90 something craftsman II Rally mower

Finally got myself a decent tractor


my new craftsman II

this is the front of it

its engine

this is it from behind



i have already re-wired it like fearlessfront's murray

i plan on putting brakes on it and painting it red and black

i dont plan on locking it. works fine the way it is and i havent gotton it stuck yet




Tell me what you think

thats a good trapter. i presume it came with those tires?

Nice tractor man if you need any info check out my rally thread.  Some things I would recommend would be a slap shifter and a steering upgrade.
Cheers on a nice tractor   !!

willis923 wrote:

thats a good trapter. i presume it came with those tires?

no
they are the tires i have had on all my offroad mowers
im on tractor number 5 and i have only owned 2 tires for the back

LAWN MOWER MUDDER wrote:

Nice tractor man if you need any info check out my rally thread.  Some things I would recommend would be a slap shifter and a steering upgrade.
Cheers on a nice tractor   !!

since i still have the lever in the dash that would normally engage an attchmet iwas going to hook the shifter to that.

i want to put handbrakes on it but idk where to put it.

i was going to use the lever that woul lower the deck as a brake lever

so im going to do hand brakes and relocate the shifter

I would locate the brake near the shifter because chances are you will have your hand on or around your shifter while driving.

LAWN MOWER MUDDER wrote:

I would locate the brake near the shifter because chances are you will have your hand on or around your shifter while driving.

i will be doing that. i still have all the stock levers. the shifter will be the disengage / engage lever built into the dash and the brake will be the mower deck hieght lever

Looks good those old Craftsmans are tough do you happen to know what tranny it is maybe it's a 4360 Spicer but anyway you would need to upgrade or fix steering those steering boxes in though things are crap but good luck on the build and keep us posted

i will post some more pictures tonight





how would i rebuild the steering. i need to do that

buried it up to the frame here


after the romp




so how would i rebuild the steering

Nice mud! Those tractors make a great base to build off of.

On reinforcing the steering - check out my build thread... Stretch and I have just about perfected upgrading Craftsman steering boxes.

TheRainbowBoxer wrote:

Nice mud!  Those tractors make a great base to build off of.  

On reinforcing the steering - check out my build thread... Stretch and I have just about perfected upgrading Craftsman steering boxes.

k thank you

new paint job




havent upgraded steering yet

i am also swapping a cast iron front axle from my husqvarna and the steering set up.
just need to figure out how to get it off

steering parts for my craftsman.

these came out of my 04 husqvarna

now im in the process of taking my craftsman apart to install these

Finally figured out how to get that sucker out eh? Good on ya. What was the missing piece of the puzzle?

Doc Sprocket wrote:

Finally figured out how to get that sucker out eh? Good on ya. What was the missing piece of the puzzle?

the steering rod comes out first then everything is fed through the hole

Is that a hand bike throttle?

redlinemotorsportts wrote:

Is that a hand bike throttle?

i think its more of a oh-***** handle

richie thomas wrote:

redlinemotorsportts wrote:

Is that a hand bike throttle?

i think its more of a oh-***** handle

exactly what it is

its acually a knuckle that grab onto the handle bars of a bike

but instead of handle bars it holding onto the lever
works perfectly

its been awhile since i have posted anything but there has been some progress

right now the craftsman is sitting in pieces. i am putting it back together soon.

All the mods i was going to do on it aren't going to happen. I am just putting it back together how it was before.

i am kinda at a wall where i don't know what to do with it mod wise so if you can give me suggestions that would help out a lot.



craftsman as it is now

I suggest you ride it and enjoy it.

thats what i was thinking. i don have much time to work on it now because i need to work on my race car now

i do still want to lock the transaxle though

how would i be able to lock it without welding if possible