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 Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part II

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PostSubject: Re: Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part II   Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part II - Page 22 Icon_minitimeOctober 4th 2024, 2:03 am

Wound up going down a few sizes on the main jet. Not sure the actual number size but it was a .055” hole. Still playing with the needle position. I tuned the engine to run smooth at all rpm in the shop but once i put the engine under load it fell flat on its face. Had the needle all the way down. Raised the needle up two spots and she’s got tons of power now. Just isnt smooth at one rpm at no load. Sort of sounds like anti-lag the way it chops a bit. Might try for one more slot and see if that improves anything.


Painted the nose cone and cut and painted a little grille screen
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Put a new headlight in one side and it burnt out like the second time i turned it on. Same side as last time. Maybe i should redo my wiring up there. That side is a bit dimmer, must be drawing more amps and burning the filament out or something.
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Oh yeah, also welded these side pieces into the pto winch fairlead. Some kid years ago made the fairlead a bit wide and the rope will try to pull over the drum at certain angles.
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Finally retired the homemade tether kill switch from so many years ago and installed a normal one.
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Swapped in new LED PAR36 headlights.
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Took her out for a shakedown. My belt rolled once for some reason. I think it’s because it ate a bunch of thorns lol.
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Need to tighten the front axle up a bit somehow.

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Added these blocks on either side of the front axle as to limit articulation(and therefore bumpsteer with this setup). Still has more articulation than it needs.
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Skimming off some junk back here. Removed the old snapper hitch and trimmed back the hitch plate. Got caught on it pretty bad this afternoon and that finally gave me the motivation to cut it.
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I did some work to the front axle tightening everything up and managed to actually make the steering feel a lot better. Turns out there was a few things interfering under there.

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Mutt and I placed 2nd at King of the Ranch TTC ‘24!
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For anyone interested:
1st in my heat in the last chance qualifier, advanced directly to TTC

TTC:
Rock crawl: 2nd place
Hill climb: 3rd
Tank trap: 2nd
Mud bog: 8th
Barrel racing: 2nd

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That's great man!

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Had a blast competing with ya Rich! Well deserved finish!

Any changes you think you’ll make to it based on how it did? Any damage besides your shift keys?

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Not sure if the shift keys are that bad, need to check that something in my shifter hasn’t loosened up. It’s only really reverse giving problems.

As always I hate the steering in this thing. Need to go to sears style bellcrank steering. Also my seat got turned weird a couple times, should do something about that.

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