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Posted a while back about the Shibaura tractor I picked up cheap and found it had a shelled-out ring and pinion with no parts available. Decided to see if I could find a suitable candidate for an engine transplant.  Picked up this derelict John Deere 455 with a dead Yanmar engine in it. Shaft drive transaxle, live hydraulics and power steering. Excellent candidate and the frame design makes it relatively easy to adapt the motor mounts to the Shibaura engine.   Made some mounting rails for the Shibaura engine out of 1/4 x 3" plate, cut the ears off the Yanmar mounts and welded them to the plates. A little bit of work with a grinder for clearance for the oil filter and drain plug, a few love taps with a BFH to get the engine to set more-or-less level and it's in. Relatively simple task. Driveshaft for the trans hooks to the nose of the crank to get the direction of rotation correct, so the engine goes in "backwards" with the flywheel at the front. Just need to do a little creative plumbing to get the Shibaura water jacket hooked to the JD radiator and figure out the wiring. The JD has a Nanny Board with all sorts of safeties and interlocks. Thinking I'll make that go away and just wire switches for Fuel Pump, Ignition, Starter, Glow Plugs and PTO. Maybe get fancy and put an indicator bulb in the PTO and Glow Plug circuits. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | ||
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| No, not like Bill Clinton  |
Very cool, keep the pics coming | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Just a quick update for the 2 people that might still be interested: It's running and I was able to keep the JD wiring original. Much to my surprise, the "nanny board" was still functional after sitting out in the weather for years. Hope to take and post some video tomorrow, weather permitting. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
Very nice PHP. That is a great project you are doing. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
Love reading about your tinkering...wish I had half the ability. ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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Pretty cool. Need a video when you're done. Love to hear those little diesels. _____________________ Be careful what you tolerate. You are teaching people how to treat you. | |||
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... always with the excellent stories. Tractor on, dude. We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~ Benjamin Franklin. "If anyone in this country doesn't minimise their tax, they want their head read, because as a government, you are not spending it that well, that we should be donating extra...: Kerry Packer SIGForum: the island of reality in an ocean of diarrhoea. | |||
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I enjoy your adventures also! I'm alright it's the rest of the world that's all screwed up! | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Short YouTube Video of FrankenTraktor Assuming the TubeIt link is history. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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I'm alright it's the rest of the world that's all screwed up! | |||
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Here is a link to the new one. https://imaginekitty.com/karma.php and thank you Mark 123 for making it. I'm alright it's the rest of the world that's all screwed up! | |||
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I'd make a diesel generator with it.  He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Ah...Beauty! Thank you. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Hmmmmmmm. I wonder what the front PTO speed is? Only a 14hp engine so generator size would be limited to 10KW or so. I know you can get 540RPM generator heads. Might just have to look into that. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Buy that Classic SIG in All Stainless, No rail wear will be painless.  |
Front PTO rpm for the mid mount mower with a K91 Tuff Torque transmission should be ~ 2000 rpm. NRA Benefactor Life Member NRA Instructor USPSA Chief Range Officer | |||
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Very cool...recycling at it's finest! Nice to see that old 455 come to life again. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
That fast? Hmmmmmm. Might be a candidate for a generator head then. It had a power broom on it, I assume it had a gear reduction in the driveline. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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It took me 2.5' to run a single [pair of] wire from my camper shell brake light to a harness above the brake pedal. You'd probably relagate me to 'logistics' on jobs like this. Looks great! | |||
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That is terrific! I really enjoy your tinkering videos Paul. ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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| No, not like Bill Clinton |
I'm gonna need you to put a turbo on it and do burnouts and donuts Very nice work  | |||
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