It did run but it was smoking bad but it was black smoke so i figured it was a carb issue even though the guy said the engine was shot. It actually sat most of the summer until recently when i pulled it out of the shed and proceeded to check it out. I was able to find a rebuild kit for the carb from ebay. So I rebuilt the carb but it still smoked, not quite as bad but now it was more blue so i figured the guy was right the engine was shot. So I earlier in the year back in april or so, I was at an auction and i had stumbled upon a Bolens 1050 that also came with a snowblower and a 42" Deck. It was worn but it was complete. And I ended up winning it for 65.00. Heres a pick of that tractor without the front axle and wheels
I brought it home and with some new gas, carb cleaning and a new ignition wire, it fired right up and didnt smoke at all, so I put it aside and decided to use it for parts for my other bolens tractors i have. Later in july I ended up selling the snowblowers from both the 900 and the 1050(the 1050's one was shot) And I sold them both to a guy out by altoona pa for more than what i paid for both tractors. Anyways, This past month I tore into the engine taking the cylinder head off and from what i could tell it was most likely rings and since i had a Tra 10d from that 1050 I decided To do my first engine swap on a tube frame tractor. I have vids of all this stuff and progress on youtube if you want to see them here is my youtube channel YouTube - Nascar3244888's Channel
Anyways All was going well i had the tra in the 900 and the wiring for the starter generator on and it worked but i had to figure out how to get spark and after messing with the coil that it most likely wasnt going to work. So I looked at how the spark worked on the s8d from the 900 origninally and it had an under flywheel coil, so after removing the flywheel and comparing the s8d to the tra 10d I found out that the s8d had a different bearing race/front seal cover than the tra. So I swapped the two around and everything worked out fine after a little messing around, and i now have spark using the s8d under flywheel coil on the tra. Then The carb that was on the tra, broke the flap for the throttle off behind the carb where the governor hooks up to it, so I put the rebuilt s8d carb on and when i was trying to start it gas was making the spark plug wet so i knew that with a little tweaking of the carb once i got it running since i couldnt on the s8d before because it ran so bad, that it should run once i got spark. which i got not much later when i did the under coil flywheel swap so all should be good now........WRONG:wallbanging:
:wallbanging: Upon trying to put the nut back on the crank to hold the flywheel on that I had F'd up the threads when I used the hammer:wallbanging::wallbanging::wallbanging::wallbanging:So now Im really pissed at myself for that:wallbanging:
:mad2::mad2::wallbanging: So Now that I have spark and gas I cant try to get it running because of those threads. So now im on the hunt for a die to try and fix them and hopefully it will work, but the hammer ruined the couple threads on the crank, and if i cant fix it, i will most likely rebuild the s8d but im hoping after all this sweat and blood i can get this going. Any help on the subject is greatly appreciated.......Brad......Here is my Youtube site Again I will have a vid posted soon that shows what im up against......YouTube - Nascar3244888's Channel
