'67 Lawn Ranger for the grandkids

[dclarke 4,046]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

Unless you used hardener I would let it dry a week or longer. The decals can trap solvents under them and cause the paint to lift.

Good advice, Richard and Randy. Thanks! 

[dclarke 4,046]

Got the hood on and decided to put a longer nipple in the exhaust to move the stack a little farther away from the hood. I still need to paint the letters on the front of the hood and add the decals. 

[Shynon 7,470]

As always top notch, looks great Denny

[dclarke 4,046]

After running it a while I've torqued the head bolts again, the decals are on and the letters on the front of the hood are painted. I wrapped the exhaust nipple in header wrap and made a heat shield for the stack. This project is done. 

[ebinmaine 68,874]

2 hours ago, dclarke said:

made a heat shield

I like that idea. Most of my tractors will have stacks. How did you do that?

[dclarke 4,046]

41 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I like that idea. Most of my tractors will have stacks. How did you do that?

My stack is 3” diameter, I used a piece of 16 ga. (I think) metal cut to about 5” x 12”. Heated it a little with a heat gun then formed it around a 3” plastic pipe coupling that measures 4” O. D. Once I had the shape I wanted I cut it to size and drilled a couple of 1/4” holes in it.  I used a 1/4” coupling nut cut in half then shortened each half a little to get the spacing I wanted and welded the nuts to the stack. I did bolt the nuts to the shield and tack them to the stack while it was on the tractor then removed the stack and welded the nuts. 

[953 nut 56,165]

6 hours ago, dclarke said:

This project is done. 

Not quite done!                          Don't see any Grand kids riding on it.                                

[dtallon 320]

That tractor turned out fantastic.  I can't wait to see the next one. 

 

You have inspired me to work some on my Ranger 8-speed project, and I am quickly gaining appreciation for the little modifications you did.  What pulley did you use for the transmission input pulley?  I did some measuring and the 2.5" engine / 4" trans pulley set on the Ranger is approximately the same ratio as the 4" engine / 6.5" trans that the 312-8 I got the transmission from had.  Unfortunately I can't just swap over the trans pulley from the Ranger because it has a 3/4" input shaft and the 8-speed has a 5/8" shaft.  

 

Dave

 

Edited August 26, 2018 by dtallon

[dclarke 4,046]

1 hour ago, dtallon said:

  What pulley did you use for the transmission input pulley?  I did some measuring and the 2.5" engine / 4" trans pulley set on the Ranger is approximately the same ratio as the 4" engine / 6.5" trans that the 312-8 I got the transmission from had.  Unfortunately I can't just swap over the trans pulley from the Ranger because it has a 3/4" input shaft and the 8-speed has a 5/8" shaft.  

 

Dave

 

Dave, the input pulley on this one measures 4 or 4 1/4"" it's kinda hard to measure now and the engine pulley is 2 1/2". This tranny has 1" axles and the pulley came with the tranny, I think this input shaft is 5'8". In the past I have used the Maska 4" pulley pictured below on a 5/8" input shaft, I did have to modify it a little but it worked great. I ground the hub down to fit the length of the shaft and had to drill and tap new set screw holes, which I had to drill on a slight angle. I'll use this pulley on my next Ranger project if I can't find a pulley like the one I have on this Ranger. 

[Pullstart 63,201]

Awesome job!

[dclarke 4,046]

On 8/24/2018 at 3:54 PM, 953 nut said:

Not quite done!                          Don't see any Grand kids riding on it.                                

Here ya go Richard. He loves it! 

[ebinmaine 68,874]

Two clear-cut championship-winning calendar shots right there

[prondzy 3,883]

Wow Denny that looks nice! I have been plugging away at the kids Lawn Ranger and now have a few ideas for the gas tank mount thanks to yours. Did you use the stock Throttle/Choke cables or did you buy longer ones and modify?

[dclarke 4,046]

50 minutes ago, prondzy said:

 Did you use the stock Throttle/Choke cables or did you buy longer ones and modify?

Mike, I had to get longer cables, here’s how I ran the throttle cable. 

[Shynon 7,470]

On ‎8‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 9:02 AM, dclarke said:

Here ya go Richard. He loves it! 

Looks like one happy camper, Great Job Denny

[rmaynard 15,730]

 Great job Denny. I only wish I had half the fabricating skill that you have. 

[prondzy 3,883]

On 9/8/2018 at 10:04 AM, dclarke said:

Mike, I had to get longer cables, here’s how I ran the throttle cable. 

Ok last question Denny, where did you find those throttle cable clamps.They look like nice ones and i havent found any good ones yet.

[dclarke 4,046]

3 hours ago, prondzy said:

Ok last question Denny, where did you find those throttle cable clamps.They look like nice ones and i havent found any good ones yet.

Mike,  the cable clamp bolted to the engine I found in my Dad’s auto parts store back in the 70s. They sold and serviced push mowers back in the 50s and 60s and it was a leftover part from that. I had a few of them at one time but this is the last one I have. The clamp up by the governor was in my junk drawer too. Not sure where it came from.