Winter Project

[Bruce's]

Doesn't that ingersol take grease ?all of mine do .

[cheesy]

Originally Posted by Bruce's

Doesn't that ingersol take grease ?all of mine do .

Yup. 4cc in the nose every 48 hours of use. That translates into once every 5 years.

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Back to the Toro, we have spark. We do have spark.

Carb is back together and mounted on the tank. Just need to mount the tank, along with the shroud, and then I can get it back on the frame and pull the rope.

[Weldangrind]

Any further updates?

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I'm moving almost like a normal person again so back to work on the Toro.

Ever wish you never started on something the more you get into it. This falls into that category, but I've gone too far not to finish it.

Soooo, the last few major repairs are underway. Those are the steering that has about four inches of slop at the wheel and lots of sheet metal on the mower deck.

I might get half the slop out the steering, but that's probably it. I'll be welding thick half inch washers on the ends of the spindles where the tie rod passes through. Then Mcgyverin' bushings for the front wheels. The current bushings are married to the hubs and I'm afraid I'd ruin the wheels if I tried using a hydraulic press. So, I'm just chucking the wheels in the lathe at work and boring the bushings to take 3/4 x 5/8 x 1 oillite sleeves. The rest of the slop is in the steering mech and that's just a sheet metal frame that was never bushed, so it might not be worth the effort to fix.

Worn out parts have been the biggest issue with this project. Well, that, and the fact it was only built in 67 and 68, so there are NO Toro parts available.

I'll be busting nearly 50 year old Goodyears off the rims today. Sounds like all kinds of fun.

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Well, that was fun.

The first wheel was a piece o' cake. The tire almost fell off the rim. It went down hill from there. Quickly. By the time I got to the last wheel, I had three bloody knuckles and put some nice dents in the front rims. Managed to get the dents 'mostly' hammered out. New tires are on order from TSC.

Mrs. C and I did go to a couple of estate sales today before I bloodied myself. I wanted to check out a go kart at one. It was $100 and complete but a bit too bent, so I walked. The other had lathes, mills, and oodles of other stuff that interested me. The machine tools were gone, save for one lathe, by the time I got there. The lathe was nice but larger that I liked and more than I wanted to spend. I did walk out with a 153cc Kawasaki OHV mower engine for $10, though. Nice back up for the Toro.

From there to HF for a couple of real tire irons. The rest you know.

BTW, grandson #2 is in the process of clawing his way out. Will update when I get the word.

[BlackBike]

Originally Posted by cheesy

Well, that was fun.

The first wheel was a piece o' cake. The tire almost fell off the rim. It went down hill from there. Quickly. By the time I got to the last wheel, I had three bloody knuckles and put some nice dents in the front rims. Managed to get the dents 'mostly' hammered out. New tires are on order from TSC.

Mrs. C and I did go to a couple of estate sales today before I bloodied myself. I wanted to check out a go kart at one. It was $100 and complete but a bit too bent, so I walked. The other had lathes, mills, and oodles of other stuff that interested me. The machine tools were gone, save for one lathe, by the time I got there. The lathe was nice but larger that I liked and more than I wanted to spend. I did walk out with a 153cc Kawasaki OHV mower engine for $10, though. Nice back up for the Toro.

From there to HF for a couple of real tire irons. The rest you know.

BTW, grandson #2 is in the process of clawing his way out. Will update when I get the word.

Cheese... what is the hp on the kaw engine. Kaw are awesome. Smooth running and sip gas. Wish I had on on my bush hog hs1836 inch ztr .(b&s 18hp still running strong)

Also I had a little wrestle mania last week with my 2 new kenda rear tires on the Bush hog. So nice to be able to run it back on low pressure when mowing. Makes for such a smoother ride. Had to keep the old 7 year old tires tight to keep them on the rims (shrunk and rotted rubber.)

[cheesy]

BB-I need to look into it more but I believe it's a K-series engine. 5 to 6 hp. The things I really know are that it was built in 96, has a 3/4" shaft, and it came off a JD mower.

The new grandson did make his grand entrance late last night. Pics and what not in a new thread later today after we get to meet him.

[cheesy]

Correction, not a K-series engine. It is an FV150V-ES00. That translates into a 153cc 6hp vertical shaft engine. Already downloaded the service manual, just in case.

[BlackBike]

Originally Posted by cheesy

Correction, not a K-series engine. It is an FV150V-ES00. That translates into a 153cc 6hp vertical shaft engine. Already downloaded the service manual, just in case.

Oh yes, the 6 hp, had 2 of them in the 90 's on black snapper commercial 21" mowers. Bent a crank on one of them (think it was steel rebar). $800 commercial walk behind mowers but sure cut many a ole ladys grass.

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I think Kaw will run without too much futzing. It's got a heck of a spark and plenty of compression, so I got air and fire. Just need fuel.

McMaster stuff will be here today, so if Eli gets to go home and start bonding with his little brother, I can get the steering wrapped up. There's a week to ten day wait on the tires, so I can finish up everything else while I'm waiting on those.

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Gah! Two nights of trying to mount tires that weren't suppose to be here yet and all I have to show for it is bloody knuckles. I think there is one of these in my future.
http://www.harborfreight.com/mini-ti...ger-61179.html

[Weldangrind]

Don't forget the coupon.

[cheesy]

Originally Posted by Weldangrind

Don't forget the coupon.

Didn't have the coupon but Mrs. C told to me just go get it. And I follow orders.

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