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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 18th 2023, 11:55 pm

Thanks at @MightyRaze I haven't found a listing for a full kit in any of the diagrams so that's a huge help!

Why you hating on John Deeres there @TechnoChicken? Lol. Sure the economy ones are junk but I'd love to get my hands on an old JD GT they're pretty tough and look cool in my opinion.

Hey check it out, apparently the 2300 came with racing brake(s). Definitely going to be wearing the confidence antlers with that on board! Lol  Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 20230568
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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 19th 2023, 12:42 am

That may be something I could be interested in. How it was installed. TDR or Kal could benefit from an upgrade. Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 2731072446


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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 19th 2023, 8:24 am

@MightyRaze It's mounted to the front left trans mounting plate, I'll get a picture this afternoon for you. Is it safe to assume your 2300s have a band brake? The brake output shaft on this is 1"


My Tractors:
1969 MTD Seven Hundred (Running/Driving ~ Light Yard Duty)
1969 Bolens 1225 (194) "Mud Duck" (2022 Build Off Finalist ~ Work Still In Progress)
1973 Cub Cadet 149 (Saved from Impending Doom ~ Tinkering In Progress)
1974 Bolens G10 (1055) (Running/Cutting/Snow Throwing ~ General Workhorse)
1984 Sears (MTD) LT(V)11 "The Warhorse" (Offroad Trail Rig ~ Romping In Progress)
1984 Sears (MTD) LT(V)11 "Silver Bullet" (2023 Build Off Entry ~ Work In Progress)
1986 Roper LT110CR "Trailblazer" (Offroad Trail Mower Project  ~ Work In Progress)

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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 19th 2023, 9:35 am

My 2300's have disk.

TDR
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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 19th 2023, 10:54 am

Your calipers actually look better they they use pads, this one has silver dollar sized pucks. You win! Lol


My Tractors:
1969 MTD Seven Hundred (Running/Driving ~ Light Yard Duty)
1969 Bolens 1225 (194) "Mud Duck" (2022 Build Off Finalist ~ Work Still In Progress)
1973 Cub Cadet 149 (Saved from Impending Doom ~ Tinkering In Progress)
1974 Bolens G10 (1055) (Running/Cutting/Snow Throwing ~ General Workhorse)
1984 Sears (MTD) LT(V)11 "The Warhorse" (Offroad Trail Rig ~ Romping In Progress)
1984 Sears (MTD) LT(V)11 "Silver Bullet" (2023 Build Off Entry ~ Work In Progress)
1986 Roper LT110CR "Trailblazer" (Offroad Trail Mower Project  ~ Work In Progress)

                             Click Here To See The DIY and Build Threads I've Created!

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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 19th 2023, 1:26 pm

Brianator wrote:
Your calipers actually look better they they use pads, this one has silver dollar sized pucks. You win! Lol

LOL

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     Dirty Rat....77 Sears Suburban
     Li'L Red......98 Murray Widebody
     Bowser......01 Murray Widebody LT
     Kal .............82 Murray GT
     Other projects
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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 19th 2023, 2:30 pm

Brianator wrote:
Thanks at @MightyRaze I haven't found a listing for a full kit in any of the diagrams so that's a huge help!

Why you hating on John Deeres there @TechnoChicken? Lol. Sure the economy ones are junk but I'd love to get my hands on an old JD GT they're pretty tough and look cool in my opinion.

Hey check it out, apparently the 2300 came with racing brake(s). Definitely going to be wearing the confidence antlers with that on board! Lol  Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 20230568
John deeres are like fords, they just fall apart while you drive them.
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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 19th 2023, 2:31 pm

My grandfathers old 2520 begs to disagree.
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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 19th 2023, 4:39 pm

Budgie came from MTD with a airheart go kart brake caliper. Worked super good. I don’t think those pads had hardly any wear on them.
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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 19th 2023, 4:55 pm

Rustbucket Garage wrote:
My grandfathers old 2520 begs to disagree.
If you are going to buy anything you buy Kubota, Fendt and Chevy.
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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 19th 2023, 8:02 pm

To be fair, that old 2520 (new gen, pretty sure she was a 69) lasted nearly 50 years for him pulling logs and maple sap from the woods. Never any breakdowns or anything in that time, I believe all the work he ever had to do to it was a carburetor rebuild and a paint job. That tractor did a whole lot of work and started dang good for her age too. Sold her a few years back for a smaller cab tractor for the snow… we all miss her. There’s a heck of a lot of 2 cylinder John Deeres out there still and they run pretty much forever. Detuned as snot and they’d pull a good 2 loaded hay wagons up hill or a 4 bottom plow. Nice tractors. The 300 and 400 series Deere are super nice also.

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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 20th 2023, 12:15 pm

Bought some stuff...

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I need a few odds and ends yet, but this stuff is to swap the 3 speed transmission in my truck to a 4 speed. Because 5mpg is hard on the wallet, and maybe 8mpg wont be so bad.

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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 21st 2023, 10:53 pm

So, I have one for you guys.  Back in the late 80's early 90's when craftsman was the GT18 maybe even the newer GT6000 styling.  I remember seeing a RED Craftsman version at the local SEARS store.  It always seemed like it was their top of the line model and had a sleeve hitch and they always surrounded it with implements.  Anyone else ever remember seeing a Red square-nose Craftsman instead of grey from the factory?  I asked my dad if he remember, and he did.  I cannot find one of those online anywhere.  Almost like I dreamed it, but like I said.  My dad remembers it too.


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     Dirty Rat....77 Sears Suburban
     Li'L Red......98 Murray Widebody
     Bowser......01 Murray Widebody LT
     Kal .............82 Murray GT
     Other projects
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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 22nd 2023, 1:09 pm

All I remember in terms of red AYPs is the Yard Pro, but they had the big ugly hood, not the craftsman square hood, at least to my knowledge. The red fenders on mutt came off a yard pro and just happened to match the snapper hood.

Maybe a rural king model or something? One of the box store rebrands.
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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 22nd 2023, 6:50 pm

@MightyRaze Maybe it was custom painted for the in store display? I'd be interested to see what it would look like.

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I wasn't fond of the hood at first either but it quickly grew on me, @Murraymountain loves them and has a Wizard version!

As some of you may know, @CodeRed and I have been swapping a Peerless 2300 into his 2006 Craftsman/AYP DGT6000 so he can ditch the Hydrostatic. It's been going really well, the trans is in and the shifter is clearing everything without any modification. Between yesterday and today got a clutch/brake set up, it will need some fine tuning I'm sure but I have built in some adjustability!


As you can see the clutch will engage the brake so they're still on the same pedal and the original parking brake lever will still work! The clutch is built from his original clutch with different pulleys, the gold plate and belt keeper are from the parts mower I bought several weeks back. The clutch linkage rod is a steering rod from a squarebody MTD and I built the rockshaft for the brake from a MTD squarebody deck lift shaft, a piece of a ATV frame for the pivot and scissor deck lift bars also from a MTD squarebody.

Sure glad I keep all the scrap parts around they're really coming in handy! Lol


My Tractors:
1969 MTD Seven Hundred (Running/Driving ~ Light Yard Duty)
1969 Bolens 1225 (194) "Mud Duck" (2022 Build Off Finalist ~ Work Still In Progress)
1973 Cub Cadet 149 (Saved from Impending Doom ~ Tinkering In Progress)
1974 Bolens G10 (1055) (Running/Cutting/Snow Throwing ~ General Workhorse)
1984 Sears (MTD) LT(V)11 "The Warhorse" (Offroad Trail Rig ~ Romping In Progress)
1984 Sears (MTD) LT(V)11 "Silver Bullet" (2023 Build Off Entry ~ Work In Progress)
1986 Roper LT110CR "Trailblazer" (Offroad Trail Mower Project  ~ Work In Progress)

                             Click Here To See The DIY and Build Threads I've Created!

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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 23rd 2023, 8:43 pm

RichieRichOverdrive wrote:
All I remember in terms of red AYPs is the Yard Pro, but they had the big ugly hood, not the craftsman square hood, at least to my knowledge. The red fenders on mutt came off a yard pro and just happened to match the snapper hood.

Maybe a rural king model or something? One of the box store rebrands.
Yeah I actually have a yard pro, I should throw a picture up one of these days...

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PostSubject: Re: Off Topic Anything 2023    Off Topic Anything 2023  - Page 7 Icon_minitimeMay 24th 2023, 9:30 pm

I found another oppy!
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My girlfriend wasn’t impressed when she came out of her friends house and saw me loading it into her trunk lol!

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