 444 - Bolens Versamatic & 1668 - Cub 106 & 124 - Ford 120, LGT 125 & 145 - White 1650 Yard Boss *I have 21 tractors and over 40 chainsaws, I need help* | |
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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 18th 2018, 9:13 am | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 18th 2018, 9:43 am | |
| No thanks - Spoiler:
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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 18th 2018, 11:11 am | |
| The steering on the gt6000 frame I got was pretty good I thought. Haven't used it, alomsng with many other random parts I was thinking I needed, but it's good for some future project. Duallys would defiantly be a neat feature, and dually aggs would be even better. A horizontal oppy would sit nicely in there, man that would rip | |
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Double W Cross Ranch Veteran Member


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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 18th 2018, 12:17 pm | |
| - Crazy_Carl wrote:
- stuff looks welded in place and non adjustable.
Yeah that's the way it is in my weed eater too. Sucks. Put a Ross box in it Rich! | |
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RichieRichOverdrive Moderator


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 | Subject: Re: Craftsman GT6K November 19th 2018, 5:35 pm | |
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