-= Li'l Red =-

Looking at Li'l Red in the garage, I realized a quick mod that is LOOOONNGG overdue. I finally made a pull start. Haven't got a chance to try it yet.

Best mod you can do, especially when you're too poor to buy good batteries like me. They're all I ever use. Make sure you pull it to the compression stroke before you give it a rip so it doesn't try to rip your arm off

RichieRichOverdrive wrote:

Best mod you can do, especially when you're too poor to buy good batteries like me. They're all I ever use. Make sure you pull it to the compression stroke before you give it a rip so it doesn't try to rip your arm off

I haven't bought a new battery in nearly 5 years.  The one in Red is 5 years old.  I can still get about 30 seconds of cranking out of it between either running or charging. (sometimes I forget to turn the gas on  ).  Ones on both suburbans turn 5 later this year.  One on my blue craftsman mower is 6 years, I added some more distilled water to it once.  It still turns over for about 15 seconds before dying for another charge.  I have 2 others that are on a shelf that need to be used as a core charge.  One is from 2012 and the other is from 1996.  LOL

Your asking, what about Kal and Patriot...  Kal's battery is in Thor, and Patriot's is in Red.  Red's old one is the 2012.

EDIT:  Correction, one from Kal is in the 9N Ford.

Since you have so many tractors it sounds like you need 1 or 2 quick change batteries that you could move from rig to rig or a handy jump pack

The power pack I got for 3rd in 2018 has gotten it's rounds many times.  Jumps that old 9N like nobody's business.

wait you get ACTUAL items on this website as a reward?
who gives them out?
and i actually thought you only got stickers, a banner in your profile, and bragging rights for winning the build off

We haven't really had any information put up at this time for Build-Off prizes as this year is a bit sketchy due to the Rona.  Last year, Some members donated prizes as well as myself for the build-off.

Here is the pull start,

Put Red to work today dragging limbs and brush.



Then later I saw the neighbor has his zero turn stuck in about 10 inches of mud.  Ran over and pulled him out too.  

Friendly neighborhood mightyraze, rescuing neighbors from certain...er, mud or something.

It's weird to me seeing how straight and clean everything is on this mower, like just the top of the engine, the shroud is so shiny and unbeaten like any of mine.

LOL, well it did get a fresh coat of paint this last fall!

...but thank ya!

Just realized, I do not have a pic of Red on here since I gave Kal back his tires. Need to get those front rims repainted white.

Ooooh! Something followed me home. How timely to put it in Red!






Only concern.... will it fit behind that shock tower.  If not, I guess some minor rework is in order.



Got it for $40. It's not locked up, has compression. Guy said he could get it to fire and run spraying carb spray in it. We will see. What I can see "PERSONALLY", it looks good.

After some checking and measuring, it will take some rework on the front suspension to get the v-twin to fit in there. I'm not looking to rework that at this time, so the engine will be cleaned up and ready to go for when I need it.

Hmmm.....

Li'l Red 3.0? I have been thinking on it pretty hard lately. 21HP would be nice.

Looks sharp mighty. Before you put that v twin in, you should totally clad it in ARC, build an engine to match that 820

Yeah, if I had some spare $$ lying around. :-)
I'm going to see if I can get this engine to lick off and see how she runs this weekend sometime. Looks like it ran pretty normal. Only things I found wrong on a surface level inspection was the valves were out of spec and the oil drain was working itself out causing oil to be sprayed all over. The carb looked fine and the bowl was clean.

holy cow man! its gotten much better since ive last been here!
and that motor is a monster!
once you get that sucker in itll really rip
has it always had that exhaust?

loggers gogert wrote:

holy cow man! its gotten much better since ive last been here!
and that motor is a monster!
once you get that sucker in itll really rip    
has it always had that exhaust?

Thanks! It's changed a lot over the past year. I had different exhaust on it. That was changed as well over the past year.

The 21hp motor runs good: See Below. I'm still 50/50 on installing it in Red, or a new project.

#Lil-Red

SO, I finally have the itch to tinker on a tractor.  I was hoping to score a good deal on a Sears SS12, but the buyer sold it to someone else after I was talking to him.  Then I got to thinking.  I need another tractor like I need a hole in the head.

I was thinking of maybe trying to make what I have better!

I think it is time to up my welding and redo Li'l Red one more time.  Time to make it tougher and be able to truly tackle the trails of any place.

I think I will see If I can rebuild it from the ground up!

• Plans are open, but I think I may take a stab at a custom frame. if it does not cost too much.
  
• Put in the 21HP Vtwin
  
• Better front suspension.
  
• While the tires are good, maybe upgrade them.  Put these on other tractors.
  

I’d like to see a stronger red, but I like the overall look it has now

Yeah, I like the overall look as well.  I will say Metal is $$.  See if I can score some that someone wants to rid.  Maybe.  This isn't going to happen in a month.  I still need to get it to the garage.

AYE! I left the fuel shutoff in the "on" position on Red.  All the gas is in the engine.  Pulled the dipstick and it was almost half way up the tube.  Also, a flat tire.

Not sure you can see it, but the oil/gas mixture was up to the green arrow on the stick.



Been doing some studying and I see a weak point in the frame where the front structure meets the Murray frame. I'll look into fixing that.

Also, here is another pic for fun.

I haven't broke it down yet, this is an older build pic.

Just drain that oil out and put in yer weed wacker!

its a great build, would love to see back even stronger