Wasn't really all that bad. Most of the work was in making the flange. Piece of 4" X 1/2" flat bar stock I had for making receiver hitch vises. Drilled it out with a hole saw. The tolerances were tight enough that I had to press the collar into the flange and after turning the 1 1/4" shaft down to 1 1/8" left a little extra there too and pressed it in as well. after welding the shaft in I did a clean up cut.

I got the engine mounted yesterday. Need to hook up the wires and modify my tensioner a little for the hyd. pump drive belt. took the loader off the front to make it easier.. Guess I'll paint that too while it's all apart.

I know a lot about a lot of things BUT I still have a lot to learn.
Life is what you make of it. So, why not make a working machine to make it easier.