Mighty's Daughter Build

CosmicArkie wrote:

Hey, Mighty, what are those rear tires on the Purple People Eater?  Size/brand?  Thx.

They came off a cheapo chineese atv. See images below.

Little progress..

Tires on the rims, but the bead is not setting well.  I'm going to put tubes in.  Be for the better as one of the tires has a crack in it. I still need to clean and pain the rims.



I did fire up the engine tonight as well.  Ooops... seems to have puked a little.



after puking, it smoothed out and ran great.

Rear tires tubed and reinstalled. A tube in the front left and tires will be good.

Starting to come back together...



I think we will keep the colors simplified.

Schweet!!

Is that a stock tractor color or did you paint those rear fenders yellow. Looks like a really bright color of yellow, I like it.

Nope I painted them.  Rust-Oleum Marigold. I really like how it came out too.  Yellow is my daughter's favorite color.

Here is while painting...



Another shot put together.

MightyRaze wrote:

Nope I painted them.  Rust-Oleum Marigold. I really like how it came out too.  Yellow is my daughter's favorite color.

Here is while painting...



Another shot put together.

i'm guessing Rust-oleum 2X ? that stuff is amazing. i've been using it on my golf cart restore and it works great !

Yeah it is. I shied away from it for a while. Now I like it.

Wow that's a bold color. I dig it.

Going to have a little orange in there too later. Daughter loves yellow.

May use it in the future when I refresh my suburban in the future. I like it myself.

@MightyRaze what model of suburban

I have 2.  A 1975 ST/16 that has been repowered by a 15HP Lifan (Honda Clone) 



and a 1977 18HP Hydro, that is repowered by a 18hp Briggs Opposed.  I still have the Onan for that one, but it needs a pretty extensive overhaul and a new coil.  I had the briggs handy, so it was a no brainer repower.

If you have a small electric winch around you could convert that plow to power lift.

Little bit more progress today.  Day started off kind of bad.  Lower back is kicking my rear again.    This after a really good week last week.






Little bit peeved.  I installed tubes in 3 of the flat tires.  One I had on hand, burst evidently (front).  One of the rears, slower leak, 3 day purge.  El-cheapo Harbor Freight one in the third and it is holding.  Go figure.

I am thinking a nilight bar in the opening then cover it back with the lens.

Permanent back damage from haspin loool. I guess maybe not...

But anyway, I think the yellow looks good. I'm into brighter colors myself. A lot of people like to use duller colors, which is ok if your into that. But I think brighter colors stand out a bit more.

mr.modified wrote:

Permanent back damage from haspin loool. I guess maybe not...

But anyway, I think the yellow looks good. I'm into brighter colors myself. A lot of people like to use duller colors, which is ok if your into that. But I think brighter colors stand out a bit more.

Actually the back has been an issue since before Haspin last year. Haspin didn't phase it at all actually! :-)

Yellow is my daughter's favorite color. I don't mind, it means she is highly visible! LOL I even let her try some painting on the hood. She did half of it. Not too bad, a little skittish of the paint can though. She's pretty excited.

Apparently the starter needs some love now I have it mostly together. Looks like I get to take the front back apart.

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Oh before the starter failed. I did take a run with it. 10mph that I was shooting for.

Starter end cap is toast.  Not sure why but she's grounding out.  I do know upon inspection it needs a new end cap and bushes.  They are pretty warn.  I can get another for pretty cheap off ebay, but in the meantime I raided my last starter from a parts engine.  Starts right up still.  I think my belt is one inch too short.  Feels right on the varidrive pedal though.  May just need some break-in time.  The more I run it the better it gets. I need to work on getting it to stop now.  Due to the belt not totally disengaging, the brakes are useless.

Bolt a stick to the side. Flintstone handbrake.

Looks good! I like the yellow.