resurrecting a 1720

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by superduty5.9

Sounds interesting. Have and pics? What would this entail?

I'm not to familar how to refer to articles I have posted in the past, but if you want to look at " all posts by George" in my profile you will find most of the pix/referances to several modifications I have done.
Hope this helps

[trbinrat]

Ok made the repair tonight with the JB weld. I wire brushed it till my hands ached. Blew it off and wiped it down with acetone and then put two coats of JB weld on it. I think I'll ruff it up in the am an put one more coat on. It stuck to the aluminum really well. I hope this works.

[T-Mo]

Originally Posted by superduty5.9

Sounds interesting. Have and pics? What would this entail?

I agree, that does sound interesting and pics would be great - especially since a JD 317 did not have power steering. That must have been a previous owner's modification.

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by T-Mo

I agree, that does sound interesting and pics would be great - especially since a JD 317 did not have power steering. That must have been a previous owner's modification.

Sorry about that, I am not an expert on the 300 series J.D's. it was listed on evilpay as fitting 316-318 Deer’s but it has been at least a year ago.
If you care to look @ one of my posts dated 11/12/09 under "converting to power steering" you will find a pix or two. I’m sure there are a couple more if you look in other posts.
I tried to re post pictures in the past, but this site said it was already posted and I'm not familiar on how to override the system if it is possible. Sometimes I’m lucky enough to remember what I had for breakfast, Ha,LOL
If I were to re do it, I would consider using a cub cylinder as it is smaller and not nearly as robust. I chose the Deere cyl as it was more readily available and 1/8 the price
of what cub cylinders were selling for @ the time.

[T-Mo]

That's okay - if you're not familiar with JD models, I can see where you might confused the numbers. The 317 was a different machine than the 316 and 318 tractors. The 318 had power steering, but the 317 did not (nor did the 316). I do know a couple of guys who added power steering to their 317s, so it can be done.

[trbinrat]

Got it back together tonight. Started it up and it ran well the PTO work so I mowed part of the lawn. It mowed great. I just need to find a seat and the left side shroud for the motor and also the wheels and brackets for the mower deck.

Thanks
Mark

[Methos]

That's awesome news Mark! I've been following this thread to see how it would turn out for you. I'm glad everything went so well for you.

[trbinrat]

Ok finally got to to put a seat on it and made a shroud for the left side of the engine. I got to mow the whole yard with it to night and this thing works awesome. It crawled up the hills with out ripping up the turf (something my cub 1515 could not do) and it took on the high grass with out bogging down.

This is a nice machine I'm going to keep it.

Anyone buy a Cub 1515 rider.

Also does anyone know what size tires and wheels came on the 1720. I have some 6-6.50-8 on it now but they rub the mower deck.

[Darrell]

ol'George , You have a PM with contact info. I would like to talk to you about converting a Vertical engine to Horizontal. Thanks , Darrell

[ol'George]

It takes some machining of the block with a mill & lathe work on the crank.
Unless you can do that, it isn't cost effective, but it can be done.
oil pasages have to be bored in the block for oil pump feed and the drain back holes for the lifter box in the cylinder, have to be blocked so as not to flood them with excessive oil.
Also a hole has to be machined for the dipstick and the bottom of the crankcase has to be drilled & tapped for drain plug.
Probably a few things I forgot,but basically the block casting is the same but it is machined for a horz or vertical application @ the factory.
Of course you have to use the horiz. end cover and add the oil pressure relief valve.
I did a maginum 18 to replace a busted kt17 series 1