Valiant's Power Pony pesting.

[Lord Gruntfuttock]

Actually know the bloke. Should chuck a ridiculous lowball at him... 
 

[smokin'joe]

On 21/03/2022 at 20:58, Lord Gruntfuttock said:

Actually know the bloke. Should chuck a ridiculous lowball at him... 
 

did you buy it ?? i tried to get it, but someone had first dibs, then stopped messaging

 

[Lord Gruntfuttock]

Nah it was gone next time I looked...

[Valiant]

No update for a while, I have been slowly pesting though.

Made some new motor mounts, connected the hand throttle and altered the factory muffler to clear the bonnet and look more tractoresque.

Annoyingly the motor was advertised as having a 1" crank with  1/4 keyway but it turned out to be 25mm with a 7mm keyway. No problem, I got the pulley re keyed and shimmed the difference in diameter with some coke can and lots of locktite. The pulley has provision for a grub screw to help hold it which I'll add when I find one.

I also turned up a cupped washer to stop the pulley wanderin.

I've used some bearings and another turned up washer to replace the missing belt tensioner.

They might fly to bits, time will tell.

So if I can get a new drive belt this week I should be able to go for a drive.

In other news I visited Dubious Dave today who had found more Pwer Pony parts.

Both belt guards which is super handy.  They'll need to be modified but it's better than making new ones.

Dave also came up trumps with a pair of mower decks.

One is stuffed but it has all the mechanical parts on it.

The other is in really good condition and appears to be compete. Perfect.

 

[tyson g]

I am looking to buy a power pony in the northland or Auckland area. Anyone have one they want to sell? Cheers Tyson