Started ripping it apart today got it running good need to rip the rear end out and see why it is grinding when you put it in gear I have an extra if I need to swap it. I build engines for caterpillar I took this one apart to check it out the oh180 looks like new inside which is good.
I'm kind of glad it has the tec. It's hard to get parts for the tec they don't make pistons or rings anymore, but there are companies who will make you a custom piston, and I know how to make rings I have to make them at work for old cat stuff. I could probably make a piston there too. The onan I hear is hard to get parts for too. So I'm glad it has the tec it is different than most of them that's what I like. That cast iron engine is heavy I put it on my work bench it was probably 100 pounds at least. I have an 83 gt 18 with a twin briggs so I guess I need a single. I rebuild alot of tecumseh motors at my home gas engine shop so I guess it fits me
Yes in 78 and/or 79, the Tecumseh OH180 was an option on the "GT18". I would imagine it made them a little cheaper so Sears could sell more tractors if people couldn't afford the Onan models. Not a whole lot out there though.
I bought a couple tractors off a guy, he had two of them.
I am like you Gary, I like the old Tecs. They are about all I own and I've learned them so fits me. They vibrate a little more than I like, but good old working motors.
Got some more work done on this one it will be done soon!!! Got the harness in, I had to make a new one, got all the stuff underneath back in, just have to put the oh180 back on and the rest of the body work
Thanks kenny, it was alot of work. I'm slow right now with my small engine shop so I have had alot of time to work on it. Probably would have taken me a year if I was busy
Got some more done today, about had a heart attack when the starter wouldn't work. But the block wasn't grounding through the new paint . Got my motor on and my muffler that I hand made. Sorry the one pic is side ways
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