Todays pickup was good
 

I picked up a MTD 1641, came with a 48" deck with a seized spindle, crack on the nose, and side panes are missing the top tabs. It 940 hrs on the clock. I heard it run, but it shuts off after a few minutes, maybe a fuel shutoff on the carb. Looks to have been always stored inside.


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Lew Da Cyclops Man! Nice find. :beerchug:

Thanks Sam, They are ugly but it is what it is.

"Well, isn't that, special"?:biggrin2:

"And on the eighth day, Lew picked up another cyclops":biggrin2:

Way to go Lew, nice find, if you like that sorta thing:beerchug::biggrin2:

Looks good to me Lew. You'll have it up and running in no time.

Looks great! Plan to turn the Cyclops over?

My only Cub, the 1641, is growing on me. Grandsons want to sleep in the seat too!

no wonder i cant find any,lew has them all

Thanks guys.

Well it runs now,someone didn't tighten the nuts on the valve cover that supplies vacuum to the fuel pump. Tight now and some new hose and it is fine now.

There is a 5 sec delay before it turns off after turing off the key off.

Kill wire circuit isn't working properly. it's shutting off with the fuel shut down solenoid.

if its a vangaurd it needs the ignition coil kill harness

Yes it is.Is that the yellow wire connected to the shroud,or the one that goes to the coils?

Yep. :beerchug:

That is the same that goes into the ignition switch, which I changed, then it comes out and goes to the seat switch.maybe bad.
I already cleaned the grounds on the starter solenoid (green wires)

its the one under the engine shroud with diodes in it. goes to both coils and then to tractor harness

This it?the small black wire.

it should have diodes in it,i replaced it on my vangaurd. perhaps someone made that?

thats the harness in question lew

I will see if i can get the harness,glee bay may have them,gotta go new,too much involved to put this old one in and find it is forked up.

what did the spoon say to the knife?
lets get the fork outta here....

Jacks small engine.
http://www.jackssmallengines.com/hel...10EZJ10E1502BA

844547 Wire Assembly $9.85

Here ya go Lew. You can make your own for less than $5.

Attachment 66146

Radio Shack part #276-1114
Rated at 1.5 amps/1000 volts

Thanks Oak,
but to bad the nearest one is 23 miles away.
I saw a few on meme vay for 11.00,free shipping.

Lew are you sure it's bad? I'm just wondering if the problem isn't someplace else in the wiring. You should be able to shut the engine off by grounding the terminal where it exits the blower housing. Do you have a copy of the 1641 wiring diagram? I have it if you need it.

I was going to do that today,the seat switch looks like it's been messed with.

Looks like it is time to get the motor pulled.
I will make sure,but it needs some cleaning.

When I replaced that harness some time ago, I was giving it some serious thought to splice up the harness, and extend the wires so the diodes would be accessible and replaceable without having to pull the tins off. Never did tho and though I would do that next time.

Pulled the motor and removed the shrouds.
Found out that one of the wires going to tha mags was off,starter gear needs replacement, and a slight oil leak coming from behind the flywheel.

We have the parts and time to start on it.
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Holler if I can help my friend. :beerchug:

Thank you sir.is there an easy way to get this clip off?
The old seal spins in the bore so it will be easy to remove.

Looking good, Lew. Your work, that is. The tractor may still be ugly in your eyes when you're done, though :biggrin2:

Push the bendix in towards the starter and pry the clip off. Plan on replacing the clip when you put the new gear on, ask me how I know. This was the engine in a 1641 that I bought a from esarvey.

Check the armature bushing in the end plate and make sure it's not worn. It if is, it will quickly shell the teeth on the new starter gear. It'll even get the ring gear on the flywheel.

Yes it is fine,I just put another starter I had on the shelf ready to go,all cleaned up and ready to install.

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Nice work Bud. :beerchug:

Engine looks goood Lew:beerchug:

Thanks guys,

Runs great now,adjustment of the valves was necessary,shuts off now,put on the parts shined it up.

Now to put the deck on and see what happens....

i dont see the required beer holder for the test run....

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Hope it works as good as it looks.....for a Cyclops..:beerchug: Good job Lew.

Good looking 1641 my friend.