craftsman 11/36 build - project Hellion

so there it is, its a 11/36 that my girlfriends dad gave me almost 2 years ago that i fixed the body on it then left it alone, its gone be a rally cause i want something for hills and dixie cant do that, and im wanting it to kinda show them idiots on atv that a mower can be bad as hell lol the motor it gets gepends on whether or not i get another 29 vtwin, im checking on that this wek, if i do, this is getting the kohler oppy, if not, its getting the 16 single kohler, either way its getting a 6 speed and prolly getting possi locked

ok, ima try and make this lever my shifter, should work lol

Looks alot better than it did, keep us posted

small update, ima use the tires i have....m to cheap to buy any, so it it is getting turfs, but they have more space between the treads so it should work better, if ican find a way im thinkin about taking off every other row of tread, and its getting stock fronts,

I can't wait to see this nice old Sears come to life again. It is exactly what I started out with for the General, and I just like the look of these things. It's a 1980, or close. For what it's worth, I don't think the thread is titled correctly. These units were branded "Sears" with no sign of "Craftsman" anywhere.

I got mine on a pretty good deal- a co-worker's father-in-law sold it to me for $120- ran, drove, mowed. Just needed a bit of carb tweaking. I will NEVER do that again- lesson learned. people! If you want to build a legitimate racer, don't start with a perfectly good tractor. It's heartbreaking. All those good parts- into the proverbial scrap bin!

I can tell you from personal experience that the hood is a bit narrow, and fitting an opposed twin in there won't just be a drop-in affair. I had to do a cut-out on each side of my hood to clear the top corners of the blower housing.

Stretch's tractor is pretty much the same thing... It fit an opposed, and later a V-twin briggs, fine. The hood is pretty stuffed, but it closes.

That tractor will be bad ass, I'm sure!

doc- i put it as a craftsman because i found a tag on it that said that, but at the time i believe they were made by murray....ironic right, when i looked it up online, it said that it was a craftsman....made by murray....branded a sears....some round-about crap lol

trb- if i get another 29 i might put it in here lol, but idk im checking on that this week

Crazy. Region might play a part too. Mine had it's tags, but said nothing about Craftsman.

Doc Sprocket wrote:

Crazy. Region might play a part too. Mine had it's tags, but said nothing about Craftsman.

who knows lol, im amazed be the front axle on it tho, it is alot stronger than knew ones but it isn't cast iron

tractors are still branded and produced and stickered from different companys. my 06 husqvarna is made by AYP, has a sears/ roebuck manufacture tag on it, and branded husqvarna! i went to sears for blades, and you now them "always gotta assist" even if i tell em to frigg off! he asked "what style blade" i said 5 star. he says "are you sure, our new ones are made by MTD which are 6 star. the older and new big garden tractors are made by husqvarna".. its all a cluster-stuck of manufacturers and stickers.. same product, branded 30 different ways

willis923 wrote:

tractors are still branded and produced and stickered from different companys. my 06 husqvarna is made by AYP, has a sears/ roebuck manufacture tag on it, and branded husqvarna! i went to sears for blades, and you now them "always gotta assist" even if i tell em to frigg off! he asked "what style blade" i said 5 star. he says "are you sure, our new ones are made by MTD which are 6 star. the older and new big garden tractors are made by husqvarna".. its all a cluster-stuck of manufacturers and stickers.. same product, branded 30 different ways

i know man, its rediculous, its why i love that 77 cub of mine, it was made by the company that it is tagged by lol

i have always loved the old sears body style. perfect for a rat rod rally mower

richie thomas wrote:

i know man, its rediculous, its why i love that 77 cub of mine, it was made by the company that it is tagged by lol

thats how my bolens is. FMC-bolens. they did that with husky too

if i can find the bolts ima going to put the tranny back in it today lol, also going to get the starter back on the motor and see if i got it fixed

richie thomas wrote:

if i can find the bolts ima going to put the tranny back in it today lol, also going to get the starter back on the motor and see if i got it fixed

Get us some update pics

didn't get as much done as i wanted, been cleaning up the shed trying to find all the bolts i need with not much luck, but i did take apart the the mst-205 that wouldn't shift and got it working now, but ima go on and lock it before i reassemble it, what was causing it not to shift is that it had a bad seal on it and got dust and water trough into it and then the oil hardened somehow lol i had to put a wire brush in the drill to get it all off, im going to put the nutbuster back on it for simplicitys sake.

plans fell through for a motor, so now im trying to figure that out, but ima concentrate more on getting dixie back up , im hoping to get this ready still though

here is my motor ^^^^^^

this is the 4 speed for it ^^^^^

and this is just something i saw and had to have, got all three of the above items for a whopping total of 30 bucks

Lucky mfer

Man, you done scored yourself some great hardware, and the price... I hate you! LOL- Just kidding. Build on, my man!

oh your really bout to hate me then.......i didn't get to take any mowers to scrap today, he told me that he would have let me get this stuff for one bare frame, just the frame and fenders......

Dammit... This stuff never happens around here!

Doc Sprocket wrote:

Dammit... This stuff never happens around here!

lol, this is the best deals ive got in a while

With a deal like that going on, I'd be putting up ads all over the places for scrap/junk mowers for free or even maybe $20. Pick them up, scalp what you want, bring them to your scrap guy, and totally clean him out of anything good.