Solutions for sloppy sears ss hoods(Wheel Horse of course)

[HorseWhisperer 243]

I have a GREAT running,mowing Sears SS and of course the poorly designed hood was bad when I purchased it.Thanks to racing_ny and a donor b80 hood and some incentives(barley soup in a can)I fabbed a solution.Now for some International red paint.I don't think the rest of the herd will notice!

[Kelly 1,028]

My son has a SS16 just like that, it is a beast, good grill supports are hard to find for them, his has been fixed, we found a nice one on line but they wanted $300 for just the upper grille, he only paid $225 for the tractor.

[HorseWhisperer 243]

I was fortunate to find a great lower grill but the fiberglass nosepiece had a tree whack it.I believe this prototype trial is the way to go.It kinda fell together with the scrap I had lying around!Opens and closes perfect.Even gonna use the stock WH rubber tie downs.Kelly,these machines ARE beasts!

[Sparky-(Admin) 19,630]

Hmmm...I really expected something hideous, but it actually looks decent. Pop some headlights in it and away you go! Was that hood off a verticle shaft WH? Asking cause I see the louver vents on top.

Mike..........

[312Hydro 473]

Looks good and the fit is great too. :handgestures-thumbupright:

[HorseWhisperer 243]

Yeah Sparky,its a donated hood from a red iron junkyard without a bit of paint left on it.Thought Id practice with a useless ol bit of iron.Think its off a b80.Now I gotta find a good hood and copy the mock up.Although the louvers aren't a bad way to cool the big onan just way to crusty for a new rattle-can red paint job!

[HorseWhisperer 243]

I think it makes a beast of a machine look distinguished!Lol

[varosd 1,185]

Hood looks to be off one of the early 80's Black Hood series, they kinda grow on you. might be off of the Briggs B series like Mike posted. B-80's from the 70's were Kohler powered.

yes, keeping a Onan cool is vey important! note how Sears put a louver panel to vent the mighty Onan even with that minimal belt guard. were there some sort of removable side panels?

[HorseWhisperer 243]

There are Don but Im not versed in which ones to keep and which ones to toss yet.I can remember being a kid and throwing tin saying "what do ya need this for" like Clint Eastwood in Any Which Way but Loose~"Scrap the car Clyde"! Lol