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Dave... That's because it HAS BEEN TAKING ME FOREVER!!!! 

So the knee is doing much better, and today I was able to get some cool forward motion- I got the long-reach lifting boom on the forklift, reached WAY INTO the workshop, and hooked on to the transaxle, and carefully withdrew it from the shop to the driveway... 20230507_122059.jpg 20230507_122109.jpg...

Hi Charlie! I don't know the immediate answer, but wanted to let you know that your post IS seen, and perhaps if I jump in, others will too. It's been a LONG time since I futzd with either clutch, IIRC there are slight differences, but I don't think anything really significant.  IF you're getting cl...

No significant progress to report at the moment, aside from moving a few things around to get ready to mate the newly-beastial rearend assembly into Mutt's chassis.  I'll have to do a little fab work to the frame to make the new axle tubes' upper bolt locations mate well to the frame- the width is s...

Great haul, Tim!  Hey lack of engines aren't a big problem, getting the hydraulic lifts in such great shape is the big win!

  The tug of war was good too. lol It was cute, but if the other tractor had been loaded to same weight as the battery-ballasted machine, it would have been no contest.   The Deere's available shaft horsepower was considerably higher than the electric drive's little belt, and the Peerless transmiss...

Congrats, Ken! So, EVERY one of those circumstances will have an accumulated effect on perofrmance, and I suspect you were seeing a little of all basically ALL the time, and a healthy dose of at least ONE tearing you up at crucial moments. In any case, you've stumbled upon proof of just how tolerant...

Hey Mike- Don't leave just 'cause you don't have a Cub Cadet now...  Stick around, and keep us satiated with this project.   If there's a forum for those buggers, let us know where you're posting it, but my gut says that it might be a little bit 'orphaned'... but it's yellow, so fine here in MY book...

So... the most common failure I see in K-single points... is that the SPRING sacks out. It's a tempered steel strip spring, that coil current flows THROUGH. Easiest way to ruin it, is to accidentally leave the ignition switch on after the engine stalls. Sitting with engine stopped, points closed, an...

Disconnect linkages, unbolt brackets and axle housing bolts, and a little tug...
It's out!

Now to attend to the recipient chassis, which has been patiently waiting for all this time:

20230303_204935.jpg Here's my NEXT iteration at a 'cover'... some heavier channel iron, which will naturally provide 'wings' to which things can be secured... Place the gasket on it, get it aligned, and fill the 'holes' with black permanent marker 20230303_205011.jpg Place a washer on the holes suc...

knock out the original breather...
Tap it for NPT barb fitting

Original back cover...
So I decided to drill a thicker cover... spoiler alert, I didn't like this one, so I changed it...
Making a more substantial TOP cover
And it looks like this...

A little more progress... here's some pix... 20230219_124534.jpg I got some heim joints and a piece of tubing to improve my treadle control for speed/direction... 20230219_124546.jpg Some studs in place for SOME of the rear cover installation... 20230220_142507.jpg I marked the housing around the to...

Okay, so after reading everything, I'll throw a couple of notes in... NONE of them should be considered 'my real answer', as without doing a bunch of tests, I couldn't be certain but... Tom's point about carbeurators being a 'volume' device in a 'mass' application is spot-on, as it's volume and velo...

And eventually, there's gonna be some guy who says that it ain't so... that it's a photoshop-job... 20230218_201539.jpg No, that's an Auburn Limited Slip in there... you're absolutely right, it doesn't fit in through that back window... it has to be carried inside in pieces, and assembled in situ......

So, the hydrostat went in nice, and while the spi-rol was a PITA, I found that a worn-out extended-length T25 Torx bit with the shank polished down (chuck it in the drill, and spin it against the belt grinder for 30 seconds) and it actually did really well... the T25 point pushed the CENTER of the s...

WooHoo... a little (very little) but little progress... Got the remaining studs installed in the sides of the case. Got the hydrostat unit bolted down, pipe connected. This one (and it's case) came from a 127, so the pickup tube is the long type that wraps around the top... as a cooling concept. Aft...

Merry Christmas, Everybody!

I got gaskets!

Hi Tim! Ah, what a great time-of-year subject... when the wind comes in fast from Nebraska and the Dakotas for a balmy -34F wind chill... Dunno about your specific model, but there's a long procession of various cab manufacturers over time... Curtis being the type that I mounted on my Dad's Kubota.....

So is it the Agri-Fab 45-0299? If so, it appears that the hand lever operates a shaft that rotates the wheels' swingarms to lift the unit. If this is the case, then a lift on the tractor's 3-point will not do any good- the implement wasn't designed to be lifted off the ground with it's tongue... you...

Never fails... I get a flu shot, and 5 days later, I got the flu... :roll: At least, amidst the chills, sweating, coughing and sneezing, i was able to participate in the world of E-commerce and order some gaskets for the Mutt transaxle. Next steps include getting the hydrostat mounted and moved to t...

A Fireman is a guy who's crazy enough to run INTO a burning building, while all the SANE people are running OUT! :lol: :lol: But seriously folks... I'm on a job assignment for the next few days. When I get home, I gotta round up 80ft of 4" drain tube, get it placed in a trench in the back of my prop...

Post a picture of the aerator, Charlie!

I've been making actuators for miscellaneous things lately... amazing what a guy can power with a bicycle chainring, some chain, a drive pinion from a garage door opener, and the guts from a discarded cordless drill...

Hi Guys! No immediate progress since I got back from my run to Lubbock, I'm busy getting caught up for winter... but soon. Joe- when someone says a guy "Wrote the book" on... that 'guy' was me... the holeless and in-grounds, tractions, and controllers... so I spent plenty of time running the car-top...

Paul- Lookie Charlie's chains and weights- do THAT with your 147, and put a snow blade on it. As somebody (Mike?) said, you'll 'out work' an F-Cub... that's because you've got more flywheel horsepower on tap, more maneuverability, AND... you have hydrostatic speed/direction control. One project I co...

Welcome!!! And yes, the difference between a 'lawn tractor' and a Garden Tractor: Lawn tractors are mowers that are vaguely shaped like tractors, and are ridden by people who don't like to walk-behind. Garden Tractors are intended to actually 'do' work, and one of those things, if you so choose, wil...

Looks good, Paul! I don't know anything about these blowers... I USED to have one for one of my 782's, but someone else needed it worse than me... But down on the bottom edges of the sides... are there sliders/skids/wear bars? If so, I'd suggest making some new ones out of UHMW... if the original on...

Wow! Three Daves and a Joe! :lol: how'd THAT happen? Master? Not even close... I could be considerably more meticulous about this stuff, but the result would not be significantly better in any functional way. If I were to do it again, I would likely not do SOME things different, but I MIGHT do it fo...