Alright Alright, A Free Husqvarna Lawn Tractor, What could be wrong with it? 

Great video and excellent troubleshooting. Last year (2021) my next door neighbor couldn't get his Husqvarna YTH24K48 to start after leaving it outside all winter, unprotected from the weather and rodents. So, he started taking parts off not knowing what he was doing & ended up with a pile of parts & a still nonfunctional mower. Result was he pushed it out to the street, put a sign on it saying "free garbage, good scrap." I pushed it home, took the engine shroud off & found a huge mouse nest. I removed the nest, cleaned the carberator, flywheel magnets, and magneto too. One hour later, some fresh gas & it started right up. It now runs great.

Great video, thanks for taking the time to make it. I have the exact same Husqvarna YTH24K48. I bought in new from Lowe's in 2013. It still runs great with 630 hours on it. I keep it in the garage and change the oil and filter every year.

Sure it was free… but your time and knowledge are priceless. Thank you for sharing🤝

A free lawnmower usually is worth the price you paid for it !

Easiest way I have found to figure our if it is running on both cylinders is let it run for a minute then just spray a little water on each exhaust. If it steams up then it is running in that Cylinder. Hopefully it helps.

Your video is very well done love the no music and real speech. Very clear and informative info so thanks a lot.

You are one of the best on RU-vid. Been watching you for years and l always find your videos are worth watching.

Wish I could be that lucky... around here people still expect new prices for mowers that need work to even run.

Good practice and patience pays off.

process of elimination is the way to go rather than jumping ahead to what YOU think it is ,awesome buddy

In my local area, its amazing how many Lawn mowers get thrown out, with so little actually wrong with them!.

Run it. If it sounds rough, spray water on both exhausts. If one steams and one doesn’t, that one is not firing.

it looks like the belt is routed wrong around the idler pulleys on the right side when looking at it from underneath ,it should run thru them and not just along the outside of them and that will take up the slack, the junk you found in the linkage definitely helped but there is still not enough tension ,i know this was 2 years ago but mabey this can help someone thanks for your videos

I just got a free Husqvarna riding mower, had a bunch of little problems that made it unusable, easily fixed. Now it's a good mower. Online, I've heard people have a bad opinion of the Kohler courage engine. I guess it's common to swap it out for a Briggs & Stratton. Someone already did me the favor on this mower!

I cant be that luckly free mower ..must be nice

I had the same problem with the clutch/brake not releasing fully; there's a sort of ledge or plate up under there where grass and stuff piles up and gets caked on stopping it from moving far enough. Cleaned it off and it pulled just fine.

Thanks for the tips. I'm having the same problem backing up. Foward is still good. I'm going to check the break area now since it's hard to see up under there. I'm ready to rebuild the transmissions since I have 750 hours on the machine. It still should have a fluid and filter change since it's supposed to be a matinance free transmissions according to the manual. Right!

Best way to see which cylinder isn’t running is an infrared heat gun!

Next time when taking belt off put a string on it and when putting it back it will be easier to guide the new belt on.

I swapped out the oil in the diff of my Husqvarna. The local dealer told me that those are factory sealed and shouldn't be monkeyed with.

Most mowers from 2000 up are throw aways, the rearebds aren't the best, if it can be c removed just change the fluid, the batterys low also but the twins had carb issues. Id check the pump but before try gravity feed. There could be rust on the mag or plugs shot or the cinnector to the plugs loose inside

My Tecumseh vtwin was running bad on 2nd use this season. With balance test I determined which cylinder. I switched plugs side to side and problem switched too. New plug and it ran fine. For balance test i put an inline spark tester on both cylinders as they have metal exposed that I clip a jumper wire onto. Then I just touch other end of jumper to ground.

I really enjoyed your vid! This past week my neighbor put his Husky LTH1342 machine (Kohler engine) out on the curb with a "FREE" sign on it. We spoke on the phone about it.. and he said that the engine is hard to turn.. as if "hydro-locked". It had ran fine before he parked it prior to hiring a lawn service but when later attempting to use it.. he had trouble. He bought a replacement carb. for it.. but hasn't had time to put it on the engine. It's a 2005 model I believe. I'm fairly mechanical.. but not sure if I want to take a chance on fixing it.

That was some good information! Thanks new subscriber.

Great find.

I have a mower that was given to me all it needed was a tune up and a new battery it runs and mows better than my cub cadet

Great video man, no bullshit just good old fashion eliminations of potential problems, also as an Australian who some times has problems understanding, you have great presentation and easy to comprehend. Congratulations one of the best on you tube.

Thanks, very nice.

I love the set off hoods

Good job

Wow what an awesome find!!!!

keep the good videos coming

Wow, you showed that mower who's boss. Great troubleshootin. Great vid. Where's good dog these days? Lol. Thanks!

Good find

Great content, nice job!

Great job

Sounds like a valve misadjustment to me, but spark also has to be correct. Carb is also dirty. Looks like good diagnostic on rear end drive slipping. So he is doing well. he is a good mech.

Mine is doing that same thing transmission wise. Loss if power suddenly. I'm going to chuck fir debris first. Be great if that is the only thing wrong with it. I have a YT-42LS with a Koehler engine. Thanks!😊

You need to run the engine at full throttle to get the blades spinning at the right speed. Also to slow down just don't push on the handles as far that is how you adjust your speed injoy it's a really nice mower.

You want an easier test to see if it's firing off both cylinders, just start it, and spray each exaust pipe, the one that doesn't evaporate immediately that's your problem cylinder, you don't have to unplug anything, just have a spray bottle of water.

I'm just curious why you didn't check the spark plug first?..but that's just me

Watch the brakets the transaxle is bolted to. Mine cracked then broke after welding them. Used angle iron to beef them up..!

I would have checked for spark at the right side plug before replacing the coil. i found my right side piston did not move up and down, hence a broken rod.

Excellent Work!

Have a 2006 yth26hp that after 17yrs. Pistons blew had it serviced last Spring!😭 Lots of great parts still on it sure someone could repair it!

Good job there brother

If you own a rider you probably own a leaf blower, 5 minutes to blow it off after mowing🤔

Thanx no one could tell me where the solenoid was now in know Thanx to your video

What a great find

The outer foam ring is missing from the air filter.

That was awesome!

Good video but after fixing the bad coil for the plug seems to me rusty areas of coil magneto needs to be shiny and clean and messy under deck with Crappy grass etc All they needed to do was Air blast it out with compressor after ever cutting reduces all that fatigue

You did check it after all. TRANSMISSIONS ARE PRETTY TOUGH.

Awesomeness ❤

In the manual it tells you how to bleed the transmission! You disengage it using the pin, start it run forward full speed, reverse full speed, engage, and repeat! Dopes don’t read the manual!

Great video man thanks and good diag

Put a Kohler 7000 series Engine in.. take the Courage out

Great video 👍👍

Great video. I ticked ''like'' after 16 minutes.. I have just traded my JD LA 125, for a Husqvarna TS 242TXD, twin cylinder.

My john deer x300 is acting like that. And I have a bunch of hills so maybe it wore something out. But it happened all at once. At the very end of my mow on a flat part it stopped going forward or back and makes a scratchy noise and only goes about an inch forward or back. Hoping it is something minor but I doubt it. The motor runs fine and the blades still turn on and cut, just no power in the back wheels.

Hi there. I have a husqvarna lawn riding mower with 24 hp Briggs & Stratton that not start. It died on me when I was cutting my grass. It seems like no power but when I play with the electric wire, it has power showing the number of the hours on the meter then When I try to start I heard it click a little bit then died again and no power again. Could you tell me what is wrong with that?

Tires get rid of the Turf Saver Tires put ATV Tires on it will Climb up hills just fine

Hoping you’ll don’t have lots of ticks down there because here on I20 we do

Same thing happened to me last year

I agree a great video but the first time I watched a video it had my lawnmower I would love it if I could see that one again Please it's a Sears Craftsman 65OOSERIS BLACK /SILVER

Where's it located I'll come pick it up

Check the drive belt. Loose stretched?

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How difficult is it to change the rear and differential oil ? I've had my Husqvarna 11 year's, still no problem. Just as a maintenance thing. Thanks

Kill switch has a dio out

The transaxel uses 30 wait motor oil

Now that’s a really nice mower but rear ended is questionable

Do a valve job on it, it takes about 1 hour, so easy,,

Mine a Briggs vtek twin

Can we see the lift you use for mower

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the name on it

Guy that owned this watching this video is now doing the Malcolm X gif in frustration 😅

Must loose parts working in grass

What does it cost for a oil filter for a Husqvarna engine?

He finds the opposite side inop, and immediately says this side is dead. Strange, he found the other side dead and mentally he goes to the onliest side running. Very strange man. We will see what is going forth, poor diagnostic at beginning. Giving him a chance for redemption.

How do you get all this free stuff

?Free, I just bought one last fall. 3100Can$,Then I got a 42 inch snowblower to go with it for 3900Can$ installed.Not free. It's just a YTH22V46, Briggs .I am kinda depressed about a free lawn mower video now.

You need to check belt routing for that tractor

90% of the time it's the owners fault why they have issues with their tractor and it from the time they bring it home..

Do you want to sell that Husqvarna lawn mower I will buy it from you I need one very bad

That's what happens when you have a dumb neighbor that doesn't know what he's doing. His loss is your gain..unless you want to give it back to him. Maybe charge him a dinner fee or just some beer for the fix it fee. 😊 Sure it would have cost him more money if he took it to a shop anyway.

😅 run 🏃‍♂️ junk yard parts.

Wrong belt is what I’m thinking

You are assuming everyone knows what you are talking about well we all don't

What ya got there is topical. Husquvarnas are all cheap made junk !

The belt that drives the trans-axle is probably slipping!

I need a transaxle for a Husqvarna yth 22v46

Hi there. I have a husqvarna lawn riding mower with 24 hp Briggs & Stratton that not start. It died on me when I was cutting my grass. It seems like no power but when I play with the electric wire, it has power showing the number of the hours on the meter then When I try to start I heard it crank a little bit then died again and no power again. Could you tell me what is wrong with that?