Another tube frame tractor going to brought back to life and put back to work. I like it! Tractor looks like it's worth the effort. I would do it for sure. I've got a TRA-10D motor out here you probably could convince me to part with. Got an S8D sitting that I have no immediate use for too. Just sayin'. Hopefully your motor is good though. Looking forward to following your project!
1050 parts tractor no more
Because I’ve decided it’s going to live again. The 10D engine had been replaced with an S8D at some point and the PTO is gone, but it rolls, the engine spins freely, and it “ran when parked.” I’ll put the plow or box grader on it perpetually and make it work. I used the G9-turned-1050 to drag it out.
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I’m definitely not planning on sinking much money at all into this thing. I’d already pulled the S/G a while ago to keep inside, so I’ll take it apart for R&R. I have a set of turf tires that originally came on my G9 that will go on this, and I think my dad still has the original front tires from his ‘61 Cub that I’ll be able to “borrow” for this one (it has the 6” wide front tires). I think the air filter off one of my spare Briggs with an updraft carb should fit instead of this vintage model. I can spin the motor by hand which is promising (perhaps too promising).
Both throttle and choke cables are completely frozen, but I have spares for both.
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Must have slightly different wrist pin location?
There are a BUNCH of DA-83A 10,20,30 rods on ebay very cheap but not a single DA-83. Be careful and look at the pictures of the actual connecting rods. Every one of them that I looked at has the A.
The connecting rod that I pulled out of my TRA-10D is a DA-77. I think that the replacement rod that I got off of ebay for my TRA10D was a DA-83. I kept the original box for it but I think it's up in the shop. I got it for $20 plus shipping.
The blocks are identical. If you can get a CA-84 crank and DA-77 or DA-83 connecting rod and a DB-230-1 Piston you can convert an S8D to a TRA-10D.
Wish that I had a chart with the newest part numbers. Trying to find NOS parts with the older part numbers leads to dead end searches quite often.
Wisconsin engines are my favorite. I picked up these from an auction 16 or 17 years ago. Can't remember exactly when. They are dated September 1980 and they show technical specs of all Wisconsin engines up until 81. These came from an old Wisconsin engine dealer that had closed down many years ago. They would have been under a piece of glass on the counter. I plan on having them professionally cleaned and framed as soon as I get ahead of my bills some time this year hopefully. They will look awesome Framed and hanging up in my shop. They are made of Vinyl. They are still ply-able but are getting a bit brittle. They were folded up in one of the old Binders that I bought.
I know a fella that is really good at cleaning and restoring old Vinyl prints but he is a bit pricey. Actually it might be cheaper to have him scan them and print out new ones but they are only Original once. I've seen some some amazing stuff come out of his Vinyl printing/cutting shop over the years. He's really good.
I have parts and service manuals for quite a few small engines, Including a fairly rare Kohler K7-2 and K12-2 shop/service/parts manual printed in September of 1956. That thing is really really neat. The illustrations in it are IMO works of art that any small engine nut would enjoy looking at. Most of my parts and service manuals are quite old.
Dave is correct. Here's a picture of a DB230-1 that I have.
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There are quite a few part numbers for connecting rods. For the TRA-10D & TRA-12D, there's DA-77, DA-80, DA-81 & DA-83. For the S-7D, S-8D & TR-10D, there's DA-73C-4, DA-77A, DA-80A, DA-81A & DA-83A. I'm not sure what the difference is between them, they look the same to my untrained eyes. However all of the DA-83s I've seen appear to have been modified from DA-83As. The A is always ground off.
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There are quite a few part numbers for connecting rods. For the TRA-10D & TRA-12D, there's DA-77, DA-80, DA-81 & DA-83. For the S-7D, S-8D & TR-10D, there's DA-73C-4, DA-77A, DA-80A, DA-81A & DA-83A. I'm not sure what the difference is between them, they look the same to my untrained eyes. However all of the DA-83s I've seen appear to have been modified from DA-83As. The A is always ground off.
Thanks! MMO is much more than snake oil, it freed up the locked up M10 engine in this E21 BMW that I dragged home a few years ago. The car had been sitting outside, hood open, for 17 years. I couldn't turn the engine with a breaker bar, but a week's soak in MMO had her spinning easily!
Yessir, I'm open to options. I peruse CL for machines or stand-alone engines, but in my area, I'm seeing old Wisconsins that don't run for >$200, and not even that close to where I live. No thanks.
But again, I don't even know where I'm at with this machine. It's still sitting where I left it until I can get spare tires under it to easily roll it. I'd never intended this thing to move on its own, but yet here we are.
Dave, I love your area. I lived several years in Geneseo. Where I am now suffers from downstate markup. My local power supply shop stocks NOS parts for many of my old machines, from inventory they've had collecting dust since tube frames were new, but can be pricey. He’s got a field of dead machines taken on trade; I was looking at an old Snapper RER that may run but missing a front spindle but he wants $250.
This old Economy really caught my eye and I really want it, but check out the price….
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This old Economy really caught my eye and I really want it, but check out the price….
Just a tad, like an entire order of magnitude in my book. Don’t even know of it runs.
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