David's 854

Doing some work on an 854 for David, he is in Lexington close to me. He did the restore himself and did a really nice job. The more we talk the more we find out we are just alike, attention to detail, OCD and all lol. He is a pleasure to work with and has been really patient as I finished the new store and got into making some new parts to get his tractor fixed up right.

He got me in gear to build a few more things, the smaller battery tray clamp, rear slot hitch stay, the last Kohler plug wire that we hadn't done yet, and the choke cable bracket. All are done minus the choke cable bracket, and whatever else we find... It will also be the 1st round hood done here to get changed over to the Indak switch with a separate relay as the high current switches have just about disappeared.

It will be done next week.

Took awhile to get the 15mph pulley off but it is finally off and is still in 1 piece.

The rear hitch stay is on and came out really nice. I got the cast iron bump out of the inside of the hitch so the tongue sits nice and straight too Dave. You can see what I was talking about in the 1st group of pics.

Got a good start on the wiring changeover today and the solenoid mount is made.

She's coming along. Having a hard time finding an original engine pulley, anyone have one?

The changeover to the new starting system and new wiring harness is done and works perfect. Have a few more things to do and she will be done today.

She is stacked.

Had to make a choke bracket for it, not sure I ever want to do that again lol. For such a small part it is a time eater for sure.

David's son cruising the 854.