Garden Tractors Repowered With Antique 1-Cyl. Gas Engines
Your readers may get a kick out of the garden tractors I've repowered with antique 1-cyl. gas engines. I've driven them in parades and also taken them to shows such as Farm Fest near Redwood Falls, Minn. When I first built them my two grandsons, who were only 7 and 10 years old, drove them all the time.
All the tractors still have their original transmissions and rear ends.
My Cub Cadet is powered by a 1 1/2 hp International Harvester M-type engine that's painted green. The tractor's original engine was mounted sideways and was connected to the transmission by a driveshaft. By using a right angle gearbox I was able to mount the hit and miss engine sideways to line up with the driveshaft.
I mounted a later model International Harvester 1 1/2 hp gas engine on a Sears electric start garden tractor, which is equipped with dual wheels. The flywheel belt-drives the tractor's transmission. To start the engine I just turn the ignition key. The battery mounts under the seat.
I also repowered a Deere 210 with a Deere "hit and miss" 1 1/2 hp gas engine. A pulley mounted on one side of the engine's flywheel is used to belt-drive the transmission. The lever that was originally used to raise and lower the mower deck is now used to put the tractor in gear. The tractor's original engine ran at about 1,800 rpm's compared to 500 rpm's for the hit and miss engine which would be too slow to drive at a reasonable speed. To solve the problem, I mounted a gearbox between the engine and transmission in order to increase the engine rpm's. By using a "past center" clutch, I can put the tractor in gear without having to hold the clutch lever in all the time. I hand crank the engine to start it. (Eugene Swoboda, 69850 Co. Rd. 1, Redwood Falls, Minn. 56283 ph 507 641-3451)
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Garden Tractors Repowered With Antique 1-Cyl. Gas Engines REPOWERED EQUIPMENT Repowered Equipment 31-5-41 Your readers may get a kick out of the garden tractors I've repowered with antique 1-cyl. gas engines. I've driven them in parades and also taken them to shows such as Farm Fest near Redwood Falls, Minn. When I first built them my two grandsons, who were only 7 and 10 years old, drove them all the time.
All the tractors still have their original transmissions and rear ends.
My Cub Cadet is powered by a 1 1/2 hp International Harvester M-type engine that's painted green. The tractor's original engine was mounted sideways and was connected to the transmission by a driveshaft. By using a right angle gearbox I was able to mount the hit and miss engine sideways to line up with the driveshaft.
I mounted a later model International Harvester 1 1/2 hp gas engine on a Sears electric start garden tractor, which is equipped with dual wheels. The flywheel belt-drives the tractor's transmission. To start the engine I just turn the ignition key. The battery mounts under the seat.
I also repowered a Deere 210 with a Deere "hit and miss" 1 1/2 hp gas engine. A pulley mounted on one side of the engine's flywheel is used to belt-drive the transmission. The lever that was originally used to raise and lower the mower deck is now used to put the tractor in gear. The tractor's original engine ran at about 1,800 rpm's compared to 500 rpm's for the hit and miss engine which would be too slow to drive at a reasonable speed. To solve the problem, I mounted a gearbox between the engine and transmission in order to increase the engine rpm's. By using a "past center" clutch, I can put the tractor in gear without having to hold the clutch lever in all the time. I hand crank the engine to start it. (Eugene Swoboda, 69850 Co. Rd. 1, Redwood Falls, Minn. 56283 ph 507 641-3451)
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