Nice frankenmower!
Is the engine from a Snapper? If so, what kind of blade is that?
Is the engine from a Snapper? If so, what kind of blade is that?
The perfect storm...El chingon Toro!!
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After many mowers and many years of using/abusing a multitude of brands, I have in my eyes, created the perfect walk behind mower.
I'm not sure why I called it "my fall project" in an earlier thread because I should have said my w-end project I guess. Once I started I couldn't stop.
It was a very straight forward job and I ran into a few snags but nothing out of the ordinary....I had to lower the self propel pulley about 3/8" but everything else fit like a glove including the mounting holes for the engine. No drilling at all!
he throttle cable has to be changed out because they are backwards compared to how they fit on each engine respectively...the WR pulls back for high as the Suzuki pushed up for high....simple fix by swapping cables and control.
This perfection did come at a cost to me by injury and I found out the hard way metal has no feeling and will bite when given the chance.....when I was tightening one of the last engine mount bolts on the torque my socket slipped and the force of my hand hit a sharp object and banged the dickens out of my index finger knuckle causing extensive injury.......no stitches but my finger is in a splint and bandaged heavily which has slowed my down here the last day or so....oh well.:trink39:
This is a real "bad to the bone" machine.....thanks for following my progress and enjoy the pics....look for a YouTube video soon on my channel.
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I'm not sure why I called it "my fall project" in an earlier thread because I should have said my w-end project I guess. Once I started I couldn't stop.
It was a very straight forward job and I ran into a few snags but nothing out of the ordinary....I had to lower the self propel pulley about 3/8" but everything else fit like a glove including the mounting holes for the engine. No drilling at all!
he throttle cable has to be changed out because they are backwards compared to how they fit on each engine respectively...the WR pulls back for high as the Suzuki pushed up for high....simple fix by swapping cables and control.
This perfection did come at a cost to me by injury and I found out the hard way metal has no feeling and will bite when given the chance.....when I was tightening one of the last engine mount bolts on the torque my socket slipped and the force of my hand hit a sharp object and banged the dickens out of my index finger knuckle causing extensive injury.......no stitches but my finger is in a splint and bandaged heavily which has slowed my down here the last day or so....oh well.:trink39:
This is a real "bad to the bone" machine.....thanks for following my progress and enjoy the pics....look for a YouTube video soon on my channel.
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