64-100

[madmike]

Well, wanted to put up the resto pics of my 100. It took all summer, but was worth the effort. I bought it off craigslist a couple years ago from the original owner who had lost interest in it. All four tires were flat, the battery cables were hooked to the leads a$$ backwards, the deck and mule were half scattered between the barn and shed, and there was no seat.
We tore the machine down to nothing, with the exception of the rear-end and engine block. After putting two seasons of heavy grass mowing, trailer towing, and performing every other "crap" job on the property, it burns no oil- does not smoke- has plenty of power- and only missed a little upon throttle adjustments.
The miss ended up being a long overdue valve adjustment and purrs like a kitten since. The rear-end was opened up and inspected, fluid looked good, no metal shavings, also good to go. So a fluid change, and stainless bolts was all she got. Two coats of metal etching primer, and a couple coats of Majic implement paint and done. The engine block was primed with high temp primer and high temp gloss black. All other parts/pieces were sand blasted, primed in powder coating, then finish powder coated. The wiring harness looked good, and probably had been replaced over the years.
Small parts that would not survive the oven, like the original ignition switch, and headlight bezels were wire wheeled. The seat is original equipment from another machine bought off the list. Tires are Carlisle. The new parts incorporated in the build were far more than anticipated, but worth the money.
Theres no creeper, hydraulics, or pto, but I'm always craigslisting it up, so who knows. Right now I'm doing the mower deck and a 36'' snowblower. I'll post up some pics of that too when I get a further along.

[madmike]

getting parts back from powder coating is kind of cool. Everythings dry, so assembly can begin right away. While parts were out, I did the rear-end, then engine block, and carb rebuild.

[cubs-n-bxrs]

The parts look really nice powder coated. I would lose the powder coating off the head unless it's going to be a trailer queen. That powder coated head will hold in way to much heat. Probably to the point of overheating the engine. Just my 2cents.

[madmike]

All the nuts/bolts/washers were replaced with stainless steel.

[madmike]

Heres a few more.......

[madmike]

Cubs/Boxrs, she's no trailer queen, we use the heck out of it. So far, the heads holding up great, some of my buddies run the powder coated head on they're 4 wheelers, all two stroke, seems to be holding. We'll be keeping an eye on it for sure.
The engine assembly pics:

[madmike]

Sheet metal:

[Rick147]

Looks Great! Hope to be at that stage in 6 months, but i don't think my handywork will look as nice. You may want to keep in mind stainless is about the equivalent hardness of Grade 2.

Rick