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![Free Lowes Mower Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Free Lowes Mower May 20th 2019, 12:35 pm | |
| Got this for free in some Craigslist shenanigans. 18 horse opposed twin lowes mower. Everything is almost identical to a craftsman I used to have. I got it to mow with but blew the deck to pieces as soon as I got in some taller grass so that came off and I decided it was time for another project mower after my hiatus from the forums. ![Free Lowes Mower 20190411](https://i.servimg.com/u/f19/17/72/69/40/20190411.jpg) The frame was cracked behind the front axle. ![Free Lowes Mower 20190410](https://i.servimg.com/u/f19/17/72/69/40/20190410.jpg) Cleaned up the metal, somebody had attempted to repair already ![Free Lowes Mower 20190412](https://i.servimg.com/u/f19/17/72/69/40/20190412.jpg) I used a ratchet strap to hold the front of the frame level. ![Free Lowes Mower 20190414](https://i.servimg.com/u/f19/17/72/69/40/20190414.jpg) Some of my uber excellent totally beautiful professional welds. I stuck a small piece of angle Iron behind the crack and drilled a hole at the end to keep it from spreading. ![Free Lowes Mower 20190413](https://i.servimg.com/u/f19/17/72/69/40/20190413.jpg) Eventually I plan to fully reinforce the frame. After the frame repair I dug through my stash of parts and replaced the spark plugs, fuel filter and airfilter. I gave the carb a good cleaning as well. It still doesnt run quite right but it's a work in progress. I found a 5 inch pulley in my parts bin and replaced the huge 10 inch pulley on the trans axle. I threw the shorter belt from the deck on it too. Top speed is now around 10 mph, about as fast as I want to go with the anemic brakes and sloppy steering. I decided I needed a stronger hitch than the factory mower hitch. I had this reese universal hitch off of an old van. I cut it down to the same width as the rear plate of the mower frame. There are 2 1/2 inch grade 8 bolts holding the main frame of the hitch to the plate and 2 more behind the chain hooks. ![Free Lowes Mower 20190510](https://i.servimg.com/u/f19/17/72/69/40/20190510.jpg) Future plans include new steering system, better brakes, bigger tires, locked diff, 6 inch engine pulley, lights and potentially a lift. | |
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![Free Lowes Mower Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Free Lowes Mower May 20th 2019, 5:11 pm | |
| Welcome back! Always nice to see member from the past sticking with the forum!
Cool tractor, I love me an opposed twin. Looks like an AYP built unit, what kinda transaxle does it have?
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![Free Lowes Mower Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Free Lowes Mower May 22nd 2019, 9:42 pm | |
| - AllisKidD21 wrote:
- Welcome back! Always nice to see member from the past sticking with the forum!
Cool tractor, I love me an opposed twin. Looks like an AYP built unit, what kinda transaxle does it have?
Definitely an AYP unit, it's a 6 speed, not sure of the make but I will be crawling under it again soon and I'll be sure to look. | |
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![Free Lowes Mower Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Free Lowes Mower May 22nd 2019, 9:45 pm | |
| Putting the trailer hitch to good use. All those trash bags are full of beer cans. I built the trailer as well. ![Free Lowes Mower 20190511](https://i.servimg.com/u/f19/17/72/69/40/20190511.jpg) | |
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![Free Lowes Mower Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Free Lowes Mower May 23rd 2019, 12:10 am | |
| i would think it's a spicer, most ayp tractors i've seen have spicers in them, though i have seen 1 that had a mst206 factory | |
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![Free Lowes Mower Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Free Lowes Mower May 23rd 2019, 8:08 am | |
| All my spare MST transaxles came out of AYP craftsmans. I think they were LT1000’s | |
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![Free Lowes Mower Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Free Lowes Mower May 24th 2019, 2:19 am | |
| every ayp i've worked on but one had a spicer 6sp, the one we just sold had a mst206, maybe it depends on the year, most i've dealt with were older models, mid 90s up to around 2003, i think the one we just sold was a 2006 lt3000 not totally certain, my brothers 2003 lt1000 had a spicer, | |
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![Free Lowes Mower Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Free Lowes Mower May 24th 2019, 4:24 pm | |
| Nice find, definitely a good start for any build you wanna do. Those frames have a tendency of cracking there, although I've never had that problem myself. Only on an MTD with similar frame design. Either way it's not a big deal to fix.
I think that's an MST tractor. I've never seen a Craftsman/ayp with a spicer myself. | |
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![Free Lowes Mower Empty](https://2img.net/i/empty.gif) | Subject: Re: Free Lowes Mower May 24th 2019, 8:45 pm | |
| I've never seen a craftsman with a MST. The LT1000's may have MSTs but the Craftsman 2 style ones have spicers. I'm betting it's a spicer. | |
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