Major Oil Leak Mystery - Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor - Kohler Command Engine 

I have 30 cubs brother lol..just got a free 107 with a stuck valve I will put my cubs up against any new junk...I usually just pressure test them and find leaks..

Anything yard equipment wise built in the 70’s is better than the garbage made today.

Probably true, tanks aren't actually that reliable.

@@thomas316 he said “way more reliable and built like tanks”. He didn’t say anything about tanks being reliable.

Heck yeah! I got a 1980 Yardman for free from my bosses friend and may burn 1/2 a quart ever time i use it but damn is it reliable!

Dear R. 👍👌👏 Same here. Best regards luck and health.

Every time

Yep and then your lips go numb for a couple hours.

@@hedge685 Lips what lips

I know how that is. It happened to me a few times and i couldn't see straight for a couple of hours

Yep. A face shield is definitely a good idea.

Are there not honda engine swaps? If I had to redo that engine I would think about a repower... with something at least decent.

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@@aitorbleda8267 almost the entire predator series of engine from HF are Honda clones. They are no where near the same, but also half of the price of a Honda. I swapped a spent Tecumseh on a snowblower to the Predator 125 and it’s still working great.

Ohhhhh..dont say it! And it shoulda been changed the second time because it was on the bench disassembled or just for giggles.

@@Name-vu1kn honda engines are worth it though. you can even hand it down to the next generation. thats how bullet proof their small engines are

thats what catholic priests teach the kids to say

Yeah, also great if you like gasoline and oil residue on your cutlery.

Dishwasher detergent and especially the after wash rinse agent is lye based and super harsh on aluminum

All of the RU-vid contributors I watch all of their own lifetime experience and they have equipment the equipment they use and show us show us the way forward check out some other check out other contributors and add to your own lifetime of experience and equip yourself accordingly thanks for another great upload

@@12345NoNamesLeft notice how I didn't say anything about using dishwasher detergent, I only said use the hottest wash cycle

@@the_hate_inside1085 I like the taste of gas/oil. In fact I drink gas and piss napalm 🤣

You have to get Cubs information from their maker…Murray.

@@lookingbehind6335 Cub Cadet is made by MTD…

@@lookingbehind6335 Believe Murray went out of business a few years back.

Good theory, but hopeless: you will always need one more tool you didn't bring along.

And a little grassy.

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It's like king cake with an o-ring instead of a baby.

High carb recipe!

Tastes like victory. 😎

I'm surprised you don't have one of those sonic carb cleaners. Great video.

I went looking for that guy and couldn't find him.

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Especially on our own stuff.

You can say that again. My new Husqvarna rider has a plastic rear end. You can bet I’ll be checking that if I buy another lawnmower.

My baby gravely would be fine if it would quit chucking drive belts. Once the warranty goes out, it’s gone. I hate to say it, but I may have to go electric.

@@jc5445 Waste of time and money. All electric mowers are garbage. You will spend double the amount of money on electric. Replacing the batteries every other year if they last that long. The motors might make it a year with very light use.

@@jc5445 My 14 year old John Deere came with, as I recall, Kevlar (aramid fiber) belts. Can't get a Kevlar belt from J-D any more. It will wear out the black polyester belts so I had to replace them at least every other year. Finally went back to the Kevlar belts a couple years ago and they are doing fine. The problem with mine is it has a two-pulley idler belt tensioner on the transaxle drive and a black polyester belt doesn't have the flexibility to pass thru those two pulleys without building up heat which wears out the belt too soon. The Kevlar belt is more flexible and runs thru those two pulleys without building up heat, so they last longer. Tractor Supply is a good source for Kevlar belts. Can also get them from Amazon, but have to make sure they are Kevlar reinforced instead of the polyester reinforced kind.

Every time!

@@WatchWesWork Well it ain't much different

Donno. Ask your dad... 🤣

YOU should have put mom why does this cake taste like carb cleaner ??? . that wood have bin funny LOL !!! .

He is very talented and eloquent to boot!

only thing missing is working on his son's toys

HuskyBarney comment: That's no lie!!!

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Same thing here

I actually bought my own for the shop. Prevents WWIII!

I was expecting Wes i made a cake but it tastes funny.

@@WatchWesWork I was gonna say you need to throw that pan off the planet. Then deny, deny, deny. 😆

@@63flight Now that is how it is done.

@@WatchWesWork I knew you didn't use one of her pans lol! The next video would have been of your funeral service lol

Agreed This is actually a model that is pretty well known for being very reliable No matter what engine is in it. This one probably has a bazillion hours on it and looks to be fairly well used. Stuff happens when they get older and well worn in.

Anything that old is going to need a little TLC Trouble is most people don't know how or are too lazy to do it. Which works for guys like us

Hard to believe you're trashing Cub Cadet; especially given the age of your mower. I'd say it's held up pretty well. I do enjoy your channel, your knowledge and attention to detail,

I had a John Deere garden tractor with a 17 hp single cylinder engine. The JD dealer that the same engine was in the same tractor for about 7 years. Only the sheetmetal changed. It was a Koehler. Plowed snow every winter, cut grass all summer. About onr acre. Never put a dime into the engine except for a Mobil one oil change and filter once a year. Grass about an acre, snow total 85 inches the las year . Loved that tractor. That was Connecticut 1979 to 1999. Oops ! Did replace the 4 ft. Plow blade skids once.

Rest In Peace Levi

5 thumbs up! I noticed that, but never thought!. Im a moron..i cant believe i never questioned why it was there..my brass feeler is. 010

Some people will use a business card as a feeler gauge between the flywheel and the coil; keeps the coil straight while tightening. Works for me.

I usually go with a triple thickness of regular paper. Every now and then the card or paper catches. The paper rips up pretty easy if it gets stuck.

Yep. Brigg & Stratton is recovering from bankruptcy which I'm glad to see they are being successful at. Say what you want about B&S. I've used them on small engine implements for many years and they have shown me a good reliability.

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That's the way I always did it when I when I was the small engine tech at a Deere dealership. Of course, that was the late 80's... finding a business card might be harder these days!

Unless something is warped ([cough] B&S flow jet carbs [cough]) it only takes 20 minutes to disassemble and clean a carb - 30 if you have to find the heat gun and the plastic dispensing needle tip to get compressed air into a particularly stubborn passage that wont' clear. Also, if you have to clean your carbs so often, maybe try NOT putting sugar in the gas!

​@@gorak9000 yeah, well, you be you. I personally don't have the time to break out cleaning gear, tear apart a carb, pay basically the cost of a new carb for a rebuild kit, and then slam it back together, when I can just replace it in about 5 minutes, for the same cost.

I bought a Chinese replacement carb for my Husq. string trimmer. Only a couple bucks more than the carb kit from Husq, and don't have to go thru all the hassle of cleaning and putting a kit in the old one. I just throw them away when they start acting up. Amazon is a good source for the replacement carb.

Update. I replaced the main seals and buttoned it back up. No leaks.

But both ends are drive ends on that thing. One end drives the tractor and the other drives the mower.

They sell the seals as PTO side and flywheel side.

@@farmerbill6855 I totally missed that coupling on the flywheel end the first time through. Had to go back and watch the engine extraction again. Thanks.

@@macsmachine2609 no problem, it's set up just like my JD. I go with this side and that side when I'm getting parts.

Automotive standard practice refers to the Flywheel end as "rear" and the Pulley end as "front". OEMs may use their own unique identifier labels simply because they can, and because not everyone is aware that there is a correlation system in place already.

You'd think so wouldn't you...

@@WatchWesWork if she has a single girlfriend or sister hook me up

Oh, is that right. I didn't know that. Thanks.