753 I believe

[Chris G 3,296]

Picked this one up today. Overall not to bad. Im pretty sure its a 753. Either way for 80$ I thought it was a good purchase.

[Racinbob 11,265]

I would say a 753 too. A couple of funky mods but nothing you couldn't undo if you wanted. Definitely a smoking deal.

[pfrederi 17,930]

Nice unit.  interesting running boards Engine is correct and original.

Edited July 18, 2017 by pfrederi

[Achto 27,849]

Nice score!!

[12 hp Kohler 1,014]

Nice score, I like the mods they are very cool, I would say 753 as well it is nice that it has the original 7hp that is worth $100 alone

[953 nut 56,025]

            Nice score.    To me the running boards seem a little too high for comfort.     

[WHX?? 49,291]

For 80 clams you would have been a fool to pass on that one ...nice score!

[ACman 7,621]

Heck yea ... That's a smoking deal  I'd jumped up outta my chair for that one  ! 

Edited July 18, 2017 by ACman

[Chris G 3,296]

Well I tore into it already. The motor was a little to free, so I checked it out and it's got a broken connecting rod. So tomorrow  Ill dig deeper to see if it's worth rebuilding or what the verdict will be.

[WHX?? 49,291]

No matter what the deal with the motor Cris... we can make better...stronger.. where did my six million dollar Kohler go? 

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,113]

Engine serial number appears to be from 1974. Possibly was replaced.

 

Garry

[pfrederi 17,930]

55 minutes ago, gwest_ca said:

Engine serial number appears to be from 1974. Possibly was replaced.

 

Garry

The spec number 28626E looks like the one listed for 753s  Would they have made a spec number for 10+ years??? 1963 to 1074

[Amcwheel85 2,059]

1 hour ago, gwest_ca said:

Engine serial number appears to be from 1974. Possibly was replaced.

 

Garry

Engine block does look grey.. 

[Chris G 3,296]

The Grey on the motor is someone's rattle can job of trying to paint the engine a aluminum color. And all the rest of the tractor has about 4 layers of differ reds.

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,113]

I was thinking the Kohler serial is 7 digits long but maybe it is only 6 which would be correct for the 1960's.

 

Garry

[Chris G 3,296]

Serial is 698374 / spec no is 28626E / model is K161S

[TDF5G 2,069]

That looks like a great deal, no matter what it is!  You stole it, IMO. 

[Chris G 3,296]

Pretty much tore down. Now just got to check everything over and decide what to do with it exactly. Overall it was good for the price. But theres a lot of hack jobwork done to it. I'm getting the motor checked for cracks and the bore measured tomorrow. 

Edited July 19, 2017 by Chris G

[Chris G 3,296]

So got the word the motor can be saved. But I also got a call from the previous owners father. The original owner of the tractor. Apparently the tractor is originally a 633.  He said he has the original motor for it. I will be going to get that later. But he said he cracked the plate that mounts to the transaxle. So he purchased a 753 with a blown transaxle from his neighbor at the time. With intentions to use the frame and also decided to use the rebuilt k161that was on the753, instead of the k141 that was on the 633 originally. So that explains the battery box on the frame and some of the confusion  I was having. 

[WHX?? 49,291]

Good deal Chris....always nice to know a little history behind a new to us.

[DennisThornton 4,769]

$80!

[Chris G 3,296]

I'm gonna go for a kinda modified 633. I'll keep the photos coming. The frame and transaxle was cleaned up and blasted between last night and today. Now is all primed. 

[Chris G 3,296]

Well here's were I'm at with it now. Just got to do some welding on the hood. Then blast it and paint it. Also do some decals. Then I'll slap a snow blade on it and chains then ill have a spare plow tractor I suppose.