Funny enough i was watching this series and got to the last episode when you were making the levers then i recognized this mover lol is for sale on Facebook and i remember now why this looks so familiar
Love the project! Looks great! One thing i noticed is that the brake is backward, and the cable is pulling from the wrong angle. It isn't going to brake well at all.
I shift on the fly all the time for 4 years but I'm running 1:1 pulley mud-mower. The transaxle break could be the locker. Have a look inside. One of the bigest causes of cracking case is twist. Make sure the transaxle cant flex/twist. The pulley ratio is pretty big, I would increase the transaxle pulley to 3 or 3.5 or larger. I think the engine might not stall, and may help against cracking the case also
As far as the engine goes... I think every lawn mower is set up without a gas pedal... So if you want to run a gas pedal you may need a different carb. As far as the trans goes you could take that one apart to see if its fixable. But I'd say maybe look at getting a torque converter kit if it's still a problem after the motor squared away. Good video tho.. It's good to see real people building things. An update video to get your thoughts on what's going on and possible solutions would be a good watch.
Love the video for one but I would change your brake set up around and pull from the top otherwise you'll wear the brake pad out where it touches on top of the drum and it sounds like you might have a fuel delivery issue I would get a vacuum fuel pump that bigger lawnmowers have just a thought good luck and keep up the good videos 👍
Looks like you weren't using the clutch properly. Those transmissions are not synchronized in any way, so you need to drive it like a semi truck basically. That last pull where you slammed it into gear without the clutch definitely shredded it. Pop a new transaxle in and feather the clutch a little lighter on start out, and it should be fine. I have a similar ratio on my John Deere 180. And there is definitely a carburation issue. It sounded out of whack when you were revving it. Check to see if the fuel tank is venting properly and that you have good flow to the carb. Gravity fed tanks are finicky. Might have to get a fuel pump for it. Looking good though! Definitely a fun build. I've been following along. Can't wait to see her rip!
sucks the rear end blew, but i also see a major flaw. The aluminum pullies like to break, they are made for fractional horsepower. So with the load they are under and the engine, it may break. The engine may be to weak to power that too, causing it to not want to run. Im running a 19.5 twin with a 6 and a 2, and it doesn't have enough power still.
Love the look of the slammed tractor, and get the urge to build one my self. I just have one question about the transmition blowing up.... I have a mowert tractor and you never shift at speed. Just put it in in gear 1-6 or 7 of how many ther is and away you go.... the higher gear the higher speed but you never have to shift during the ride..... that might be the same with yours and trying to shift it as a car might make it go bang ;)
I have seen snapper mowers that would do wheelies totally stock so I am thinking that axle was weak and you may need to use a different one. However I believe those snappers I am talking about had like a 3 speed with a chain drive to the actual axle that drove the tires. So the engine was vertical shaft into the trans which made it horizontal output to the axle.
i think that the reason your transaxle broke is simply that it is not designed to shift between gears at speed. If it is the same as every other 6 speed transaxle i have ever run into, they tend to do that if you speed it up (input speed increase) . let me know if this is different inside, but it should just be 2 or 4 shift keys on a shaft inside that engage the gears. If you try to change gear at speed, the fact that the gears are spinning at different speeds on the shaft is going to cause a lot of stress on those keys. It looked like in the one clip near the end, you may have bumped it into second gear by accident when you launched (this would explain your wheelie). In my experience, the shift keys will either break (the case shouldn't crack from this) or the gear that you engaged broke and cracked the case. Maybe it was too much input speed on the bearing for the input shaft and the stress on the bearing transfered to the case and cracked it? Just a couple of things that i ran into with mine somewhere around 8500 rpm on the input shaft of the transaxle. see if this link works for a photo, but this unit should be where your problem is. if the link doesn't work, let me know what trans it is and I can help you find out if this is the same style as I tend to blow up on my racing mowers! have a good day! www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=VF1%2bvCxw&id=D4EBB80D53FFE126BABA7681E9A66502F05FB9E6&thid=OIP.VF1-vCxwbrqRR6HBBzOSBQAAAA&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fi.ebayimg.com%2fimages%2fg%2f19EAAOSwETVfxoML%2fs-l300.jpg&cdnurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.545d7ebc2c706eba9147a1c107339205%3frik%3d5rlf8AJlpumBdg%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=197&expw=300&q=peerless+930+broken+gear&simid=608037193661884837&FORM=IRPRST&ck=B9E9CE4EF40FA100A9B1B82D9A42C62D&selectedIndex=10&itb=0
Yea I think your right I was trying to shift without reducing speed and along with the pulley ratio I busted the trans. I just picked up a few more transaxles and am going to reduce the gearing.
@@goodtimesgarage dude, as long as you don't shift while you move, those transaxles should last. I only say this because you are not running a big twin cylinder engine that would put out enough torque to bust that transaxle into a million pieces with the grip of launching on paved road. If I were to suggest a gear ratio for you, it would be either a 5 or 6 inch pulley on the engine with your existing rear pulley. Have fun!
@@goodtimesgarage if I were to suggest a pulley ratio for you it would be a 5.5 in the front with your current pulley in the back or a 4 on your transaxle with the 10 on your engine. Hopefully your build goes well for you!🤞
Anytime you do that big of a pulley swap you have to use the clutch and to add the the differential was welded. I drive mine with the clutch like a car😂😂
Once you flipped the rear end, it was in reverse . so when you shifted you put the trans axle in forward which stopped the engine. And caused the trasaxle to explode, I think?
Close but when I flipped it I also rotated it 180 degrees so I was going the right way. I believe I just had to big of a pulley ratio going to the transaxle.
I definitely agree the motors to small for that ratio but in my opinion it should still be drive able I had a 5hp Honda on one with a 6-2 and it was fine I think part of your issue is the shifters so tall and has so much leverage if it doesn’t want to go in to gear you can easily force it into gear without realizing then causing the gears to blow apart when they don’t mesh right because there’s so much leverage there also I think you may be going straight for to many gears as I said before I had a 5 horse Honda on one I had to shift it like a car 1-2-3-4-5-6 I got a 20hp vtwin now and it’s not so bad but I would suggest maybe shortening that shifter so you can feel if it’s binding up and prevent from slamming it into a gear it doesn’t want that and it’ll be much easier to feel the gears you’re selecting
KY!!!!!! Yea I have a spare hydrostatic one but from everything I read there not good with speed. Swapping for a 6 speed this weekend video should be out soon!
@@goodtimesgarage They burn up instantly, will work for like 5 minutes minutes. But they overheat, better to have a mowing mower with a hydro and a manual for your racing mower. The 6 speed is the most durable, if it's pearless
It looked like you had the governor arm hooked up through the throttle linkage. If so it will pull the throttle back when you speed up. Or it's pulling your choke shut eaither way don't hook anything to that arm that sticks out of the block
@@goodtimesgarage I hope you figure it out. And next time please be gentle with with the trans axle. It should work perfectly for your application you just gotta be gentle. I love your build of this mower and it has inspired me to do the same(obv different and unique but still a racing mower)
@@goodtimesgarage it’s a fuel pump that runs of the crankcase air pulse. Most mowers normally have one. You may have taken it off, it’s a disk sort of shape with 3 hose barbs coming off it.
You pulley ratio is terrible. Change the motor pulley to a 7 or a 8" and the transaxle pulley to a 3 or 4". Maybe get a centrifugal clutch, it will be easier on the transmission, you dont want a 1:1 ratio with a trans axle
Jamming it in gear while revving that engine will wreck that trans the first time you do it, you'll be lucky if it survives. You wrecked it immediately.
Comin along great! One of the best looking mowers imo. Just got mine running the other day finally lol
Hey thx! And congrats on getting yours running.
Happy to see you get this video uploaded ! People don’t realize the effort it takes to finish a project all while filming for TH-cam! Keep it up man!
Yea thx for the support, video was longer than I wanted but man there was so much stuff to do.
@@goodtimesgarage nothing wrong with a long video! You did great! Gotta ask as your neighbor to your north, what part of Kentucky are you from ?
Funny enough i was watching this series and got to the last episode when you were making the levers then i recognized this mover lol is for sale on Facebook and i remember now why this looks so familiar
awesome build i bet it will fire
IT DID!!!! Good guess I was nervous lol.
Great work and dedication to get it running! I like where you are going with it and I hope to see you fix and finish it up soon!
Hey thx so much for the support! Don’t worry I’m not giving up, you will see more videos soon!
Love the project! Looks great! One thing i noticed is that the brake is backward, and the cable is pulling from the wrong angle. It isn't going to brake well at all.
im so haapy to see this video keep up the good work man
Hey thx, glad you liked the video. I truly appreciate the support!
Very nice build you made! This gave me a lot of inspiration for my next project. Hoping to see an update on the mower.
Update soon glad you liked the build more to come!
That thing looks like it'd be a blast! Me and my buds need to build one soon. I'd love to see more of it!
More videos coming soon!
I shift on the fly all the time for 4 years but I'm running 1:1 pulley mud-mower. The transaxle break could be the locker. Have a look inside. One of the bigest causes of cracking case is twist. Make sure the transaxle cant flex/twist.
The pulley ratio is pretty big, I would increase the transaxle pulley to 3 or 3.5 or larger. I think the engine might not stall, and may help against cracking the case also
Hey thx for the advice I’ve got a new transaxle I’m going to open the old one up and take a look.
@@goodtimesgarageevery figure out the issue?
on raceing mowers use brass bushings in trans and also get rid of reverse gear or it will lock it up . thanks
You should buy a opposed twin engine they have a lot of torque and could easily move the monster of a gear ratio
Maybe that’s the answer then, I have a 16 hp on standby. Trying to look for something larger right now.
@@goodtimesgarage and make sure when you buy a new transmission to get proper racing oil in it
I ordered a pulley last week for my race mower and when you pulled out the 10 in pulley I laughed. I got the same exact one an Amazon.
lol go big or go home! In all seriousness that large of a pulley might have been what ruined my transaxle. Gonna go down a size when I replace it.
Love your work! Keep it up😁
Hey thx for the support! Glad you’re liking the videos!
Nice build how u slammed the front end I got the same mower
I was wondering how you got the new pulley for the engine to stay on, the original had a bolt that went through the old pulley.
The pulley you used to compare the size was for the deck the smaller one is for the driveline
I welded a washer and nut to mine and used a bolt to push it off the shaft lol
As far as the engine goes... I think every lawn mower is set up without a gas pedal... So if you want to run a gas pedal you may need a different carb. As far as the trans goes you could take that one apart to see if its fixable. But I'd say maybe look at getting a torque converter kit if it's still a problem after the motor squared away. Good video tho.. It's good to see real people building things. An update video to get your thoughts on what's going on and possible solutions would be a good watch.
I’ll have an update video coming soon glad you liked the video and thankyou for your support. It’s always a blessing hearing people liked the video.
Love the video for one but I would change your brake set up around and pull from the top otherwise you'll wear the brake pad out where it touches on top of the drum and it sounds like you might have a fuel delivery issue I would get a vacuum fuel pump that bigger lawnmowers have just a thought good luck and keep up the good videos 👍
Vacuum pump is a great idea.
Looks like you weren't using the clutch properly. Those transmissions are not synchronized in any way, so you need to drive it like a semi truck basically. That last pull where you slammed it into gear without the clutch definitely shredded it. Pop a new transaxle in and feather the clutch a little lighter on start out, and it should be fine. I have a similar ratio on my John Deere 180. And there is definitely a carburation issue. It sounded out of whack when you were revving it. Check to see if the fuel tank is venting properly and that you have good flow to the carb. Gravity fed tanks are finicky. Might have to get a fuel pump for it. Looking good though! Definitely a fun build. I've been following along. Can't wait to see her rip!
I think you’re right I should have been easier with that clutch. I’ve got a new axle just waiting to put in in gotta find time!
@goodtimesgarage Nice! I need time too. I said mine would be done this weekend and I never even touched it. Lol
good luck bro
Thx!
sucks the rear end blew, but i also see a major flaw. The aluminum pullies like to break, they are made for fractional horsepower. So with the load they are under and the engine, it may break. The engine may be to weak to power that too, causing it to not want to run. Im running a 19.5 twin with a 6 and a 2, and it doesn't have enough power still.
Yea I’m getting a lot of feedback that the engine may be to small. Also apparently my gear ratio might have been too much for it.
@@goodtimesgarage a 6 and a 2 has gotten me to 50 mph, so a smaller front pulley may help
Did you weld the axle inside the rearend? That could be why it broke if you did and it got slightly out of straight
Are you gonna do the headlights?, this machine looks badass bro, where u located I'm in Kentucky as well, I need this in my life lol
Headlights would be sick
@@goodtimesgarage Might be spark? Or it could the engine it self meaning it could be like gasket issue? But hopefully you get a new trans for it
2 turns out is a good place to start with the mix screw
Yea I tried that this engine might just be super weak
Love the look of the slammed tractor, and get the urge to build one my self. I just have one question about the transmition blowing up.... I have a mowert tractor and you never shift at speed. Just put it in in gear 1-6 or 7 of how many ther is and away you go.... the higher gear the higher speed but you never have to shift during the ride..... that might be the same with yours and trying to shift it as a car might make it go bang ;)
Yea I definitely just gave the rear end a little to much probably shouldn’t have been slamming it into gear. New transaxle is going in now.
You might want to flip that break over ..instead of pulling from bottom, it pushes down fro top
Ok I’ll look into that.
Tack on a plate behind the hole so your pilot bit can guild your hole saw 😁👍
So Ik it’s been a bit since you made this but where did you get the mower bc I wanna make one and would like to use that mower model
I have seen snapper mowers that would do wheelies totally stock so I am thinking that axle was weak and you may need to use a different one. However I believe those snappers I am talking about had like a 3 speed with a chain drive to the actual axle that drove the tires. So the engine was vertical shaft into the trans which made it horizontal output to the axle.
Got a new transaxle about to go in stay tuned!
"This is his house. This is my garage" fuuuucking kills me lmao
He done stole that garage!
You needed a step bit for that ignatian btw.
lol, yea I don’t know why I’ve never bought one but I still don’t have one.
Dope, do another one! Lol
lol, soon soon gotta get this new transaxle in.
i think that the reason your transaxle broke is simply that it is not designed to shift between gears at speed. If it is the same as every other 6 speed transaxle i have ever run into, they tend to do that if you speed it up (input speed increase) . let me know if this is different inside, but it should just be 2 or 4 shift keys on a shaft inside that engage the gears. If you try to change gear at speed, the fact that the gears are spinning at different speeds on the shaft is going to cause a lot of stress on those keys. It looked like in the one clip near the end, you may have bumped it into second gear by accident when you launched (this would explain your wheelie). In my experience, the shift keys will either break (the case shouldn't crack from this) or the gear that you engaged broke and cracked the case. Maybe it was too much input speed on the bearing for the input shaft and the stress on the bearing transfered to the case and cracked it? Just a couple of things that i ran into with mine somewhere around 8500 rpm on the input shaft of the transaxle.
see if this link works for a photo, but this unit should be where your problem is.
if the link doesn't work, let me know what trans it is and I can help you find out if this is the same style as I tend to blow up on my racing mowers!
have a good day!
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Yea I think your right I was trying to shift without reducing speed and along with the pulley ratio I busted the trans. I just picked up a few more transaxles and am going to reduce the gearing.
@@goodtimesgarage dude, as long as you don't shift while you move, those transaxles should last. I only say this because you are not running a big twin cylinder engine that would put out enough torque to bust that transaxle into a million pieces with the grip of launching on paved road. If I were to suggest a gear ratio for you, it would be either a 5 or 6 inch pulley on the engine with your existing rear pulley. Have fun!
@@goodtimesgarage if I were to suggest a pulley ratio for you it would be a 5.5 in the front with your current pulley in the back or a 4 on your transaxle with the 10 on your engine. Hopefully your build goes well for you!🤞
Anytime you do that big of a pulley swap you have to use the clutch and to add the the differential was welded. I drive mine with the clutch like a car😂😂
Yea I was slamming those gears
Once you flipped the rear end, it was in reverse . so when you shifted you put the trans axle in forward which stopped the engine. And caused the trasaxle to explode, I think?
Close but when I flipped it I also rotated it 180 degrees so I was going the right way. I believe I just had to big of a pulley ratio going to the transaxle.
If that was the case, why was he going forward?
You need the stock air box.
Yea I got it just didn’t have it on.
I definitely agree the motors to small for that ratio but in my opinion it should still be drive able I had a 5hp Honda on one with a 6-2 and it was fine I think part of your issue is the shifters so tall and has so much leverage if it doesn’t want to go in to gear you can easily force it into gear without realizing then causing the gears to blow apart when they don’t mesh right because there’s so much leverage there also I think you may be going straight for to many gears as I said before I had a 5 horse Honda on one I had to shift it like a car 1-2-3-4-5-6 I got a 20hp vtwin now and it’s not so bad but I would suggest maybe shortening that shifter so you can feel if it’s binding up and prevent from slamming it into a gear it doesn’t want that and it’ll be much easier to feel the gears you’re selecting
I think you’re right there is a lot of leverage on that shifter. Putting another transaxle in soon and going to go to a smaller ratio.
where do you get the parts?
Amazon link in description
Josh the glizzy inspector
The pulley should have a 5/8 bolt for the pulley
Made this comment before he found the bolt☠️
lol
Figured u made that comment b4 u seen it lol good knowledge tho!
Smithland Ky here. Cool machine. How about a hydrostat tranny? No clutch just push and go
KY!!!!!! Yea I have a spare hydrostatic one but from everything I read there not good with speed. Swapping for a 6 speed this weekend video should be out soon!
@@goodtimesgarage They burn up instantly, will work for like 5 minutes minutes. But they overheat, better to have a mowing mower with a hydro and a manual for your racing mower. The 6 speed is the most durable, if it's pearless
It looked like you had the governor arm hooked up through the throttle linkage. If so it will pull the throttle back when you speed up. Or it's pulling your choke shut eaither way don't hook anything to that arm that sticks out of the block
I seen a video online wearing it said I could set the governor arm full open with the screw. Without any attachment the arm just swivels around.
Did you find out what the issue was? What went wrong 😕
Was thinking the same thing. Just make sure it's actually turning on the shaft and not the shaft turning
Sorry about your mower but I'm sure it will turn out great
Yea, sucks the rear end busted . Trying to find a replacement now.
I simply think the Lilly being a 10” was way to big you need to change your gear reduction.
Your right it’s to big
@@goodtimesgarage I hope you figure it out. And next time please be gentle with with the trans axle. It should work perfectly for your application you just gotta be gentle. I love your build of this mower and it has inspired me to do the same(obv different and unique but still a racing mower)
No grease put gear oil in the transaxle
Do a 10 to 3 1/2 gear ratio. 10 to 1 1/2 is like 70-80mph
Yea I messed my gear ratio all up
Dropping it into gear like you were is going to blow any trans you put into it.
Definitely needs a vacuum fuel pump.
What is a vacuum fuel pump? What’s it doing making you think that?
@@goodtimesgarage it’s a fuel pump that runs of the crankcase air pulse. Most mowers normally have one. You may have taken it off, it’s a disk sort of shape with 3 hose barbs coming off it.
You pulley ratio is terrible. Change the motor pulley to a 7 or a 8" and the transaxle pulley to a 3 or 4". Maybe get a centrifugal clutch, it will be easier on the transmission, you dont want a 1:1 ratio with a trans axle
Yea it was bad I gotta redo that
I would tip comments like this
Yeah I thought that is huge!! And the rear to small , I run 6" front and 3.5" rear on my 6 speed lt1000 and I can hit 40mph with 20" rear tires
Jamming it in gear while revving that engine will wreck that trans the first time you do it, you'll be lucky if it survives. You wrecked it immediately.
Why not bend the tab you didn’t weld drill your holes and bend it back good ole hammer
Live axle
To big of a pulley on the motor not enough power to push that pulley
Yea engine is a little weak
dude when you were mounting the key switch why didn't you use a step drill bit c'mon man common sense must not be all that common anymore