K and K Mower Bar

Grump wrote:

I have a k and k mowing machine that I would like to know the value of.

Can anyone help me with this?

That's kind of a tough one to value as there isn't many sales out there to do an appraisal. The last one I know that was for sale was many years ago. I think I remember it being listed for $1200 or so. I have no idea if it sold or not.

Joe DeYoung
to many jeeps, parts, and accessories to list here, but apparently enough to keep me in trouble with my wife.

There is a fully restored setup similar if not identical to this on the CJ2A home page, CJ2a located section, new york, plattsburgh. If you have not seen, or have trouble finding the link let me know and I will find link or give more info.

Phlip8910 at y

Interesting... I didn't notice any evidence of prior welds in that area on mine. I'll have to take a closer look. Do you know the model number of your unit? Perhaps that brace is a feature of a newer model or a later release of the same model as mine. I don't see that brace in my liturature, but the pictures of that area are from an angle that makes it hard to tell for sure.

Joe DeYoung
to many jeeps, parts, and accessories to list here, but apparently enough to keep me in trouble with my wife.

Russ,

Here's a picture of my repairs to the Bubbafied strut arm. I made a new pitman arm as well so that I wouldn't break an original in the field. The original is a pain in the but to get on/off so I took some liberties to make it a bit more user friendly. I figure I can put the original on if I'm at a show or someting like that.

Concerning the above reply... Is 23.5 a typo? That would be way to short for my set up. Mine is at 26". If it was any shorter, I wouldn't be able to tilt the mower bar vertical for transport without binding the pitman arm. In fact, at that extra length, it wouldn't tilt at all. The limiting factor is the length of the pitman arm. My pitman arm is 33" center of ball end to center of ball end. How long is yours. (Boy does that sounds bad) Also, I assumed that the arm I repaired doesn't have any bends in it. Is that correct?

I was looking for an example of a few parts that are not shown. Does your 3 pics at the beginning of the post represent all the pieces to your mower bar?

Joe DeYoung
to many jeeps, parts, and accessories to list here, but apparently enough to keep me in trouble with my wife.

Hey you better stay south of Baltimore! I am just about give the mower some attention.

Russ

43 MB, 48 CJ2A, 50 CJ3A, 55 M38A1, 56 CJ5, 79 M151A2, M100 ,65 M416

Hi Joe

Good to see you back! I've been really busy with a project at work I should be able to get some measurements tonight or tomorrow. Then I can start picking your brain too!

Russ

43 MB, 48 CJ2A, 50 CJ3A, 55 M38A1, 56 CJ5, 79 M151A2, M100 ,65 M416

That spring booster idea looks like a good way to cure the 'jeep lean' problem that always seems to be discussed.

Russ, that picture looks almost like a homemade copy after looking at the diagram. The one on the diagram hugs the axle a little closer and is shaped differently for the snubber to ride on it.

The one in the picture obviously doesn't fit the snubber right, it needs to be flattened more on the end. I bet it wouldn't be a big deal to have a spring shop build you a couple.

Edited by rocnroll - 15 Apr. 2009 at 3:27pm

'47 CJ2A PU
'48 CJ2A Lefty

"Common sense is not that common"

This is what the spring booster shown on page 8 above looks like:

Larry

WFB is right, DANGEROUS !!!

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