Just another Redneck in Florida here LOL

HEY Guys im from florida and ive always been into offroading/racing stuff and I was given a mower by my papa, and I wanted to do this thing right cause lord knows i will break the hell out of this thing like everything else I own haha,
I also am picking up a Troy Built mower for 20 bucks runs and has the deck and all! couldnt pass it up so ill use that as my back up toy lol, and so my buddys can pull me out my ditches I seem to always get stuck in rofl.
the one I am currently working on is a old 80s style Rally (green) with a B&S motor, it hasnt ran in YEARS (like 10 or better) seems to be good other than a carb cleaned.
Any ideas on what I should do with these as far as offroading/speed?

gas pedal
lock the transaxle
pully swap
get rid of safty switches
and but the brake and clutch seperate

Welcome to the forms
1:gas pedal is a must for me
2:lock the transaxle ONLY if you want posi
3:pulley swap is a must
4: get rid of them crappy safty switches
5: have fun tearing up the lawn wth your mower lol

thanks guys I dont even think mine has safty switches on it? Ive only messed with a mower once and never did put it back together haha, but my pully swap will come tomorrow! and a battery to see if the motor will run first.

thepossumface wrote:

thanks guys I dont even think mine has safty switches on it? Ive only messed with a mower once and never did put it back together haha, but my pully swap will come tomorrow! and a battery to see if the motor will run first.

what kind of engine?

its a Briggs and Stratton 11hp and I have a extra 10 HP one he gave me, im hoping to make 1 at least run and use the other for parts,

thepossumface wrote:

its a Briggs and Stratton 11hp and I have a extra 10 HP one he gave me, im hoping to make 1 at least run and use the other for parts,

seems like a good plan

is there any pics or know hows to make a gas peddle? Im tearing the rear out today to swap pullys/

I have 3 offroad mowers and have a friend with 2 and his neighbor has 2. We live in New Smyrna. PM me if you want to respond.

What type mower is the one you got for free?

thepossumface wrote:

is there any pics or know hows to make a gas peddle? Im tearing the rear out today to swap pullys/

you can go on youtube and search how to do lawnmower gas pedal fearless front uses brake levers off of bikes as a gas pedal but i use gokart pedals

PM sent my friend!
But the free one is a Rally, its a cool old mower. I havent got to tinker with that one yet as im trying to swap pullys in mine and get it ready to ride,
what did you guys run in pully size? cause from what i was told I have to swap the front and the one on the transmission?
cause mine is ran by 2 belts unsure why though.
here is some pic 's if it helps any

Interesting... not sure what the point is of the two stage belt system there.

As far as gas pedals, you can look at my build and see how Stretch and I make gas pedals out of scrap that is laying around LOL

thepossumface wrote:

PM sent my friend!
But the free one is a Rally, its a cool old mower. I havent got to tinker with that one yet as im trying to swap pullys in mine and get it ready to ride,
what did you guys run in pully size? cause from what i was told I have to swap the front and the one on the transmission?
cause mine is ran by 2 belts unsure why though.
here is some pic 's if it helps any

hate to break it to ya but that is called a vari drive the transaxe it self it only has foward and reverse what makes them go fast is that double pulley setup theplate goes down and the belt moves out as the pulley goes down if i was you i would swap it for something else but i run a 3" pulley on my mower and a 5 1/2 with a 1" bore that pulley on that transaxle you got is 5/8's bore but its splind you could change that transaxle pulley to a 3" and maybe youll have some speed

huh cool, so would i leave the front pully the same? and just swap the one on the trans axle?
also this thing only runs on choke for some reason, once i open up the throttle it dies, Ive only delt with car carbs so im kinda new to the mower stuff and how it works lol

thepossumface wrote:

huh cool, so would i leave the front pully the same? and just swap the one on the trans axle?
also this thing only runs on choke for some reason, once i open up the throttle it dies, Ive only delt with car carbs so im kinda new to the mower stuff and how it works lol

well you could up grade your engine pulley only if you wanna go faster and go on youtube about your carb it sounds like its clogged our gunk in it

might as well upgrade it while its apart haha, what would all I have to do/ take out?

thepossumface wrote:

might as well upgrade it while its apart haha, what would all I have to do/ take out?

well the engine pulley there should just be a bolt on the bottom of the pulley remove it and the pulley should come off now the rear pulley remove that nut ad try to get som wd-40 or oil down in the threads so the pulley will just slide off some times the pulleys are rusted on so you gotta use a hammer

got ya, I got the front one pulled off already and the one on the trans was unbolted but started raining cats and dogs so im waiting for it to stop,
but do i leave the other pullys there? i see one is for the clutch, should i just run a belt from the front to the back and just have 1 belt?

thepossumface wrote:

got ya, I got the front one pulled off already and the one on the trans was unbolted but started raining cats and dogs so im waiting for it to stop,
but do i leave the other pullys there? i see one is for the clutch, should i just run a belt from the front to the back and just have 1 belt?

no i wouldnt run a single belt with a varidive setup afteryou upgrade the pulleys messure for newbelts and go get new belts

ok well today ended up pretty crappy cause I found out they dont even make a pully for my transmission ive been to a few mower shops and everyone there is about dumb as a door, does anyone have any idea were I can get one?
here is a adaptor i took off the trans,

thepossumface wrote:

also this thing only runs on choke for some reason, once i open up the throttle it dies, Ive only delt with car carbs so im kinda new to the mower stuff and how it works lol

At the end of the day, a carb is a carb. They do the same thing for the same reason. Your engine only runs on the choke because the carb's junked up and needs a thorough cleaning. With the jet half plugged, it's just too lean. Putting the choke on helps bring the mixture into the stoich range so it can run.

Regarding the pulley- If you can weld, go buy a weld-on pulley in whatever size you want, and zap it to that splined hub.

sadly i dont have a welder or know how to yet..so i guess ill be moving on to the other mower till i figure something out,

mine had the double pully, vari-drive, I swapped it all out

thepossumface wrote:

sadly i dont have a welder or know how to yet..so i guess ill be moving on to the other mower till i figure something out,

Do you know anybody that you can ask/hire/give free beer to?