during the summertime i picked up the same mower. Granted mine still has almost new looking paint. Ive been slowly working on it and this vidio gave me so much insight. Mine orginally had a 3 speed transacxle and a 11hp briggs but i have a 5 speed and a 20hp v twin ready to be put in. This helped me so much visioning how ima lower it.
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Hey that’s great glad this helped you out! Goodluck with your mower, if you have any questions just ask.
@BenEvans-x8c8 ай бұрын
High quality video 🎉
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Thx!
@Tune.Up.Techie.8 ай бұрын
man this is looking so sick 15:26
@The_Wood_Bros8 ай бұрын
Im building a husqvarna drift mower at the moment, doing a lot of similar things to you guys! Love the series, cant wait for part 4. Keep it up!
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Part 4 is in the works now! Glad you’re liking the series!
@VanKeurenpyrotechnics8 ай бұрын
Loving this series. Makes me wanna drop the little chinese quad i have. Need to invest in a welder though lol
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Glad your liking the episodes! The welder I use in the video is around $400 you can get a cheap flux core at harbor freight for about $150. I used one for years before I got this one.
@Tune.Up.Techie.8 ай бұрын
anything possible man ive got a old industrial welder handed dow to me by a family freind as long as you know how to use them most will work greta mines over 40 years old
@Tune.Up.Techie.8 ай бұрын
iwould love to see you make a offroad mower with the john dere mowr it woild look mint
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
I really want to do an off-road mower just on the look out for the right mower. I haven’t decided if I want to lift the Deere, Statesmen, or find another. Stay tuned I’ll definitely be lifting a mower.
@Tune.Up.Techie.8 ай бұрын
personally i do a grease and gera oil mix in my transaxles makes it a little easier for the transaxle to turn and still provides great lubrication as it isnt just flung away form the gears as it drips back down
@st.croixbuilds8 ай бұрын
Things comin along great! Love the way you mounted the transaxle with the stock mounts but flipped, never though of that. I've got the same Murray that im turning into a rat rod mower. Its a similar petina on it and it's awesome to see someone doing the same thing. Keep it up you earned a new subscriber. 👍🤙
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Hey 1st of all thx for subscribing! And yea flipping the mounts worked pretty good. How far are you on your mower? Episode 4 should be out soon.
@st.croixbuilds8 ай бұрын
@@goodtimesgarage I'm getting pretty close to done, I have a twin cam Kohler in it rn but it's got issues so I might try and throw a briggs 11 horse in it but we will see. I have vids on my channel. Can't wait for part 4!
@Tune.Up.Techie.8 ай бұрын
keep the axle in that piece of angle iron when welding it that way it will stay realatively straight the welderzs heat can spread and warp the other weld s and ruin them sacraficing strength and making it wonky
@Tune.Up.Techie.8 ай бұрын
yes your correct in what your thinking having the drum brake like that youll get a better brakeing force and the other way it has a high risk of gettting ripperd around and broken
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Ok good to hear I was thinking right I never bothered looking it up lol.
@tidlwave13418 ай бұрын
This is awesome! Also have you ever watched “my custom go cart”. There doing a very similar project and keep up the great work and I can see you being the next great KZbinr.
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Oh yea his John Deere is what originally got me hooked on wanting to build a mower. Pretty sure their Murray and mine are the same model. Thx for the encouragement it means a lot hope you stick around I got lots of content coming!
@flow4898 ай бұрын
sick build
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Thx!
@CallumRaces8 ай бұрын
This looks absolutely incredible, great content! Can't wait to see this at full-tilt!
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Thx, editing episode 4 now!
@TastierBackInThe80s8 ай бұрын
Add the fenders, absolutely add the fenders.
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Yea I do like the look of the fenders! Stay tuned you never know!
@christopheramoroso68017 ай бұрын
Dude you got to put the patina fenders on that's what makes the mower come on man
@goodtimesgarage7 ай бұрын
lol, yea fenders might have to go on in the future. Just gotta find some cheap sheet metal.
@guerosern2 ай бұрын
Sick broooo
@ShaneRogers-b1t6 ай бұрын
You sure got some nice ankles there. Sure hate to see that handheld pyrana getya. Lol jk your tougher than I am . Always Wear pants when welding n grinding. Great show
@goodtimesgarage6 ай бұрын
lol, not gonna lie I burned a lot during the making of this.
@ShaneRogers-b1t6 ай бұрын
@@goodtimesgarage lmao I'm sure you lost some fuz
@kurtyoung67697 ай бұрын
I stopped at 9:50 to mention that you pull the brake band in the direction of rotation because the grip multiplies the braking. The other way it forces to band apart lessening the brake power.
@goodtimesgarage7 ай бұрын
You know what, that makes sense.
@Tune.Up.Techie.8 ай бұрын
17:21 ive got3 original brigs starters at home allof them came on the mowers and only one out of the three were plastic i think its for less powerful engines and in the early 90s most came fitted with metal ones depending on budjet etc
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
That plastic piece really did puzzle me. Just got the new one put on and it will be in episode 4.
@joebrewer19908 ай бұрын
Im ready to see how you set your brake up, thats the only thing i dont have yet, i just down shift to slow down/stop
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie the brake took some engineering hopefully when you see it, it helps. Buying belts for the mower now! Next episode should be out this week.
@MacsSpecialitiesProperties6 ай бұрын
Nice Work! Where did you get the brake setup?
@goodtimesgarage6 ай бұрын
Amazon just search brake drum kit bunch of options I paid about $25
@Tune.Up.Techie.8 ай бұрын
personally i woulhave lowered the seat for a even lower look and more stable feel when driving the fenders also are bigger up your sides and stop you falling off
@johnconnell14246 ай бұрын
That's for sure photos make a great reference 😊
@goodtimesgarage5 ай бұрын
Gotta have photos I forget everything!
@treytodd50547 ай бұрын
What length bolt did you use on the front wheel
@goodtimesgarage7 ай бұрын
8 inch 3/4 grade 5
@quinton39978 ай бұрын
You just cleaned the trans axle then fill it back up with weld splatter 😂
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
When I was editing I literally thought somebody’s gonna notice me doing this roflmao, I was so tired I didn’t even think about it in the moment lol.
@Tune.Up.Techie.8 ай бұрын
too low for me to be ripping off road i try to keep it 2 inchs at a min because where i ride its very bumpy
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Yea the more I look at it I’m really not sure if I’ll make it out of my gravel driveway lol. Gonna have to be a 100% street machine until I do a mini rebuild. BTW just got a 15 hp engine to drop in a future update.
@leosweeney79558 ай бұрын
I believe the teeth count is different between the steel and plastic? I also believe engines (briggs) anyways, have either plastic starter gear and steel ring gear or steel starter gear and plastic ring gear. This is so miner damage if something binds, not broken crank, case blows out, where starter mounts or total starter blowup.
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Ohh that would make sense
@beerdiaryshootinmcdaniel80638 ай бұрын
damn it looked tiny at @7:40
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
Lol
@leosweeney79558 ай бұрын
The #s on Briggs engines, "model-type-code", if I said them in the right sequence, the first two 2#s of the code, is the year of the engine. If original engine, that should tell you the year of the mower.
were ther any other videos on your chanel youve got alot of subs for just these three vidss
@goodtimesgarage8 ай бұрын
No not yet, I’m working on episode 4 of the mower now. Should be done this week. Also thx for all your advice and info with the mower, it really does help.