Hello from Massachusetts

[Justonemore 7]

Greetings from Central Mass. My name is Dana Kennison and am the proud owner of several horses.

What finally brought me here today is that I am in need of  help with a broken transmission.. Bad year

here in the north east to be without my trusty snow pusher. I will be posting a want ad today and when .

winters claw finally relaxes I will be offering some of my collection of parts and other stuff. All for now.

[SylvanLakeWH 30,586]

[ebinmaine 77,323]

[Handy Don 15,931]

Glad you decided to join us. Bummer about the motivation.

[ri702bill 11,254]

Welcome!

Please elaborate about the transmission issue..

[Justonemore 7]

The Peerless 3 speed in my 1971 800 Special decided to stop transmitting about a month ago.

No forward or reverse movement only the clacking of the final drive. More adventures in tractoring.!!

[wallfish 19,282]

The deep snow we've had over the last couple of weeks can test those transmissions. 

 

[pfrederi 19,874]

Welcome...what other horses do you have...one of them maybe more suited to heavy snow duties

[rjg854 12,841]

  I like what Paul just posted. We can help you build one better.

[ineedanother 1,870]

[Achto 30,987]

[WHX?? 54,941]

[Ed Kennell 44,857]

to the 

[Justonemore 7]

Thanks everyone for the advice and encouragement. I have a B-100 that pushed a snowblower for years but it will need some work.

I don't really push a lot of snow. Use it to finish up after the blower. It will work out somehow. Meanwhile I'm chasing a Gravely walk behind around the property pushing a dozer blade. Better than nothing but I miss my Special.

[Easton Rich 979]

I wonder if you could 8spd swap it? Never had a 800 special, but I do know the 8spds are bulletproof 

[Handy Don 15,931]

10 hours ago, Easton Rich said:

I wonder if you could 8spd swap it? Never had a 800 special, but I do know the 8spds are bulletproof 

800 Special has a vertical shaft engine and a different style of frame not compatible with Unidrives. 

Revision:

I was incorrect here. It is horizontal shaft only with a different frame setup at the transaxle.

Edited 4 hours ago by Handy Don

[Easton Rich 979]

I thought they were the horizontal 8hp gen start Briggs? I could be completely wrong.  

[parsonsponyz 290]

[953 nut 64,106]

The Peerless 1400 is a light duty transaxle and is not interchangeable with the six/eight speed units found on most . Remove the hubs and see if a key may gave broken ore something simple like that. The attached service Manual and IPL should be helpful.

 

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[WHX?? 54,941]

10 hours ago, Handy Don said:

only with a different frame setup at the transaxle.

Completely different. 

 

10 hours ago, Easton Rich said:

horizontal 8hp gen start Briggs

Tecky ... the A-90 had a 8 HP SG Briggs

 

These models were consider somewhat of a budget model and intended pretty much for mowing duties being the Peerless not being as stout as unidrives. One uses anything with the Peerless for ground engagement it's days are numbered.

The rear setup with a Peerless so you can see how a using undrive would be a job. 

[Handy Don 15,931]

1 hour ago, WHX?? said:

These models were consider somewhat of a budget model and intended pretty much for mowing duties being the Peerless not being as stout as unidrives. One uses anything with the Peerless for ground engagement it's days are numbered.

The rear setup with a Peerless so you can see how a using undrive would be a job. 

I've never seen one with the sheet metal removed before. Does the rear end of the frame have the F-plate where the Unidrive would attach? Makes me wonder if a complete rear-end swap (transaxle & fenders) might be possible if the drive belt could line up via the clutch pulley.