Hi Jon,
Dave said it has a 5 in bore and a 7 inch stroke. If we did the math right, that is 665 cubic inches.
So far the only pictures I have show are people working on the pumper. Other projects were worked on, too.
The forklift was back in the shop again.
Look carefully through the mast and you can see Louie working on the dash. He has to update the wiring so that when the key was turned to the off position the alternator wouldn't keep back feeding the ignition. In other words, he had to fix it so it wouldn't burn all the gas in the tank.
Apparently, this thing was a bit light in the backend and needed a bit more ballast.
Ned and Al found a big lump of iron out in the backyard somewhere. When they picked it up it left quite a divot. The torch is busy warming the iron enough so the ice could get chipped off.
Ned welded a couple pieces of angle iron on the back of the forklift. Here you can see the lump sitting on top of the weight that was there.
Al and Ned thought the weight needed a bit of dressing up. Ned went to his pick up and came back with stuff like this.
I wonder is Liz knows what kind of stuff Ned keeps in his vehicle.
The final product is shown below.
I am not sure how the hand grips are supposed to work. If you look close you can see a piece of flat iron is welded on the angle irons on either side. The shaft passes through the flat irons and a hole in the lump of iron. A bolt on either side keeps the shaft from sliding out. Pretty neat idea. The lump can't fall off, but it can easily be removed.
We finished up the Woods mower. In the first picture in this post you can see part of the hitch in front of the fork lift.
The belt is in place. That is not a cheap belt. Notice the idler pulley. You can't see it, but we added a grease zerk on the pivot point. A person will need to take the cover off and grease that. It probably needs to be greased a couple times during the season.
We decided not to put the blades on before the mower gets to the show grounds. That way we don't have to worry about bending the blades when it gets picked up with the fork lift.
Notice where the blades are stored.
After we put the lid back on, the blades and the pins that hold them in place should be safe. If someone puts this in gear before the this area is cleared out, it could be an interesting racket and we may need to buy another new blade. Notice the remote grease zerk on the spindle. It should only need a pump or two of grease.
Finished and ready to go back to the hill.
We got the guards straightened and put back on the front.
More later,
Jerry Christiansen