Mower Rebuild

[f350ca]

Haven't been keeping up with updates.

Totally disassembled the unit then sand blasted all of it. After a coat of paint she all went back together with a few bushings rebuilt along the way. The engine was another story. I had it running great or so I thought. Pulled it out sat it on the floor then reinstalled it. Simple enough. That little bugger refused to start. Spent 2 days bleeding lines, filling the cylinders with oil and ATF/Acetone, every trick I could think of. Even pulled the injectors and attached them to the lines to check them, beautiful spray pattern. At the end of the second day thought maybe the block heater would warm it up to get it to fire. Plugged it in for an hour, the engine was hot enough that it was uncomfortable to hold your hand on it. Still no go. Decided to pull the glow plugs and fill the cylinders with ATF/Acetone AGAIN. Next morning plugged in the block heater and put the glow plugs back in. It still was cold but thought I may as well roll it over. The little bugger fired right up and ran like a clock. Guessing the rings were stuck but the ATF/Acetone worked with it warm.





Saddie isn't real impressed, no back seat and it isn't fast enough for her liking.



Started reworking that old blower to fit this.
The collars holding the auger flighting were seized solid so the flighting was cut off then the shaft cut at the gear box. A new longer one made and pipe sleeves made that will carry the flighting and be shear pined to the new shaft.