[c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 11th 2024, 9:40 pm

It's shaping up nicely!

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 13th 2024, 9:16 am

Went for a pressure lube oppy because it’s the only oppy I have that I know to have a good starter and coil. Realized I’m gonna need an oil filter relocate kit to keep the belt out of the filter. Went ahead and ordered that.

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

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Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 13th 2024, 10:34 pm

Made up two engine mount brackets out of some 1/4x2 angle

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Transferred the holes and drilled them and bolted the engine up. Reused the original right rear engine mount hole.

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My idlers got here today so I made up a couple belt keeper brackets for them

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Roughed in a belt system

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Made these bumpstops. Probably need a little reinforcement.

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Traded a mower guy out of Louisville some rims to mount my new bighorns on so I cleaned up the beads and am working on mounting the new bighorns.

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 14th 2024, 12:52 am

Bighorns on. New rubber all around, how exciting!

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Here’s my attempt at a waterproof shifter boot out of a universal steering rack boot

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 14th 2024, 10:28 am

Coming along nicely! Probably only need about half the boot. LOL

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PROJECTS:
Marshal ........................93 Craftsman GT6000
Red Bandit ...................72 Wheel Horse Raider 12
Dirty Rat........................77 Sears Suburban
Bowser...........................01 Murray Widebody LT
The Green Machine ....1990 Craftsman II GT18
Other projects

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Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 14th 2024, 12:35 pm

Consider it an expansion reservoir in lieu of a normal trans vent lol!

Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 14th 2024, 8:02 pm

Made this thing out of a chunk of UHMW so I could put a collar on the steering shaft and stop it from pulling out of the dash. There was only sheet metal holding it in and it’s easy to rip the whole steering shaft out of the steering block.

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Bolted on. Seems to work good

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Added a front axle bolt in place of the regular front axle pin. Tightens things up nicely. Shaved the head down on it a bunch to clear tie rods.

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 15th 2024, 2:03 am

Working on belt stuff tonight. You can see some keepers I added in there.

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Decided to weld tracks for the belt inside of the belt cover.

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You can kind of see where they ended up lol.

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Cleaned the carb, it was nasty, and this engine fired right off! Clutch seems to be working pretty ok, we will see on the first test drive tomorrow.

Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 16th 2024, 12:17 am

Got home from work today and threw a 3D printed pod filter adapter on.

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Took her out for her first test drive! Realized the clutch needed some work. It was like an on/off switch with no slip, and wouldn’t roll back in gear on a hill

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So I set off to making a wrap around guard for the engine pulley, as that’s where the problem seemed to come from.

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Wound up with a guard that uses the engine side cover bolts. Seems to work ok! Clutch is still a little grabby but that may be from the pulleys having paint on them still. Gonna leave it for now and work on other stuff.

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Looks like I’m pretty close to technically being finished, but I am far from done. Razz

Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 16th 2024, 2:24 pm

Small mod so I can get the gas cap out with the fender lift lol!

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 16th 2024, 3:29 pm

Found a seat mount from an LT16. I ran one of these on budgie actually and liked it a lot. The fender bolts lined right up but I’m thinking I’ll add another bolt up front to spread out the load on the fender.

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 16th 2024, 8:40 pm

Wired back up from scratch. That wire loom is a huge pain! This stuff is like NASA grade wiring compared to the 8 years of birds nest on mutt.

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Thinking the belt is gonna need some support or something ahead of the trans pulley so it doesn’t slap so much. Every time the belt slaps it lurches the tractor. Once the belt stops slapping, everything releases like it should.

Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 17th 2024, 1:41 am

Made a wrap around guard for the back.

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Made a running board from some junk I had laying around. Planning on getting an actual factory one lol

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 17th 2024, 3:25 am

Took her out for a 2am test drive. Everything seems ok! Clutch needs just a bit more fine tuning but it’s 99% there.

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My other headlight burnt out so I put in this junky LED. Same one that was in both budgie and mutt at one point or another.

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 17th 2024, 12:54 pm

@RichieRichOverdrive bleveie it or not I was test driving a mini 4 wheeler at 2am as well, I hope you're test drive went better than mine my gas line Wrapped around the throttle arm and it ran off with me on it (there wasn't any brakes) CryLaugh

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 17th 2024, 4:12 pm

I personally like that running board, looks better than stock Imao

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 17th 2024, 5:00 pm

ranch king pro 08 wrote:: @RichieRichOverdrive bleveie it or not I was test driving a mini 4 wheeler at 2am as well, I hope you're test drive went better than mine my gas line Wrapped around the throttle arm and it ran off with me on it (there wasn't any brakes)

Hahahaha! Actually it went fine, luckily enough. And my stock brakes work pretty good.

PizzaKitty26 wrote:: I personally like that running board, looks better than stock Imao

It does have sort of an appeal to it! Don’t have to worry about it packing with mud either!

Drilled the holes for the tie rods in the right location

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Made up some tie rods out of 3/4” bar and some 1/2” heims. They’re kind of overkill but mutt and the gt6k both use this size so it’s nice to keep all my spares the same size.

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I also filled my front tires with 3.5 gallons each of windshield washer fluid. I learned after buying all those jugs that windshield washer fluid has methanol which can mess up the tires after a few years. Oh well, oopsiedaisies. Anyway the extra weight up front made all the world of difference and she handles much better now and is less flippy.

Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 17th 2024, 8:57 pm

Made a gas pedal. This tractor is about ready for the ride at Good Evening Ranch!

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 19th 2024, 8:59 pm

This isn’t so much of a skid plate as it is a big deflector for the transmission mount, but we’ll just call it a skid plate lol. Two pieces of angle iron drilled and tapped to bolt into the frame

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A 3/16 plate welded between them

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Simple enough!

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 20th 2024, 12:38 am

Took her out for a night shakedown. Did great! I did get a little too rowdy on a rock and roll it backwards on me, but I came out just fine and the tractor was just covered in oil and needed the dent from my elbow popped out of the hood. The balance point on this tractor is very different than mutt or the GT6k, figured that out the hard way!

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 20th 2024, 12:49 pm

Wheel horses do seem to behave differently. Glad you are OK.

PROJECTS:
Marshal ........................93 Craftsman GT6000
Red Bandit ...................72 Wheel Horse Raider 12
Dirty Rat........................77 Sears Suburban
Bowser...........................01 Murray Widebody LT
The Green Machine ....1990 Craftsman II GT18
Other projects

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Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 25th 2024, 1:08 am

The wheel horse proved itself to be a pretty good rig at GER. She’s great in the tight trails and the off camber stuff, but the balance point before flipping backwards still feels awfully low. Not like a craftsman at all. I’ll have to see what I can do about that.

In the rock garden

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Not sure where this is

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This is the foxhole. Once me and @redzz02 dropped into it we realized we made a pretty big mistake lol!

Pictures just don’t show how steep things actually are. We managed to climb out though!

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 25th 2024, 10:39 pm

Some clips of the horse in action!

Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD March 29th 2024, 12:02 am

Picked up a John Deere swept axle from @Hot Lap at GER. These have 1” spindles and I think move your front wheels around 2” forward. Should be a nice upgrade. You do have to make your own tie rod arms though.

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD April 7th 2024, 11:00 am

Added these craftsman seat springs as bump stops for the seat. May or may not keep them there

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Had the belt throw for the first time driving around the yard, came off the trans pulley. Added these two keepers, top one to keep the belt from walking off the side and the bottom one to keep the belt off the pulley more when I push the clutch in, so the tractor (hopefully) rolls back in reverse better

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

Subject: Re: [c] [24] RROD’S 414-8 BUILD April 7th 2024, 8:09 pm

Mrs. Rich spent a few hours on the WH today, getting familiarized with mowering activities. The WH seemed very friendly to a beginner rider, and the clutch was plenty smooth. The governed oppy makes it easy to not worry about throttle and just focus on your clutching fundamentals.

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Builds:
Craftsman- "MUTT" (part II) - "MUTT" (part I)
Wheel Horse 414-8 (‘24 Buildoff)
Sears Custom 6 (‘24 Buildoff)
Lawn Ranger Foolishness
MTD - "Budgie"

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