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Well guys, I figured it was finally time to start my restoration thread on my early Max.. It's number 2101 from RI.. Originally came with a 297 JLO engine in it, but I decided that since I'm not a 2 stroke person, to swap in a GX610 (18 HP) Honda engine I had laying around.. It was in really rough shape when I got it, but I looked past all of that to the potential of it after doing some research on this forum before I bought it.. As far as I've managed to trace the history on it, it was bought new by an oil field company about 12 miles from me, and then was sold to a local farmer who used it for a while before giving up on it due to issues with it and he got tired of it messing with it.. His son, one of my buddies then sold it to another one of our buddies who didn't really do anything with it besides cut the rotted original tires off the rims(not really sure what he was thinking there).. Anyways now on to me, I was looking for a project and asked my buddy if he still had it and if he'd wanna get rid of it, so I bought it for 50 bucks.. Yeah, according to my buddies, I'm the king of good deals around here.. I know, tires and such are expensive, but I've got good enough connections around I can get good used ones for cheap.. Sorry I don't really have more or better pictures of the before, but I always have sucked at taking before pics of my projects.. Other than the lateral linkages and the outer half of the axles being black, I'm putting it all back to original colors...
Easily the worst crack on the entire project..
Nice hole in the bottom tub.. I think its from the sprocket coming loose.. Anyone else seen damage like this?
Test fitting the Honda that's massive compared to the JLO
Masking off to paint in the grill..
Finally set the frame back in the fixed tub.. Very nice feeling to be going back together..
First axle back in..
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