Some 105 progress
 

Well I posted up my find a week or so ago. Its a 105 that I bought for $50. I just recently put a new key switch, fixed the wire harness, cleaned the fuel sediment bowl, replaced the metal fuel line with fittings and rubber gas line, And rebuilt my first carb !! Its the Walbro I took off my 127, But hey, It was my first one and it was a learning experience, and it works !! Yay me !!

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short video of it running on first startup
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Great pics and vid, Jay! The 105 sounds great! :beerchug:

Nothin wrong with that, sounds great, congrats. Keep up the good work!

Thanks
 

Thanks guys, Anyone have any ideas how to get that darn pipe out of the block to throw that exhaust out? I used pb blaster and saked it for days and used a big pipe wrench, and nothing......it started to bend the pipe, its kinda weak.

Sounds good, thanks for the vid:beerchug:. I had the same issue on my k161, I soaked it with pb and started pipe wrenching it and the pipe started crushing, at that point I was all in so I heated it up as much as I could with propane torch and wrenched again with a pipe on wrench for extra leverage and got lucky, she broke free! That's a tough one, good luck!

If it is that week, I would almost try to cut it just long of the block and use a cold chisel and punch to try and push and cut it out. If it messes the threads you can drill the bosses on either side of the outlet and order or have an exhaust shop make a flange adapter for a muffler. Some of the puller websites have pipes already made up with the flange for use with the two bolts.

nice progress... that engine does sound good!! :)

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Thanks Gary. So my little guy goes in the garage and says dad, you know what this thing needs, "A BIG bottle of Rust-eze !!! """"

hahaha!!! that's funny. Looks like it needs some of that bumper ointment... :)

For Gary
 

Gary here are the new siblings.....The funny thing is they are both from 1969.....

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They look great together, Jay! :beerchug:

which style fenders do you like the best? I'm torn on them....

different
 

I actually am torn. I like the fenders on the 127 better because they are alot stronger and look a bit tougher. I do like some aspects of the 105 better.

I like the rear with the internal brakes, much cleaner look and less stuff outside to mess with.

I like the PTO handle on the 105 better, its just out of the way.

looks like my project
 

looks like my 102 and sounds like your at about the same point with it as i am. However I must correct you its not a carb. Its a tractorbrater if it were on a truck it would be a truckabrater My son taught me about these things when he was around 5 lol enjoy the project,By the way looks to be all there 50 bucks well spent

yeah man
 

Well its funny how 50 turns into 125.........but its all there. I really bought it for parts, but......it runs and runs good, so I will either keep it or sell it to someone who is looking for one. A buddy of mine has a 73 that I really want to buy. But its expensive since the motor is totally rebuilt and all it needs is a paint job, its real nice !!! but I am getting attached to the 105 ha ha

the brakes, really? That's one of the main reasons I wanted my 127 was the external brakes, but you don't have the hills up there either. :) But unless I weigh it down some those external brakes are just gonna help me skid better.

I have wondered about the fenders how sturdy they were since they look welded. Just take them off and put some 26x12's on there. :)

why would the externals be better for you? I am curious. I like the internal because they will never get caught on anything and are out of the way.

the external brakes, like a car.. *can* give you better stopping, but only if the tractor is weighed properly. If not all that is going to happen is you're going to go sliding, get pushed around by not being heavy enough. Scott Murphy gave me a really good lecture on brakes, center of gravity, weights.... somewhere in one of my first posts it's there.

My big problem used to be the brakes that CC uses now are more or less just an internal parking brakes, no real brakes. I would go downhill mowing on my property and yell to my wife "I love you!!" in case she never saw me again! :) Even the internal brake used on an IH cub is a HUGE improvement over what they use now. Partstree and CC has the exploded diagrams on their sites if you ever want to compare size of the disc pucks of something like a IH brake vs. something like my GT2544, it's sad what people do to save a $$$.

The external brakes can also be separated, which is really handy for snow removal (and other things).

ya, and Matt has a guide on his site on how to do that and make turning brakes!!! Uber cool!!!

ha ha
 

Thats cool. To be honest, never gonna need to do that. Also my land is flat !!! This is really a hobby for me. I used to wrench on cars and now this because its way way cheaper than cars !!! Plus its fun and my little guy likes it.

You might be surprised. Once you start spinning a wheel, you're stuck, and then you have to bounce around on the seat trying to give the spinning wheel traction. If you have chains, you must do this before the spinning wheel digs a hole. I got tired of getting stuck, even with chains and 300 lbs of weight. I have yet to get stuck since the addition of those brake pedals. I didn't think I'd need them at first, but I got tired of getting stuck and not being able to do anything about it.

Matt is right, you would be surprised. I got to play with a lo-boy over the summer with dual brakes "turning brakes". It's pretty wild, but once you get used to it on that bigger tractor you can somewhat throw and slide it around pretty cool. Like fast and furious for GTs only without the fast and furious part.

I'm still waiting on Matt to make a universal kit and sell it. :)

I still need to improve the design...the first set is crude and they are not very ergonomic. I redesigned the pedals but I haven't had a chance to finish making the next set for my 582. A truly 'universal' kit would be difficult. When I'm done it'll fit any CCC-built 82 series non-SGT tractor. I'd have to look at an IH-built one (and the 1x8/9 and QL tractors) a little closer to see what holes I could use that are already there. Putting them on a 1x6/7 may interfere with the deck carriage...there is less room under there. I don't own any of those any more so it'd be kind of hard for me to try anyway:LMAO1:

The other problems are...

1. My time is going to be worth a lot more after I get out of college.
2. I probably won't have access to a lathe, hydraulic press, welder, torch, etc. and other tools I would need to make them after I move out, and I won't have access to free copies of student versions of 3D CAD software after I graduate, either.
3. While a number of people have expressed interest in buying them, I'm not really equipped to go into production. I'd have to make tooling to make the parts more consistently repeatable, and I still have to finalize the design first. I also don't know if I can price them such that it'd be worth my while to go into production. I really have no idea what kind of demand there is.

Sorry for the thread hijack...:Whistle::OhOh:

Answer for # 1 - Resume material...
Answer for #2....
Answer for #3 References for resume material! :biggrin2.gif: