My new trail machine- 1993 Craftsman II

I got this craftsman in trade for repairing a costomer's mower. it had a 14hp briggs and a 5 speed spicer. now it has a 18 hp opposed twin, and I'm working on the pulleys. it will have a 5 1/2" engine and a 6 1/2" on the axle.the stock belt should work with this setup. I plan to get a rear mount gas tank off a buddy of mine for it, so I can run the oppy a little longer than 5 minuts. (i'm being sacastic) I used the deck engage lever as my brake. also 22x11x8 tires i the near future. if anyone has suggestions please tell me!





And I put a tach on the murray, and I think it is pretty accurite. on 4 cil mode it says my lifted murray is turning 1,000 at idle and 3250 at full throttle. I hooked it up to the kill wire from the engine, and it doesn't kill it. my little murray tops out at 5500 " />

I also need to extend the hood mounts, the oppy is too tall.

Ok so I have a 5.5" engine pulley and a 4" rear and the tranny is 9:1 raitio, so I will do 30. I am about to test it as we speek.

1997 Murray wrote:

I plan to get a rear mount gas tank off a buddy of mine for it, so I can run the oppy a little longer than 5 minuts. (i'm being sacastic)

you just need to put a ball valve in your intake, that will save fuel..

(idk if you follow MMM on facebook, but there was a kid that wanted the power of an opposed, but hated the fuel consumption, so he destroyed an intake and put in a ball valve, so he could "kill" the cylinder, and reduce fuel.. we all joke about it")

willis923 wrote:

1997 Murray wrote:

 I plan to get a rear mount gas tank off a buddy of mine for it, so I can run the oppy a little longer than 5 minuts. (i'm being sacastic)

you just need to put a ball valve in your intake, that will save fuel..

(idk if you follow MMM on facebook, but there was a kid that wanted the power of an opposed, but hated the fuel consumption, so he destroyed an intake and put in a ball valve, so he could "kill" the cylinder, and reduce fuel.. we all joke about it")

haha! finally found someone with a good idea! lol.

1997 Murray wrote:

willis923 wrote:

1997 Murray wrote:

 I plan to get a rear mount gas tank off a buddy of mine for it, so I can run the oppy a little longer than 5 minuts. (i'm being sacastic)

you just need to put a ball valve in your intake, that will save fuel..

(idk if you follow MMM on facebook, but there was a kid that wanted the power of an opposed, but hated the fuel consumption, so he destroyed an intake and put in a ball valve, so he could "kill" the cylinder, and reduce fuel.. we all joke about it")

haha! finally found someone with a good idea! lol.

Just push it everywhere.

You'll have a 100% savings on gasoline!!!

1997 Murray wrote:

willis923 wrote:

1997 Murray wrote:

 I plan to get a rear mount gas tank off a buddy of mine for it, so I can run the oppy a little longer than 5 minuts. (i'm being sacastic)

you just need to put a ball valve in your intake, that will save fuel..

(idk if you follow MMM on facebook, but there was a kid that wanted the power of an opposed, but hated the fuel consumption, so he destroyed an intake and put in a ball valve, so he could "kill" the cylinder, and reduce fuel.. we all joke about it")

haha! finally found someone with a good idea! lol.

good idea? far from it! if you dont want the fuel comsumption, get a single! he claimed it worked, but we saw no running footage of it, so i highly doubt it, not without some serious re-jetting. dont do it, i was joking.. lol

yeah i know, i don'd care about fuel now, as the pulleys and clutch need work because the belt falls off every 5 seconds.

hehe

a vid of the mods done thus far, and what to do next.

It needs a cool set of bumpers i think... Oh and dual straight pipes. Definately needs those.

Like these?

So I have decided that this will be the 4x4. I will take out the spicer and give it a peerless 920 in the back and the aws tranny in the front. the front tires can turn 35% and the aws only 20%, so that may be a problem. plans for the drive is a double pulley on the rear and run the stock belt to it as the clutch, and the bottom will run the front and just have a tentioner to keep the belt tight. pics to come soon.

the mower:



the tranny and gas tank:



and the front axle:



as you can tell, I fixed my camera so the pics arn't dark

well the tranny is out and getting reddy to go in the murray, and this is getting prepared for the was tranny.

I need some pics on what to do with a craftsman. I decided not to do 4x4, and I have a mst 206 and a peerless 2300A 4 speed that i could use. what should I do with it? make a utility thing or something else?

I would make this into a utility, and rebuild the aws tractor, and make that into an awesome off roader it should work good as your rear tires can move and get better traction

ok so I am going to speed up the tractor like the mowercycle gang did on their 930. and here is a paint picture I am working on:



it will have duro mud and sand 22x11x8s on it.

sped up the transaxle!





used the 4th gear cluster

here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIZkbvgpAOY

I personally would ditch that hood, mine is pretty much junk, and it started good. Won't take much abuse...

here are the tires I am getting: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEoQFjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rockymountainatvmc.com%2Fp%2F723%2F17501%2FDuro-Mud-and-Sand-ATV-Tire&ei=a72JVKmBHYqRyQSxwoGwCQ&usg=AFQjCNETRvebIlvnzSXOwtpSXgXbrxDuLw&sig2=5SxJh-8L-WDUHi1kb7HtEg

The gators at work have those and they are always getting flats. I would go with a bearclaw lol

Those are a good all purpose tire.
I've had a pair of them on my old suzuki atv.
What size do you plan on running.

22x11x8