Raider69 100 #1 Posted Wednesday at 10:38 PM Picked up an early Raider 12 just before Christmas. Seller said he had rebuilt the trans but it stopped moving while he was plowing snow and he thought he snapped the input shaft. That didn't sound quite right to me and I suspected the key for the drive pulley was a more likely suspect. We agreed on a price delivered. The tractor came with a 42" snow blade mounted, a 42" mower deck with only one small rust hole, and extra pair of rear wheels and tires and tire chains. He also threw in a Harbor Freight 20 Ton press. He dropped it off and while I was pushing it to the shed the left rear wheel and hub came off. I immediately thought that might be its mobility issue. I got the wheel back on and pushed it in the shed. I finally got to work on it today after work. I picked up a couple Woodruff keys and stuck one in, it also needed a battery. It starts easy, runs pretty good with no smoke or obnoxious noises AND it moves in all gears. It's seeping a little where the case halves meet and it has a catch going into reverse so I'll open it back up and take care of those items. The drive belt is in pretty rough shape too and when I put a load on it, it stopped moving until I let it sit for a minute for the belt to cool so I have a new one on the way. Plan is for this one to be my new mower and the blade will go on my old Raider 9 after an engine transplant. This is the seller's pic from the ad, not much to look at but it's all there and functional.... 4 8 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retired Wrencher 6,254 #2 Posted yesterday at 10:54 AM (edited) The did this tractor had Tecumseh engine in it. Believing a 10 hp? I had one a few years ago that one did not have a Tecumseh engine in it. I believe it had a service engine in it. I believe it was a 10 hp. Edited yesterday at 10:56 AM by Retired Wrencher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 24,213 #3 Posted yesterday at 12:42 PM Looks like a nice unit! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raider69 100 #4 Posted 21 hours ago 10 hours ago, Retired Wrencher said: The did this tractor had Tecumseh engine in it. Believing a 10 hp? I had one a few years ago that one did not have a Tecumseh engine in it. I believe it had a service engine in it. I believe it was a 10 hp. This one is a factory 12HP Kohler, my 1968 Raider 9 originally had a Tecumseh HH-100 10HP but it blew up about 30 years ago plowing snow and has been sitting in boxes and buckets ever since. I believe all the '68 and '69 Raider 9's got the Tecumseh 10HP and the 1970 and later Raider 10's were K241 10HP Kohlers. Every Raider 12 I've ever seen had a K301 12HP. I bought a Tecumseh HH-120 12HP out of a Sears for my Raider 9 but I haven't had much luck with Tecumseh engines and could never bring myself to put it in. I have since picked up a newer K301 out of one of those green things and that will go in instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retired Wrencher 6,254 #5 Posted 7 hours ago I have had a few Techey engines in the past. They just don’t seem to be as good as Kohler engines. I was told one time they like to be run more meaning that not shitting idol.. I don’t have them anymore just Kohlers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
