Conquest 8x8 re-build

[mitchamus]

Ok - so I bought a 'project' Argo Conquest.
It has the Kawasaki 20hp water cooled motor.

looks like it has had a hard life, although the hour meter only says 102hrs.
It will need a few new rims and new tyres.

As I understand it, the machine had a bent frame which has been professionally straightened.

I'm not sure If I will keep it or fix it up a bit and re-sell it at this stage.
There are lots of missing parts (which I didn't know about)

anyways - here it is coming home on the trailer.

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[sparkola]

How much did you get it for?

[mitchamus]

$1700... I think it will need that much again spent just on parts

[plott hound]

$1700... I think it will need that much again spent just on parts

if your lucky.lol

[rentalrider]

what year is that? hard to imagine someone abusing it so badly in so few hrs.

[mitchamus]

Not sure what year model it is, as I'm yet to locate the plate for it!
It wasn't where I thought it would be.

I managed to get some work done on it on the weekend, Got the tub cleaned out and fully de-greased, and I got the fame bolted back in.
I also cleaned up one bearing housing and axle, and did a bit of a stock take....which was quite demoralising.

Next job is to order all the gaskets for the bearing housings, plus a few new bearings & and get the thing sitting on it's wheels again.

Right now I need to find out what size & thread bolts secure the front & rear bearing houses to the frame, as these are AWOL, and I can't find them listed in the parts manual.

I have a feeling I'm going to get know the guys at my local fasteners place pretty well.

anyway, here are a couple of pics...
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