Perhaps the one thing that's keeping me from getting the Dynamark running is the fuel fitting on the carb. When I got it, I found the fuel line to be cut up with a section containing a filter laying on the frame. On the carb, there is a short fuel fitting that sticks out about 1/4" to 3/8" with a couple threads on it.

Is there another fitting that goes on this one?
     If so, where can I get it? (Already tried the hardware store and NAPA)

Does the fitting in the carb itself come out?
     If so, what size hose barb will fit in place of it? I noticed the G-Team carbs (http://cgi.ebay.com/Racing-Lawn-Mower-Carb-New-Briggs-and-Stratton-Walbro_W0QQitemZ320136646815QQihZ011QQcategoryZ82248QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting) already have them.

Thanks in advance!

A few weeks ago, I was out at a mower repair shop and junkyard that belongs to a guy I know getting some blade adapters for an MTD. I had been looking for a racing tractor project on and off over the past few years, and so, just wondering, I asked him if he had any tractors with a Briggs 12 horse in them. We went out to the rows of tractors and after checking 2 or 3, found a '94 Dynamark with a 12.5 hp Model 28. I asked how much, and when he said $25 I about crapped my pants since I regularly see the motors alone go for $40+. A week later I got it home, but had to put it in my aunt's garage since mine's currently filled, along with the shed.

This is what it looked like when I first got it:








The motor is like new. The oil's clean and so is the filter as well. I'll pull the head off one of these days to check it out inside.

The initial pictures were taken on my phone, so they're not the greatest. Once I got the deck off and got it up on jackstands, I took some better ones.























If you've noticed, that is not the original hood. I have no idea where the original is but this is what it should look like:



But, the hood that's on there now will work for a while. I don't think it will be USLMRA or ARMA legal, though.


Its fate still hangs in the balance, though. The 43" deck is in real good shape with only surface rust on the underside, and I can have it cutting grass for under $60; or make a good turnaround on it. Only the left rear tire has a leak which I'll patch up for now, but the "wonderful" Foote transaxle is locked in neutral. It wants to shift but just can't go the whole way into 1st or reverse. Tnere's body rust, but I know where there are a couple more sets of fenders and mostly complete bodies.

But my question to you guys is: Is the tractor worth building up for racing in the USLMRA S/P or ARMA Sportsman class? Obviously, it's a mostly stock tractor and will take some work. The frame is in good, almost rust-free shape, and the running boards are part of it, making the frame pretty wide. The transaxle will probably have to go in favor of a Peerless, but that's ok.