'60 Suburban Gets New Power

[Justice77 163]

 

I got tired of freeing a stuck intake valve on the unknown origin 5 hp Briggs so for a $100 I got a 212 cc Predator in there now. had to raise tin 1" in order to get 1/8" clearance between engine and tin above it, + 1/8" between steering shaft and intake (on one side) and exhaust (on the other side) and ignition wire (just under shaft), by moving bulkhead that supports steering shaft about 1" forward. Then had to take steering pinion / rack assembly apart, tweak, lube and reassemble then adjust a few times to get it working smooth.

 Absolutely love this rig now. Depending on rpm and how I release clutch, it will do wheelies now. No plans for further mods besides finding a smallish York rake to fit, and / or getting an old snow blade that I have attached.

 Edit - not sure if I mentioned before but I did drain and 2x flush the goo out of trans and added new gear oil.

Edited October 29, 2018 by Justice77
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[oliver2-44 10,783]

Very nice, clay you didn’t cut the hood. The tractor has a nice patina. 

[WHNJ701 4,165]

Nice tractor hopefully you can find period correct engine for it, sadly alot of good tractors get cut up and hack jobs to stuff these engines in 

[peter lena 9,316]

good swap on that, you will probably have more fun with that , leaving it in that set up. on that rear end drain, I have found using, atf fluid to be a very good flush  agent. the 312-8 I picked up , responded very well, to its trans clean out, good luck , pete

[Justice77 163]

3 hours ago, oliver2-44 said:

Very nice, clay you didn’t cut the hood. The tractor has a nice patina. 

Yea.... no need to or desire to cut the perfect hood. I love the patina as well. Wouldn't dream of painting this.

[Justice77 163]

2 hours ago, jabelman said:

Nice tractor hopefully you can find period correct engine for it, sadly alot of good tractors get cut up and hack jobs to stuff these engines in 

I suppose period correct engine would be nice but I'm really liking the reliability and power.

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1 hour ago, peter lena said:

good swap on that, you will probably have more fun with that , leaving it in that set up. on that rear end drain, I have found using, atf fluid to be a very good flush  agent. the 312-8 I picked up , responded very well, to its trans clean out, good luck , pete

I did use atf to flush. Took a couple times to get it properly clean.

[Justice77 163]

I did have a linkage designed out of 1/4" x 1" plywood slats to figure out using the existing ratcheted arch and handle to lift the plow prior to engine swap. Now that new engine took up more forward space I'll have to redesign a bit, then fab from steel.

 

[ebinmaine 73,016]

I like it Joe.

 

I too, am impressed with the fact that you engineered a way to fit the engine in instead of Smashing the outside metal around.

Well done sir.

 

[The Tuul Crib 7,339]

Yep this is a case where the 20th century  meets the21st!! Will be waiting for more  ! Very nice

[Chris G 3,361]

Nice job and I'm also glad to see ya didn't have to cut it up 

[Pullstart 67,089]

19 hours ago, Justice77 said:

Yea.... no need to or desire to cut the perfect hood. I love the patina as well. Wouldn't dream of painting this.

 

Looks like some Christmas’ed it up a bit in the rear though?  Maybe thT’s something that could stand a little wet sanding?

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21 minutes ago, pullstart said:

 

Looks like some Christmas’ed it up a bit in the rear though?  Maybe thT’s something that could stand a little wet sanding?

 P.O. mentioned that they painted fenders a long time ago. thT's?? Is that a mis-spell or abbreviation I don't get?

[Pullstart 67,089]

Auto correct, or something maybe...  “that’s”.