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Enjoy the show all, hope to see you on Saturday!

Just WOW. I love the 61 steekers. My 702 steeker, not so much. I wish it wasn’t so abused. I’d have to replace nearly everything to get it anywhere close to looking like your 701. Fantastic job.

Got the motor swapped over from kRusty, battery in, starter cranks, fresh oil and fuel lines, chased the threads for points and cover. Just need to figure out how to mount my classy white bass boat seat without the crazy mount they used on kRusty and Whitey will be on the truck. I’ll see ya’ll in the morning.

Looks great!

It’s in Chambersburg! First thing loaded was your deck!

That tractor is lookin' good up there Ed.

Got excited. Stuck on some steekers...

At least the belt guard buffed out nice. If the hood looks as good I will be happy.

Nice setup @stevebo ! Been in full prep mode . Safe travels everyone .

I started this thread to post pics of your pre trip rigs and pics on your way to the big show!! Hard to post pics in trailer as this is a toy hauler. Here is my ride for the show and my home while there. safe travels to all…

Hello Everyone, I was thinking that there would be more of a difference on the leak down numbers compared to the compression differences. I will pull the heads and see how things look. I will also keep my eye out for another LT17 series 2. I will follow up with my results. Is there another motor alternative out there that I could use without to many alterations. Thanks, Bob

I never noticed the trailer hanging from the ceiling until the grand tour last night. Well done!

Trust me, I understand. See below for what I started with... Alot of stuff got replaced...

Almost never a good idea. ... but why do you want one? A garden tractor engine is made to operate at a certain preset RPM. That way the governor can do its job and bring the engine up or down to that preset RPM during operation. More importantly, these are air cooled and splash lubed engines. It's never meant to be at idle except for a few seconds just before shutdown. By introducing a foot throttle you'd eliminate the possibility of keeping the preset along with adding a piece of equipment to the foot area that now gets in the way.

With Cowboy boots no less!

Cool, @ebinmaine that’s great that worked out like that for you!

Pull the heads off and look for scored cylinders. If the cylinders look good check the valves. My money's on it needing the valves adjusted. Unfortunately they have to be removed and the stems ground. I haven't had the best success doing that in the past.

Yeah, that's kinda the same basic idea. Like I would buy an Explorer all the way out to 2019, because it's basically an 07 Edge with EPAS and a longer wheel base.

Thank you sir! It's getting there!

Well I was specifically referring to the models we have now. My Tacoma is a 2011, and they were the same until 2015, and the Tundra was good until 2017.

Moved this to the wanted section for better exposure. Good luck!

Don’t forget the shinny 36”

Not much to load..one tractor for my son to drive, the WH cart and a couple presold decks. Will be on the road around 4am tomorrow

Hooked up and buckets loaded. 41 miles away. I'll leave at 7AM tomorrow morning.

Went ahead and put the hood on for now. The paint looks pretty good minus a couple issues I'll fix later. Even with hardener this Rustoleum is soft enough to make a print in if you really bear down on it so I'll fix the couple spots in a month or so. But it does have enough shine for a reflection as it is. I'll take it!

This photo is from yesterday but I figured @Pullstart would be proud of hiw we loaded the trailer

all the above

Ready for an early AM departure. Just gotta remember to stop & pick up Jim on the way.

There is room on that trailer guy!

Loaded up!

Truck half loaded. Rain boots in the trunk filled with impact driver and miscellaneous sockets

Just stick with your K181 The shaft on your linked engine is to small and too short. I know you are trying to learn but stay focused on what you have.

Off topic (usually its @WHX?? going straight to left field ) but did you end up with the free B-80 that was posted here in the RS classifieds and was in Florida?

Jim dropped off his trailer at my house so I could finish loading. Gotta throw a few things in the truck yet and I'm ready to go.

Some pictures. 20260510_105730.mp4 20260510_105802.mp4

Decided to shoot the final coat before the kids got up. Three gnats in the left side in almost a straight line- but I think there's enough paint to let the buffer fix it in a day or two. Either way I'm done painting this bleeping hood.

1445 Auto will be my cruiser for the weekend. I sold the K-91 tiller already, and have been digging out other items sold or on the chopping block… Tuesday will be loading day! GT-14 machine will not be making the trip, but it’s cool having the generations of tillers near each other!