Think I just bought me an 1811

[jimbob200521]

Originally Posted by zippy1

I'd bet he's on the road.
We'll have pictures tonight

Guess you were right! Well, we got on the road about 8:30 and I rolled into home about 4:45 (after a quick stop at the parents to help pa with his computer). When I got there, he had it waiting for me. I turned the key and boom fired right up. Took it for a spin, hydro hummed a bit louder than I had hoped but it ran great. Trunion looked like new, checked the hydro fluid and it was a bit low, saw it below the full mark and bubbles in it. We hooked up the deck to test it and I noticed right away the PTO wasn't stock. It was...well...dual I checked the engine oil and it was a bit low, but seemed to be running just fine. I did notice that when throttled up suddenly, she'd smoke a bit. Nothing drastic, but something to note. I told him straight up what I saw and thought, told him I drove 3 hours to get here, and offered less than he was asking. He accepted. I ended up walking away at $350 Loaded it on the truck and the next 3 hours of our journey commenced.

I got it home and tried to fire it up and...well...not too much happened. I charged the battery with the trusty 129 and a set of jumper cables and after about 30-45 minutes of piddling with it, I got it to start. I will say, I did check the spark plugs about 15 minutes into it and they were BBLLLAACCCKKK with a super slight hint of oil. I wire brushed them and re-installed. I peeked in the gas tank and noticed a brown hue to the fuel. Come to find out, he'd had it sitting since spring and the guy before had it sitting since...well...he didn't know when. Anywho, eventually, I got it going. Unloaded it and let it run. Before it got good and warmed up, whenever I'd give it some throttle, it'd studder real bad then rev up. Possibly fuel or fuel line? In any case, once warmed up, she ran great. I seemed to see a hint of smoke coming out the exhaust but I'll know better tomorrow.

I took a video linked below and attached some pictures. Can anyone tell me if the throttle linkage is correct? I have to have the throttle about 3/4 the way up before it leaves idle and begins to rev up. You can see this in the video, I throttle down then rev it up and when I lower it back down, it seems all the adjustment range is in the upper 1/4 to 1/3. I also show in the video a headlight connections that is apparently broken. Any idea how to fix this? And lastly in the video is a shot of the "dual" PTO". It doesn't spin with the deck hooked up.

Anyway, the throttle cables seems...wrong. Here are a few pics and a video. Let me know what you think, I'm under the impression now that it's going to be more of a project than I had hoped

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ncl3a397U

[ACecil]

Nice 1811, you did well. It seems to run great!

[cuber]

The headlight is a quick fix, just solder the tab back on. Is that hydro fluid full? Sure makes a lot of noise. Is the fan on the drive shaft ok? Either sounds like you got a big hydro whine or maybe the cooling fan is rubbing on something? Other than that it looks all good!!!

[Mcamp]

someone changed the carb,yours has the adj. main jet and the choke pulls the opposite way of the orig. the throttle cable is probably adj. wrong.with the engine off, set throttle at idle, loosen the clamp on the eng.and slide the throttle cable through the clamp away from carb till the cable starts to pull the gov.arm and tighten the clamp. work the throttle and check to make sure it will come back to idlestop screw at carb then fire it up and try it out . you might have to adjust your main jet also.

[1811woody]

Nice find and a heck of a deal !

[red56turbo]

Nice find Ryan. The hydro does sound like it whines pretty loud. It is pretty cold out though. I'd bite the bullet and change out the filter and hytran. So where did ya pick up the beast? Il, Ia, Wi, In, or Mi????????

[inspectorudy]

My hydro tran makes a similar sound when it is really cold. It usually goes away within a couple of minutes. That obviously is not the correct link on the carb but it sounds like it is just an attachment issue with the cable and the arm. The PTO issue is probably just an adjustment problem that can be fixed in short order. No matter, for $350 you got the deal of the day!

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by Mcamp

someone changed the carb,yours has the adj. main jet and the choke pulls the opposite way of the orig.

Originally Posted by inspectorudy

That obviously is not the correct link on the carb but it sounds like it is just an attachment issue with the cable and the arm. The PTO issue is probably just an adjustment problem that can be fixed in short order. No matter, for $350 you got the deal of the day!

According to the parts book, the carb on it was offered. It's not the same as mine.... but the book shows a carb with a main jet through the top. Governor to carb linkage is definitely incorrect (as mentioned above) and also the choke lever is wrong (also already stated). It may not be the original carb, but the paint seems to match the rest of the engine, so I'd say it is. Someone probably disassembled it and put it back together wrong. I agree, you got the deal of the day! Probably going to have to find the correct PTO.

Here's a pic of the carb and such on mine:

IMG_20140126_001007.jpg

[Sam Mac]

For $350.00 I'd be Happy Happy Happy !

[cubcadet]

Looks good, nice find.