1974 Bolens G-10/1055 (Rolling Thunder)

[willis923]

i have a 1974 bolens FMC 1055/ G-10. its all stock right now, aside from a cobbled up muffler off of an old mercury sled. its powered by a 10 horse tecumseh HH-100 flathead. its shaft driven except the clutch is a belt. i dont have any too serious plans for it. my main things are tires, re-paint it, lights, maybe an alternator mod. No im not going to pully swap it or any of that BS.. it goes fast enough for what i do. i dont have the slightest clue what it has for a transaxle, other than it is limited slip, much like a G-80 locker chevy used.
tires- snow hogs, tri rib or X-trac (front) bearclaws on the back
paint- some shade of a green. my buddy has a tractor with a cool paint color, i might use that. i want to do green paint and accent everything in black... on 2nd thought, thats too common. i might do firetruck red. after all, i AM a firefighter..
lights- i want to put headlight covers (like from a yamaha warrior) over the cutouts in the hood (hence the name "Deathglare") i want to put marker lights on the sides of my fenders, markers on the hood sides, maybe a few strobes if i can find them cheap (i plan to plow with her) and 2 red taillights on the back cutouts. then implement lights on the hood like i had before and one single backup light. gonna use as many LED's as possible as an attempt to make it easier for the starter gen.
alternator mod- i have 2 spare pullys that never get used, 1 of which is the PTO. i am thinking maybe getting a cute little alternator and mounting it somewhere. it was brought to my attention that i wouldnt want the starter gen AND the alternator on 1 battery, so i might get another and build a box for the back of the tractor. its a tube frame so i could just slip it in the frame and use a hitch pin so i can remove it and put it on during the heavy use season (winter)..

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well, these pics arent the greatest, but i found these on my computer, so here they are.












Needs a new exhaust... i am thinking maybe a small stack with a cylider style muffler and ofcourse a raincap


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well, ive been saying i was going to do it, and i finally did. Rolling Thunder got a stack tonight. that foolish lookin sled exhaust was being junk, kept carboning up and was making me lose power. stack isnt perfect, but it works, sounds nice too.






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well, i did it in today... went back in the woods with the new re-vamped dump cart to grab some more chunks of pine tree. going in with an empty cart was fine, but coming out? different story. it was working pretty hard in 2nd. 3rd was not an option unless it was flat. had a hard time with a few hills so i had to go down to 1st. i was asking quite a bit of the little 10 horse. anyway, about half way home i started losing power. almost wouldnt do 2nd gear.. so i popped it into first and ran about 3/4 throttle, then switched to 2nd a bit later cause it was downhill... well, i imediatly lost almost ALL pulling power, quick power shifted into first and then i smelt it.... that gut wrenching smell of metal on metal.... then the squeeling hit. it wouldnt even pull in first, i actually had to pull the governor wide open to keep it moving. i eventually lost it and it died, whole area filled with smoke, jumped off and investigated. i originally thought it was my clutch idler but that was still moving freely and wasnt too hot to the touch. i next checked the carier bearings for the driveshaft... BINGO! seized solid. i was still a chunk into the woods so i soaked the snot out of it in WD 40 and got it moving... starting again was a chore, but i got it moving. then it was balls to the walls until i got it home. (about 200 feet) it died again right in front of my "garage".... i'll try tearing it down tomorrow