With a 16 or 18 HP Vanguard from a 2160/2165/2180 into a 782 what modifications are needed? I presume the wiring harness connections have to be sorted out. But will the 782 drive shaft fit as-is, will the PTO shaft need a custom made sleeve, etc?
Small Engine Warehouse has new Vanguards with a 'conversion kit' for $1530 but if I would rather get a good used engine for a lot less and get what is needed for the conversion. But this is new to me and I just don't know what I would need to buy and from whom, and what I would need to do myself.
There is someone an hour from me with a 16HP Vanguard from the CC 2000 series. If the price is right I would buy it, but I don't want to get it home and then find out I am way over my head in trying to make it work in my 782.
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