Repairing A Very Smoky Craftsman Tractor 

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It is impressive that you recovered it without any severe damage

Me too thanks

@@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182 excellent repair compliments

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Yeah good idea

It has no rod bearings but a new rod would take care of it instead of giving the customer a grenade back,

Eh as long as it has oil and its changed and never ran low, As long as its ran like a normal mower it should last just fine, This particular Briggs&stratton engine have their flaws such as common broken compression release and Headgasket failures but its still a very good engine. Im not worried about it

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I have the same mower. How did your repair go?

I just ordered my head gasket. How'd your repairs go guys??

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Nope, you have another carb blockage, no doubt about it. Get that carb professionally cleaned or replaced

With a blown head gasket it should either burn or leak oil. Running only on choke sounds like a fuel supply problem, bad fuel or possibly an air leak.

If other issues arise I might

He said in an earlier comment that he order's them from Amazon or Ebay.

That would mean that the rings are bad, so either replace the motor or rebuild.

Or the fuel pump is bad and it’s sucking oil in from the crank and putting it in the carb and burning oil and then it can also put gas in the oil. It can happen. Pop fuel line off to carb and see if any oil is in with the gas and boom. Bad fuel pump.

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#1 burning large amounts of oil... #2 its very common on these engines #3 oil blowing out of dipstick

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It sounds like you have a few problems. The carb was causing gas in the oil but you fixed that. Next, did you change the oil and filter? The old oil was probably diluted with gas so it needed to be changed. Next, these engines run best on straight 30 weight oil. If you use multigrade oil like 5W-30 they tend to burn it because the weather is warn in the summer. If that doesn't fix it then you have a bad head gasket

Mine is doing the same thing I am going to change the head gasket I will let you know.

Not crazy at all. It happens because on a steep slope with the left side down all the oil in the crankcase goes to the left side and starts coming out through the crankcase breather. Then it goes into the carburetor and from there it gets ingested into the engine and burned, which produces the smoke. It will stop eventually when the oil clears out but over time it might foul the spark plug if it happens too often. Also if you are mowing on a slope steep enough to do that be careful the machine doesn't roll over on top of you.

@@rickcoca2371 It might not be the head gasket. Read my reply to godswatcher.

@@joevignolor4u949 It was the head gasket all good now...

@@joevignolor4u949 Hey Joe, could this be a ring problem?

That's usually due to the carburetor overflowing into the crankcase. Most of the time because the needle in the bowl isn't shutting off fuel when it should.

@@danielmoore6711 I actually figured it out a day later and thankfully it wasn't anything serious. Just put too much oil in, the motor overheated and backfired. Drained the oil, put new oil in, wiped off all the oil from the exhaust and engine and ran the engine for a few minutes and the smoke cleared up. Did the yard twice now no issues

He gets em from amazon/ebay

It depends on the engine, Some might still shoot oil up some some might not

@Phillip Jackson Hey! I just changed head gasket again, and it was fine for the whole summer.

@Phillip Jackson Yes, it did.

What is the p/n for the head gasket?

If there is no gas in the oil and you are using straight 30 weight oil and its still smoking its most likely the head gasket. If the gasket gets replaced and its still burning oil it probably has worn rings or worn valve guides.

You must not be from america, it is a Sears brand

@@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182 yeah...you got that right

@@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182 I searched online for a new one and all they had were push mowers. Sears just isn't the same these days

This was $110 for my customer. Normally a shop would charge between 100 and 300 depending on their competence

@@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182 Thanks

No it was for the music

500 here in Australia

It is burning oil it might have bad rings

@@oogboog7049 I thought of that, however if it has bad rings I would think it would blow oil until all the oil is gone and not stop. Perhaps the dipstick is not the proper length...

@@fx6042 maybe

Would have been smart. Who needs safety, right?

Around 200 bucks

Amazon or ebay

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@@fightdhr8866 Not last! LOL

What? Who said that??!!