My MF7 is a 1970, and it has the zirks.
And more junk.
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Looks like it would work real well, Chris, but this animal has to be 9" long. Would take quite a bit of fabricating to build that.
Holy crap, a buck a piece for grease zirks? Dang! Post a pic of what those drive in ones look like if you get a chance, Daniel.
Got the deck on. Raised it up to hook up the lift link.
Didn't get the oil changed yet. Got sidetracked on another problem. Some of you may remember that I had a lengthy build thread on GTT about doing this repower clear back in 2015. I decided to take the hood and grill off to check things out. You may be able to see the base for the air filter is badly warped! I had to chop up the Predator housing to make things fit under the hood.
Took that housing off and chopped off the stuff that was warped the worst, right up to where it drops down to the carb.
Put it back on the engine and made a little stud with a point to help make a template from cardboard.
Look at the dirt that poor engine has been sucking in!
Template made just need to finish cutting it out.
Got out an old aluminum sign that's 1/8" thick. Scribed a circle on it at a half inch bugger than the pattern to give a little wiggle room.
Chopped off a rough circle with a cutoff wheel. Thought about a jig saw, but I have no metal blades and couldn't think of a way to hold it down. Don't have a bandsaw.
Finished the disc on the side of the chopsaw blade. That aluminum got hot fast! Had to wear winter gloves!
Actually was able to drill a hole using a lot of cutting oil and going slow with the el-cheapo hole saws I have! Drilled a hole for the stud where the X is too.
I have to do another post for the remaining pictures. Please keep reading!
DAC
Please read the above post too!
Did a test fit and looks like it might work.
Cleaned everything up with brake cleaner and used Gorilla epoxy to attach the plate to the butchered up base. Put a weight on it and anti seize on the bolt to align it. Didn't want to epoxy that bolt in! That old surface wasn't flat enough to just lay it on there, and it needs to stay put anyway.
Going to pull the carb and clean it, take out the spark plug and see if I can stick the bore scope in the hole to assess the damage to the engine. It was running fine last time it was used last fall.
Will leave that epoxy set overnight. Don't know how much I can get done tomorrow. Have to go to Sam's club and I have a doctor appointment too.
DAC
Did a test fit and looks like it might work.
Cleaned everything up with brake cleaner and used Gorilla epoxy to attach the plate to the butchered up base. Put a weight on it and anti seize on the bolt to align it. Didn't want to epoxy that bolt in! That old surface wasn't flat enough to just lay it on there, and it needs to stay put anyway.
Going to pull the carb and clean it, take out the spark plug and see if I can stick the bore scope in the hole to assess the damage to the engine. It was running fine last time it was used last fall.
Will leave that epoxy set overnight. Don't know how much I can get done tomorrow. Have to go to Sam's club and I have a doctor appointment too.
DAC
Making good progress, DAC.