meadowfield 2,790 #1 Posted 4 hours ago (edited) Not super rare, but equally they only surface once every six months and there’s a queue waiting to grab them! I managed to acquire a suburban 400 from a young lad who bought it then realised he couldn’t do anything with it! Had a very large Briggs engine fitted, a VW Beetle steering box and too many hacks to mention. he nabbed the narrow rears and left me with the rest! gearbox full to the brim with water! Interesting stretch chassis to take a Briggs engine. lots of chassis patching! rolling..... making a new hoodstand steering gears - same size and ratio as the original - but will outlast them! looking more like it onto that gearbox it was a mess, all the bearings were gone! they had chopped the bottom of the casing for some reason nearly together - amazon packaging to the rescue as a gasket done - with a modifed C series shifter onto the brake drum - I turned down and old cast pulley. reamed the inside to 3/4" all done - just the pedal and linkage to sort.... Ewan very kindly fired up the forge and made me a pedal. new brake/clutch pedal in place - I thought a bigger bush can't be a bad thing! donor Clinton engine didn't spark - home made puller did a reasonable job. Points cleaned up and all connections clean - we were in action! didn't have a pull start either - so made a start cup and used a new tecumseh pull start finally made two footrests to match. Hard work in the press, but a modified bolster chisel did the job! Finished - just needs the right steering wheel and hood! Edited 3 hours ago by meadowfield 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldlineman 1,574 #2 Posted 1 hour ago Very nice work and weld, looks like your right leg won't get cold 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meadowfield 2,790 #3 Posted 1 hour ago 1 minute ago, oldlineman said: Very nice work and weld, looks like your right leg won't get cold thanks - longer pipe is on the way 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 67,435 #4 Posted 13 minutes ago Those welds look better than robotic! Awesome work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
