2072 SEW 23 HP Vanguard Repower
 

After the Winsun snafu with the 2072, I decided that it needed to be running by winter. SEW shipped the engine super fast. I ordered it Teus at 1am, it showed up at work Thur at 3pm.

Sat morning I went to TSC and bought a pulley and an eye bolt. Put the bolt in the header on the garage door, hung the pulley with my ATV winch cable through it, and had a Cub motor hoist. :beerchug:

The install would have been super easy in a 2082 that the kit was designed for. I had a couple issues to address. The choke cable was too long, the throttle cable was too short, and I had to splice the 2 starter cables.

They supplied a choke cable to cut to length but I just shortened the one that was there. I used their choke cable for my throttle. I put it on the same side of the Vanguard as the choke(where they had the hold down) and my throttle work backwards. oh well, I'll fix that later.

The drive shaft bolted right to their adapter, the mount bolts lined up, and overall no major problems. My ignition switch had turned a nice shade of green so it wouldn't crank right away, had a couple laying around and swapped it out. The green oil pressure wire on the engine harness connector had been crimped to tight so the wire broke at the terminal(on the new engine), had to repair that.

Oh and the muffler shield needs a couple inches cut off the front for the grill to go on. And the exhaust pipe needs to be bent also. I think other than the broken OPS wire there would have been no issues going into a cyclops.

Looking good Travis!:beerchug:

Sweet!!! How long did it take start to finish?

I had the winch set up about 1 pm Saturday and fired it at 5 pm Sunday. There's probably 3 hours max actually installing the motor and mods so far. The rest of the time was spent looking for parts, tools, or my beer.:beer2:

I still have a few things to do, but I am going to tear it down completely when I get my Cat 0.

Looking good, Travis.

Great job, it looks good too.

Thanks for the compliments, guys! From what I can tell it runs great. It started raining about 6:30 and kept raining until 9:30. So, I only got a couple quick rides in.:beerchug:

Looks great, now we need a vid! :beerchug: It's always good to see these machines given a second life with a new motor instead of being parted out. Kudos to you for putting the time and money to keep another Cub out there kickin green butt (uhh I mean grass, not the tractor?) :biggrin2:

Looks good buddy. One point you need to deal with, you need some sort of duct work between the fire wall and the inlet to the blower housing otherwise you will be recirculating hot air. See pic. of your install and what I did with my old 1210 with a Vanguard repower.

Also what happened to the diesel repower?

Love the hoist setup!

Thanks, Ryan! I'll see what I can do. Still have a lot of chores to do today :beerchug:

Thanks Sam, the duct is first on my list. What did you use on the 1210? Is that a piece of vinyl? It looks nice! Much better than some foam.

The diesel is waiting for me to find some time. It may make its way into the O. I know the hood will be an issue, but the rest should be pretty straight forward. I want all of my Cubs running first. I just didn't have the heart to cut the frame of the 2072.

Travis

I used some stuff called roll plastic from my racing days. It's HD poly comes in 10' or 25' rolls it's .070" thick by 22" wide.

http://www.cmwraceparts.com/prodinde...0&srchon=cmwid

Thanks Sam! I can see that stuff coming in handy for a few things. I think I may order a roll. :beerchug:

782 repower.....2072 repower......original diesel repower........You are the man!

Thanks, Brent!:beerchug: The O is only a thought so far, tho.

Got a few more things done to the 2372 over the last couple weekends. I got some .070" roll plastic and got a temporary air inlet shroud made(Thanks SamMac). I will do a better fit one when it is restorified later. Also cut the muffler shroud back and decided to cut the worst grill I had to accommodate the exhaust pipe. Got the tires loaded with 13 gallons of used antifreeze each and new chains. Also switched the throttle cable to the other side so it works correctly.

Now, I need a power angle blade! :beer2:

The super is looking good, Travis.

Thanks Allen! :beerchug:

Nice job! One thing you may want to think about is moving the fuel filter to the other side of the fire wall. One of the other members that did a re-power had one of those plastic filters melt and the tractor caught on fire.

Thanks, Sam! :beerchug:

That is a good idea. Fire is bad! When I was putting the engine in, I recall looking for my roll of rubber fuel line for about 30 min. All I could find was the blue stuff. I am still in the break-in phase. I will be sure to move it before it before it really gets put to work.

It also cranks forever after sitting for a while. I'm sure a full fuel tank would fix that. Hopefully rerouting the line will help too!