Well, over the past week i have been able to knock out some small jobs on the machine while awaiting the block returning from the machine shop.
I was going to buy a new muffler box from xtrememotorworks.com, but i decided instead to just beef it back up with some sheet metal and a whole bunch of rivets. Will it break again... yes... will it last a season or two.. probably. When it does break again i will poney up the $45 do get a new one.
Also got the seat on, i went with the CC replacement fo Northern tool. I also got slides as the wife likes to cut sometimes and she needs the seat up a bit.
Also had some time to tinker with the left over sheet metal from the box. I was looking at IH emblems for the front grill and those buggers are darn near 25 bucks used! Well, i still need to band the edges with a strip of silver, but heres what i came up with.
I should have the block back from the shop this weekend and i will start tearing into that. With any luck she will get fired up next weekend.