Sears suburban 1965?

[mhlmeader 689]

Hi folks, picked this up this evening.  Not much there to look at, but most of my motivation was looking for a decent prospect to put a hit and miss engine on.  The kohler actually runs pretty well though.  And the original motor came with it, although pretty much only in bits a pieces.  Only real concern right now is i cant get reverse to work, hopefully some searchin will instill some answers.  

 

  Probably gonna just try to get revervse fuctional first. Then try to fit a hit/miss to it and see how it goes, if it turns out decent, ill think about tearing it down and doing some cleaning and painting.  Im thinkink of using a Stover model k 1 1/2 hp hit and miss.  Anywho just sharing, mike

[WHX?? 48,814]

Wow looks like the perfect candidate for just such a project Mike!  The motor appears to be a 241 built for a short frame horse and would be reusable for a multitude of other projects. Whatever you do please try and keep the seat and rear end if possible....they are just plain cool!  Also try and do a build thread as many here would be interested. 

[Machineguy 877]

Wow! 

I’m gonna be watching this! Cool stuff! 

[Machineguy 877]

@mhlmeader

 

I’ve got a Sears myself and the Stover K I’ll be getting running thanks to your information. 

I’m gonna be watching! 

[mhlmeader 689]

There was a suburban 725 that is wwwaaaaayyy prettier than this one that i looked at yesturday, i should have bought it, there were a few things not quitevright with it or atleast i didnt understand about the tractor at the moment.....but i saw this one....going in knowing it hadnt been attempted to being restored, so i woudnt feel bad about having to re- enginnerer a liitle bit to fit my needs. .  Prolly overpaid a little bit, but i figured the kohler engine alone had some value to it, and the old fella that sold it to me was i nice guy!!

[Machineguy 877]

14 minutes ago, mhlmeader said:

There was a suburban 725 that is wwwaaaaayyy prettier than this one that i looked at yesturday, i should have bought it, there were a few things not quitevright with it or atleast i didnt understand about the tractor at the moment.....but i saw this one....going in knowing it hadnt been attempted to being restored, so i woudnt feel bad about having to re- enginnerer a liitle bit to fit my needs. .  Prolly overpaid a little bit, but i figured the kohler engine alone had some value to it, and the old fella that sold it to me was i nice guy!!

Yep, a good Kohler is worth decent money and older model David Bradley, Ropers and Sears like that are sought after. I’d say you probably did okay. Gonna be a cool project and I’ll be looking forward to seeing the progress! 

Edited October 3, 2018 by Machineguy

[ebinmaine 67,413]

6 hours ago, WHX21 said:

do a build thread 

Yes please.

I'd love to see you do that.

 

[mhlmeader 689]

If i do a build thread, which section would i post that in?  Other brands?

[AMC RULES 37,130]

Absolutely.