Yesterday I started on my "new" 71- serial #163528. The history I have on it was originally purchased by an "old" man who used it to mow his yard until about 6 years ago, when he just got tired of having it fixed. Then the guy I bought it from purchased it, running, but it sat in the corner of his shed for the last 5 years and hasnt run in that time. Now I've brought it up from the hill country to where it now resides in my garage, waiting to be revived.
She is in pretty rough shape with a few major issues- extremly sloppy steering, unable to go into 2nd gear, some rust, and a broken drive cup-
Need a repacement here. Looks as if the main nut was loosened, and what I guess was a pin from the cup going into the flywheel took the load and was sheared, taking away some of the aluminum cup. I'd think there'd be more than one little pin transmitting all the torque to the beefy drive plate.
Hopefully in a year or so my little 71 one will power herself out of the garage, looking new! I plan on learning how to properly paint and doing this 71 right, and getting the driveline reliable for another 20+ years
She is in pretty rough shape with a few major issues- extremly sloppy steering, unable to go into 2nd gear, some rust, and a broken drive cup-
Need a repacement here. Looks as if the main nut was loosened, and what I guess was a pin from the cup going into the flywheel took the load and was sheared, taking away some of the aluminum cup. I'd think there'd be more than one little pin transmitting all the torque to the beefy drive plate.
Hopefully in a year or so my little 71 one will power herself out of the garage, looking new! I plan on learning how to properly paint and doing this 71 right, and getting the driveline reliable for another 20+ years
