Frank

I used the motor plate from the 1882 but I drilled the new bolt pattern in it by bolting the plate from the 2284 to it to make sure the engine ended up in the proper location. The battery tray will hold the fire wall tight against the air cleaner. I could have left it alone but I wanted just a little clearance. It's the same with the 2284. I'm going to trim that one also. It makes a nice swap going from the Mag 18. Wiring is basicly the same except you need to lengthen it. The drive shaft need's to be replaced with a longer one. Muffler is EXPENSIVE and a Cub only or used parts deal ( I'm waiting to see if Rich at Patton Acres can get me one) upper heat shield is NLA so that's also on my Patton list. I'll get some closeup pics tomorrow. Throttle cable will work but you'll need a new choke cable. I also replaced all the fuel line, cleaned and greased the steering CV joint, cleaned every electrical connection etc, while I had it all apart.:beerchug:

Sam,

Thanks, I thought the firewall would be tight from the parts I have so far. I now have everything but the motor and some small parts. I will wait until the new motor is in then lengthen the drive shaft. I am waiting for warmer weather and the final OK from the boss. I looked at the Kohler muffler option as well. I could not see how to make it work.

Frank

Is your 1541 drive shaft the early style with the rag joint or the late style with the CV joints? If you have the late style shaft it would probably be better to just buy a shaft for an 1864(pretty sure the 1864 is the same as the 1541 but with the CH18). I thought about stretching the 1882 shaft but I'm concerned about it being straight and balanced so I bought a new one for a 2284. An out of balance shaft turning 3600 RPM's will do bad things in a hurry.

Sam,

I am not sure the 1864 shaft will work. From what I have seen MTD may have changed the hydro mounting. This may have changed the rear location of the shaft. I am hoping it is as easy as using an 1864 shaft. We'll see when I get the new engine in. I have the new style shaft.

Well the 1882 rolled out of the garage under it's own power this afternoon. So far everything works as it's supposed to. Looks a little ugly at the moment. Now for some paint on the tin work and still need to put the PTO on. Frank you'll see what I mean about the clearance with the battery tray. Although the part numbers are the same the one on the 2284 is different from the 1882.:beerchug:

That's great, Sam! Thanks for the pics.

Sam it looks nekkid like that!:biggrin2: Great news that it's running on it's own power again.:beerchug:

That looks very much like my 2084. Not much room. Although my battery sits in the battery box a little different than yours. Yours is lengthwise and mine is sidewise and areal bugger to remove and insert.

My 2084 and 1864 as well, the battery is sideways, makes sense as it leaves more room. What was the reason for the lenthwise mount?

Dave & Paul

That's the way Cub has it mounted in both the 1882 & 2284. Yep lots of fun to get in and out. Gotta pull the air cleaner and the fire wall the way it is. Thought maybe I had it wrong so I looked it up on the Cub parts site and it's the way it is supposed to go.

Just picked up a 2185 organ donar, engine, trans and maybe PTO are good the rest is scrap metal. :beerchug: