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william
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:47 am |
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Boasting a gut-wrenching 10hp Briggs and Stratton lump, this Husky will have you glued back into your seat in no time! Picked it up for 90 notes from work today with only a few cosmetic needs.
If you want i'll do a Project Diary for it  |
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Neal
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:50 am |
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Thats mint mate, gonna put lexus lights on it? |
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william
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:53 am |
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nah doubt it, keep it smooth and subtle... |
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Neal
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:05 am |
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ah, a sleeper. I like your style.
The other mower drivers wont see it coming. |
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william
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:12 am |
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thats the plan  |
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Roger Red Hat
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:35 am |
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i take it the supercharger is under the big black box at the back of it
with that pipe feeding into the inlet manifold.
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huwwatkins
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:04 pm |
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A14LN C
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schakal
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at least someone likes them |
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Sic Puppy
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Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:05 pm |
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There's a 1.4 Energy that I've seen round Aylesbury with white viper stipes down the middle it. Want so bad to buy some more and spell N E D on the roof with it! |
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william
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:01 am |
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Bugger! The auction has ended for it! 
Picked up some phat rims for the ride-on today and some front lights scavanged off the same ride-on that had the phat rims. They are 8" DIA, and 9.50" wide...
I've taken the cutting deck off so i am left with a spare pulley for the moment...perhaps i could rig up a fan inside a tube feeding air into the inlet manifold...supercharged!!!! All i'll have to do is up the fuel mix and it is very do-able  |
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huwwatkins
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:32 am |
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Bugger! The auction has ended for it!
Picked up some phat rims for the ride-on today and some front lights scavanged off the same ride-on that had the phat rims. They are 8" DIA, and 9.50" wide...
I've taken the cutting deck off so i am left with a spare pulley for the moment...perhaps i could rig up a fan inside a tube feeding air into the inlet manifold...supercharged!!!! All i'll have to do is up the fuel mix and it is very do-able |
I like where your going with this... |
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william
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:47 am |
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i was talking to the gaffer today and mentioned the supercharging idea, and he said it will work, but there is no big end bearing on this engine!  So it wont last for long!
However! All is not lost...there be a 12.5hp engine on the ride-on i got the lights and rims off that was working last time it was used.... 
The farstest traaaact'r in the laaaaand |
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william
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Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:55 pm |
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Swapped the wheels around just now and the axles coming out of the gearbox are about an inch too short
They'd have looked the dogs too!...
Will have to get the smaller wheels from work tomorrow and hope they fit otherwise im looking at a new 'box or extended axles
BTW, the figures for the wheels (if you are unfarmiliar) go like this: The 18 refers to the overall diameter of the wheel. The 9.50 refers to the width of the tyre and 8 refers to the rim diameter. |
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william
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:27 am |
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Well i got the new gearbox/axle and wheels today from work. Looks like it'll slot right into place on my mower without much hassle! 
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william
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Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:52 pm |
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Done!
Honest answers now boys and girls; while im happy to post pictures and let you know the progress on this, do you REALLY want me to? I can appreciate it's not to everyones/anyones taste |
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huwwatkins
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When you getting the pearl paint job finished? |
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finland 19
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Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:58 am |
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Isnt there some sort of race series for " lawnmowers" ? Cheap an cheerful too!
I heard that they even have a le mans style 24 hr jobbie!
You know what has to be done! |
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JB
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Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:07 am |
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im still not entirely sure what this post is about...as in is it a piss take?
r u rebuilding it to its former lawn mowing glory or trying to make it into something fun and fast for muckin about on? |
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william
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Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:25 am |
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actually its a bit of everything you've just mentioned, JB
Gonna do it up cos its a bit shabby as it is and i do have proper uses for it, and yeah try to make it into something fun for muckin about on too
Todays job is to put some lights on it
It's got a long way to go before its 'race material' but one day it may be...  |
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JB
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Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:53 am |
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will it retain its grass cutting facilities? |
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