Got a free tractor!

I got it for free at the recycling center in town and took it home and put my battery in it first battery didn't work so I put in a different one I had most recently used and it started up on the first turn of the key

Don't ya hate it when people throw good stuff away? Anyway good find! Looks like there's a Briggs flathead hiding under there, what's the year and displacement? Also, what rear end?

Not sure about year have looked it up and found nothing and the rear end all I know is it is a 10/36

your transaxle looks like the one i had in my old build but mine had an hi/lo lever. it could be a foote look closely on the bottom it should be marked there if its a foote. and nice find, unfortunately i cant just pickup stuff at my recycling center...

sadeoo7 wrote:

your transaxle looks like the one i had in my old build but mine had an hi/lo lever. it could be a foote look closely on the bottom it should be marked there if its a foote. and nice find, unfortunately i cant just pickup stuff at my recycling center...

Yeah I got pretty lucky I'm definitely gonna be going there MUCH more often! I found out last night it pops wheelies quite nicely

yeah it probably does do wheelies nicely it looks compact, fun little tractor you got there

sadeoo7 wrote:

yeah it probably does do wheelies nicely it looks compact, fun little tractor you got there

I'm gonna give it an oil change tomorrow.

You know how to decode the numbers on Briggs right? Look at the code. First two digits are the year, then I believe it's month then day. Then under either the model or the type, the first two numbers are the displacement. It should either be a 25 or a 28.

Just for fun, I want to take a guess at the year. I think it's an '86. Anyone else?

CraftsmanQuad19 wrote:

You know how to decode the numbers on Briggs right? Look at the code. First two digits are the year, then I believe it's month then day. Then under either the model or the type, the first two numbers are the displacement. It should either be a 25 or a 28.

Just for fun, I want to take a guess at the year. I think it's an '86. Anyone else?

no tag on the motor that I could find will go look now

Should be stamped in the blower housing right above the spark plug

CraftsmanQuad19 wrote:

Should be stamped in the blower housing right above the spark plug

found a pic that is an exact match online it is a 77

Went to go change the oil this morning around 9 and it wouldn't start and just now I poured some gas down the carb and IT BURST INTO FLAMES good thing I had a water bucket near by