My Roper 16T restore project

[larrybl]

Rain day today so I made some decent Roper decals.

Video later

 

[larrybl]

Here is the video, and I am looking for this cover.

 

[MFDAC]

Much closer font Larry!

DAC

 

[larrybl]

Much closer font Larry!

DAC

Should be, It was a screen capture from an Ebay Roper decal.

 

[larrybl]

Roper 16T Part 6. Finished the decals and final engine tear down. Skip to 3:10 for the engine.

 

[larrybl]

Checked out the engine, and thoughts on what is next.

 

[larrybl]

Needing helpful suggestions with a very stuck steering wheel.

 

[larrybl]

 

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[MFDAC]

Looks like the same "sumthin" that I drained out of my JD110 a while back.

DAC

 

[larrybl]

Not sure why I am working backwards on this. I should have disconnected the transaxle linkage when I had it lifted.

 

[bbuckler]

This is how I remove steering wheels (old video before I had better camera equipment and tripods)

 

[larrybl]

This is how I remove steering wheels (old video before I had better camera equipment and tripods)

That is exactly what I did, except I used an impact on it. I think there is an E clip somewhere that I am missing.

 

[larrybl]

Decided what to do with the trans axle, and thinking of re-badging the good 18hp Briggs as a 16hp. No one will ever know. Ultimate goal is to have this as a display with the sickle mower mounted.

 

[larrybl]

Several changes of plans. Found stuff I forgot I had. Leaving in an hour hopefully to get a parts donor tractor.

 

[larrybl]

Just got back, over 7 hours round trip. I'll have the results and change of plans posted shortly, Here is a teaser.

 

[larrybl]

Long way to go, and a short time to get there.

 

[larrybl]

Finally got the plastic dash off intact. Trying to figure out storage issues.

 

[larrybl]

Unloading was way harder than I thought.

 

[larrybl]

Roper #2 looks more promising, but looks can be deceiving.