Today started off with me finishing freeing up the steering, giving the transmission one more cleaning, and putting it back in the PPT. Steve and I then pulled the Kohler out of the Simplicity.
After a few mock up attempts, we came up with a way to mount the engine on top of the transmission using some scrap metal. This is where we ran into an issue I had sort of expected to run into. By flipping the PPT around and make the front the back and vice versa, we needed to find a way to turn the engine around so that we didn't end up like a Polish Army tank, with one speed forward and two speeds reverse.
The nice thing about the Kohler Magnum horizontal shaft engines is that you can take power off the flywheel by attaching a coupler into already drilled holes in the flywheel. This makes the drive belt turn clockwise as opposed to counter clockwise if we had used the crankshaft side of the engine. This also leaves the crankshaft available for another trick we have up our sleeves.
We then welded the engine mount together, managing to only ignite the waste oil tank one time, but some quick footwork on my dad's part solved that problem.
Steve and I then aligned and squared up the engine before my dad laid the final beads. This thing will run tomorrow, and possibly even drive.
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