any toro groundsmaster fans on here?

[Xfaxman]

Amazing work :thumbsup:.

 

[Turbys_1700]

You sir...
Are a master mechanic...
Tremendous skills and patience of which I have neither...

 

[Asymair95]

Thanks guys, I love restoring old equipment.



Here is a pic of a 1980 JD 214 I restored several years ago. I also restored a 212.



70s vintage McCulloch Super Pro 80 chainsaw I did about 10 years ago now. I have lots of old Macs, some restored, some original. I’m slowly thinning the herd, need money for more groundsmasters



1975 JD 300 I restored. Sadly, all of my JD equipment is now sold.



My most recent restorations were a Ford (Shibaura) 1210 and 1510. Great little tractors, although parts are getting hard to find.

Sorry for the off topic post...back to the Groundsmaster!
Hoping to get some paint shot today if I can get this blasted rain to stop.

 

[Asymair95]

Painting is done!



Caster arms are done and drying.



While working on the last caster wheel the bearings fell out in a pile of pieces....soooo...looks like I need to order bearings. Figured while I’m ordering parts I would do one of the rear caster wheels also, as their condition was questionable.

Off to the internet to go parts shopping.

 

[Asymair95]

Caster arms installed today, just waiting on my wheel bearings to come in the mail.

 

[Xfaxman]

:thumbsup:, getting there.

 

[Asymair95]

Parts are in!



Ordered two bearings and a ignition switch for the 322.



The outer bushings have a divot in them to clear the grease zerk inside the rim.



They even put a dot on the outside so you can line it up.



Flip the rim over, grease up the new bearing and install inside the rim. Fit the second outer bushing on and pound it on with a mallet...done.

 

[Asymair95]

Deck is complete!



Last two caster wheels installed. This thing is so heavy I couldn’t even lift it up to get the wheel under it, had to use a jack.



PTO shield installed.



Lift chains put on.

This project is complete. I may be able to mow some grass with it or mulch some leaves before the snow flies.

 

[Asymair95]

On to my next project.



This is my new to me 325 with 2900 hours. Will be doing a complete service and inspection on it.





I wanted to check the full throttle rpm before I tore it apart for service. Spec per the manual is 3200 +or- 50 so it’s within spec. I’d maybe like to squeeze out an extra 50 or so, will see how she looks after valve adjustments, and fuel filter changes.

 

[Asymair95]

Started pulling things apart.



Pulled the seat to replace the seat suspension because it didn’t work.



You can see why it didn’t work here, the rear cross shaft had fallen out. The front cross shaft had broke clean off, and the spring tension adjuster was seized.



I decided to just install a new suspension kit instead of messing with the old one. This one works great and fit beautifully.