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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #330 on: January 12, 2008, 09:30:45 am »
I race-prepped 2 700 series tranny's last night!!! No more 350 for me!!

Here is a couple pics of just one...










I'm putting together a step-by-step w/photo's on the assembly and race prep of my p700 tranny.

It will have over 100 pics of each step of the reassembly & race prep I performed per Georges race-prep topic.

Should be up by end of day tomorrow :)
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #331 on: January 12, 2008, 10:09:12 am »
Hey Tom.......Your work area is entirely too clean........Could you please scatter a little debris around so I won't feel so bad about mine???  LOL!

Really, It looks good....I wish I had the discipline to keep my shop that neat. Looking forward to the pics.
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #332 on: January 12, 2008, 10:25:31 am »
that it rely nice of you to do that and take all that time to upload all thos pics thanks  :D
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #333 on: January 12, 2008, 10:26:05 am »
Hey Tom.......Your work area is entirely too clean........Could you please scatter a little debris around so I won't feel so bad about mine???  LOL!

Really, It looks good....I wish I had the discipline to keep my shop that neat. Looking forward to the pics.


I'm sorta of a organizational freak......Everything has it place, and do my best to keep my work area clean....Projects then seem to flow much smoother that way for me and less of a chance to loose that little part in a pile of junk!!!

I should have all the pics up within the hour!!!! It will be a new topic in the DRIVELINE SECTION....Will post link here when it's up.
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #334 on: January 12, 2008, 10:32:26 am »
two of those gears look very familiar LOL....
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #335 on: January 12, 2008, 10:37:22 am »
that it rely nice of you to do that and take all that time to upload all thos pics thanks  :D

I just want to help others to be able to do as much as they can on their own mowshines!!

I REALLY enjoy teaching and helping all I can.

Plus I'm just worn out  today...trying to shake a cold...so I'm just sitting here in my Archie Bunker chair typing away!!!



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two of those gears look very familiar LOL....

Yep...they were imported from the south!!!

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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #336 on: January 12, 2008, 10:48:23 am »
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I just want to help others to be able to do as much as they can on their own mowshines!!

I REALLY enjoy teaching and helping all I can.



And thats why that number 6 will serve you so well.  ;)
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #337 on: January 12, 2008, 06:46:51 pm »
Hey Tom any chance you can get a video of your mower running I'm curious about how it sounds.
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #338 on: January 12, 2008, 09:24:23 pm »
I second that!   make sure its on photobucket though...
Gotta love a good 'ol Briggs Flathead! :thumbsup:

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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #339 on: January 12, 2008, 09:27:48 pm »
A video is a waste of time. It doesn't sound the same as hearing it in person.
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #340 on: January 12, 2008, 09:38:23 pm »
its not like i can take a ride down to his house...

don't forget that i'm the kid that has never seen a racing mower in person....
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #341 on: January 12, 2008, 09:40:57 pm »
I realize that but its still a waste of time.
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #342 on: January 13, 2008, 12:11:59 am »
Tom, out of incredible curiousity, why "no more 350 trans" for you?
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #343 on: January 13, 2008, 08:54:15 am »
Hey Tom any chance you can get a video of your mower running I'm curious about how it sounds.

I second that!   make sure its on photobucket though...

A video is a waste of time. It doesn't sound the same as hearing it in person.

Answered perfectly by George!!!

There is no way to replicate the sound and FEEL on any type of video or recording.

Put it this way.......It sounds better than most open pipe Harleys in my area and I will even go as far as saying that it even sounds/feels better than some local V8 racecars at a local dirt track!!!


Tom, out of incredible curiousity, why "no more 350 trans" for you?

Few reasons.........

1) Parts availibility.....NONE!!! These are discontinued...your only spare parts are going to be from other USED transmissions.

2) Modifications needed to make these race worthy surpass my knowledge and equipment needed. Don at G-TEAM does a great job on these....but I'm the type that need to be able to know what needs to be done and have the equipment to do so....Don does a bit of "SPECIAL" work he does not share (Don't blame him...he learned and created business income out of it).
With a 700 series....I can do whatever it may take on my garge, order up new parts from my local power equipment shop....ect

3) Internal gear selection ratio.....The two race gears  (2nd & 3rd) their ratios between the two are wide and far. This means a need for a axle sprocket change depending on track size to work with my engines power band. Not a pain to do...but until you get to the track and see the layout/length...I'll be swapping gears around to find the best "fit" for a track. With a 700 series...the ratios are so much closer that a simple shift into another gear is all it takes to dial my engine into the track I'm on!

4)  Another concern I have with the 350/400....is the output shaft life. I really liked my tranny....but I'm pushing some real good HP this year and even ask Don....He has seen the shfts fail due to excessive HP.....Now look at the 700's and the power people have been putting to them....self explanitory

The 350 tranny is a real nice tranny. Will hold up great in many racing classes. And if you do decide to run one...YOU MUST contact Don at G-TEAM to perform modification prior to running it.
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Re: CRAFTSMAN B/P BUILD UPDATED 12-8-07
« Reply #344 on: January 13, 2008, 11:08:30 pm »
Thanks for that thorough explanation Tom.  My build (coincidently) is the same Craftsman as yours, however I have picked up some 700's for mine over the past few months.  I was intrigued by your choice of the 350 trans when I read through your build,  but as you say they are hard to find.  In my area, I was lucky to find 700's if that puts it into perspective.

BTW, excellent detailed info and pics. today on your 700 project.  Thank you for taking the time to post all that info for everyone.
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