little 700 update

[wminmi 0]

Just a few pix of the 12hp i crammed in my little 700 :D

And one of the busted up/welded/leaking rear axle i swapped out of it

[MarksA-C 93]

Looks Cool! Should be nice with the extra power and the snowblower you got! Can wait to see it done:)8D^

[wminmi 0]

should move/work really well now.....didn't have much problem with the 7hp (except the severe rod knock) so the 12 shouldn't need to be much past low idle :D Gonna be a bit before i get it all together and fired up, awaiting a new (to me) S/G for her, then got to measure it for a belt. Then the carb gets rebuilt..... forgot to mention, also got all 4 new "shoes" on her too, complete with washer fluid in all 4 AND rear wheel weights

[Roy 0]

Keep the pictures coming. I almost ready to start putting an 11 hp in my B-1. Did you notch the frame for the blower housing or did the frame already have the hole in it?? Carry on,

[HubbardRA 19]

This picture was taken several years ago and isn't very good. This is my 61 Wards (Simp 700) with a 12 Hp Kohler from a Cub Cadet in it. I did not put a cut in the frame as Roy was asking about.

Here it is more recently with the 14 Hp Kohler in it. Still didn't cut the frame.

[wminmi 0]

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Originally posted by Roy
Keep the pictures coming. I almost ready to start putting an 11 hp in my B-1. Did you notch the frame for the blower housing or did the frame already have the hole in it?? Carry on,

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I notched my frame, in the bellypan where the fan shroud pokes through just a tad. No other notches or anything was needed. I did, however, have to drill 2 new motor mount holes on the oil fill side as they were off by like 1/4" or so. I just made sure the driveshaft lined up darn near center with the mounting plate on the engine, marked the holes, and redrilled them. easy peesy japanessy :D still likin Rod's Kohler powered Wards though....looks mean just sitting there }:)

[MPH 12]

Cool pics of your 700 Rod. Just how'd you get the bigger engines in without notching the frame? Thought that was needed to line up the driveshaft.

[HubbardRA 19]

I used a ball-peen hammer to move metal to produce almost enough clearance. In other words a deliberately formed dent of a semi-circular shape. The engine still would not quite sit down flush on the chassis, so I ended up putting about a 3/4 inch flat on the corner of the cooling shroud of the engine where the sharp corner once was. All this was done on the first engine before I had even seen another Simplicity. Long before I knew that a notch was supposed to be cut when using a bigger engine.