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Those older Sears machines were pretty stout units. You see a few on plow days, chugging along. They were well built, durable, and almost bullet proof. Good machines. I wouldn't discount one, nor a good old MTD machine either.

Yup, custom 10 tecky!! The snowblower on the trailer, the old owner was trying to talk down about it! ‘It’s only a single stage, it’s not made for much snow”. I showed him the video of the same exact thing throwing snow about 30’ in the air!!!

Similar to Punxsutawaney Phil thing, Don sees his reflection...... six more weeks of Wheel Horsing.

My dad had an old MTD about an 83(?) it had a monster motor. I think an 18-20hp b&s. It always started up. I mean i moved the Sears easily by hand, not like an old WH. I believe the Sears has got to be #500. By the look of it. It’s pure metal!! The transmission on the sears, its got hi and lo… overall, i was impressed!!

HARBOR FRAUD

One thing that I learned about throttle cables is, don’t cut the cable short. There should be a gentle arc to them. Not a straight cable, but a nice gentle curve. Hope this helps.

I got this one but needs painted. Pick it up and It is yours. I am in Rices Landing. Just let me know JoeM

if you are looking for a 42 inch deck -- either side, or rear, discharge - - here are couple examples what they look like - top and bottom - these have been rehabbed -- the factory original pulley covers were red and the rear discharge model did not have the vinyl rear flange

I dont remember ever making D-81 decals, but I will be searching my old drives tomorrow. I've had a lot of custom requests over the past 19 years, so it is possible.

After looking at acto picture and reading this reply of yours, that makes sense.. someone once sent me the Kohler 181 digital manual so i can properly set the governor timing .. I need to find that link again so i don’t blow up the engine with too much rpm

@JCM I could be wrong but if you could find a nice set, not scratched up and or rusted you’re probably looking at least $350. And maybe when I come up there I’ll bring the ones that I have still in the original wax paper in the original box! Sometimes I take them out just to look at them, then I see the smile on my face reflecting back at me 😂

Looks to be around 1970 or so. My son has my old 71 Custom 10 and it looks a lot like yours.

@JCM When I do finally get up there I will bring my LSE and we will put some time in the clock! I think it’s getting ready to turn a whopping 25 hours on the meter! Also like to bring my 418’s to put next to your 418-A. But I would also like to show you my Work Horse GT-1800 and my restored C-Series and that all original C-101 I picked up last year. Now that I think about it I’m definitely going to need a bigger trailer 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yeah, Tractor Parts sent the wrong photo, this should be the correct deck.

If they were on 12" rims, there is a pretty good chance that they will fit.

Yep that's a Techy. Had one just like it.

Got exhaust back on and Almost got all the tins back on but the last 2 that go over exhaust pipes. Going to have to do a little trimming because they are indeed rubbing the intake manifold.

Fan shroud looks too rounded off to be a Briggs. Tecumseh was the common engine of choice for the early Sears tractors.

I was able to work on my tractor today. Given this fact I have some progress to share with y'all. Started by going back to work on the engine. Ignition components installed. Engine buttoned up and ready to mount on the frame. With the engine ready I moved on to the chassis. Front end assembled. All the fixen's installed on the tranny. Where I left off for the day. Tune in tomorrow for more progress, hopefully.

The tire chains are worth the price of admission....

Replaced the rubber hood latches on my 314. Used a rivet tool I bot at Harbor Freight. I put in the four rivets, and the Harbor Freight tool promptly broke. Like it was supposed to. Since I bot it that day, got my pesos back. You can't take HF seriously.

I got to use the tiller today for a couple of hours. It worked great and has no noise or other issues. The case was cool with no leaks. Hopefully it is good to go for another 30 + years.

They are the "Warrior" brand. I'm taking them to work and figure after I burn all 3 up on one hole I'll leave them on the work bench and one of the guys will steal them. Then they will get mad when they won't even drill plastic!

Just somthin about a fresh bore... Its like when a engine always seems to run better after a oil change.

Been almost a month since my last post on this subject. Sooo what the heck has Dan been up to?? Well I posted some sheet metal for a C.C. that I painted black. After that I moved on to a Simplicity. Some body work followed by some white paint. More body work follow by some orange paint. This concluded the most of the Simple City side project. Rest of the Cub Cadet showed up, and I finished the rest of that up this morning. And finally I get to get back to work on my 401 project again. Spent the rest of my day assembling part of the engine. I managed to find as set of NOS OEM rings for this engine. Piston that was in the engine only had 3 rings. The NOS OEM set had more rings than a guy can collect on the first level of Sonic the Hedge Hog. . 1 in the top groove, 3 in the second groove and 4 in the third groove. @WHX?? Stopped by & gave me a hand. Thanks Jim!!! Hope to get back on track with this project. Should have more to show the next time I check in.