i have a 1988 sears wheelhorse Still runs great .elect start 3 speed man trans .It was my dads . i use it twice a week to cut my grass. After im done it gets a bath then covered up till next time i need it. i do all my own work on it. right now it needs a new seat and paint. i gets an oil change and greese twice a summer. new blades every summer .this fla sand eats up blades. my wheelhorse lets me stay a little closer to dad who has been gone for 12 yrs
If it sounds like a helicopter that's how I no its running perfect. I do a motor test. I'll walk into another room and see if I got my motor to idle (sound) exactly like a helicopter😉.
Yeah the choke needs work. Because I remember 3 years ago. When you were putting away for the winter. Two problems first the starter then the choke was stuck on.
+EmeraldDark DLM - Use 91 or 93 or Boat Gas *without* Ethanol and it will help you a lot in the Winter. Note: On the 2 Strokes Engines, the wrong Oil mixtures can caused starting problems in the Winter as well. Yellow HEET will also help too if you ever run into the problems.
I have one of these square bodied craftsman so does the neighbor across the street and to the right of us, my neighbor to the right his looks identical same color, but mine is a darker grey.. all 3 of them have a cough and a miss while running. I haven't used mine in 2 years because my yard doesn't need it, but it was annoying as all get out
no they threw a bunch of different ones in it, mine has like a 24hp kohler, neighbor across the street has an 18 kohler, and light grey one has the tecumshit like this one
@@metvelle I just got mine but I'm glad I got one with the onan. This thing was left in the weeds with a rusted up deck but after a little wiring it fired right up.
Onan engines have been bought up by Cummings, and the Onan engine line hsve been scrapped. They also are extrenrly expensive to rebuild, get parts for. Good engines when they run, however, difficult in other many ways.
I knew a man who had that same type of lawn mower and he kept it in mint condition up until he passed away of old age. But it ran perfectly without any problems, too bad his son sold it to a scrap yard... R.I.P. Gordon and Craftsman Lawnmower
I had a 1994 that got parked in 01 and I managed to get it going again in 07 with just some carburetor cleaner and a fresh battery the belt was even still good but it needed 2 tires
You should take the pull start off and turn it so you don't have to go through the headlight hole and you will be closer to the choke so it won't stall just some advice.
I found in the woods at my house abandoned lawn mower deck no engine wheels are sunk into the ground deck is shot so i hope I can spare the wheels and axle from it
My aunt has a older Sears with a twin cylinder 21hp motor. It runs great but when you let the clutch out it moves but makes a horrid high pitch nose. It’s not the belt so we’re trying to see what if we can fix it
@@halfchocolatecow3501 - LOL... You think fixing that is hard? Shit... I can open your Heart or Brain right now and fix it! Dude, the " Mentalities " that you have... YOU WILL GET NO WHERE !!!
@@JodBronson I never said that, I'm just saying that there are things to go wrong with a pull start also. I just replaced the cord on my snowblower after it snapped, not a hard job, but it is something to go wrong. Replacing a battery or starter is just as easy, just more expensive. Still, it's a small price to pay for the ease and convenience that electric start brings.
Dude - every machine and tool will have "something go wrong" - that's the nature of a machine. You repair it and maintain it. Jordan is 100% right. Too many idiots are lazy and stupid anymore and cannot repair anything, and the very concept of having to fix something they cannot comprehend and just expect something to work forever without any effort from them to maintain it. Get over it.
+Dan Basta - Cool! Surprisingly there are a tons of People doesn't' know that " Pull Start " Lawn Mower exist! It's like they've been living in a Cave.... LOL
easy way to fix the tire jack it up get some slime take the value stem out put a hole bottle in it spine it for 30mins you can try to fill with air if it doesn't hold get some cheap fix a flat to try an fill any holes spine the tire as your filling if need be just repeat a few time and it should be good.
Lawn tractor tires are tubeless, if they have dry rot and are cracked over the entire tire, then it's impossible to fix, so just save the trouble and money and pitch it in the bin and mount a new tire.
MrWolfSnack true you have your point, but I could do it and it worked and if you can't get the tire off to put on a new one this could possibly work then if it won't seal then there problem's.
Well I guess I'll check back in a few years to see if you get anymore energy to actually do something but for now I'll park you back in the woods too ...
I just installed a craftsman 18 how ic engine on an areins riding lawnmower. The original Briggs engine the cam was no good. I took the craftsman engine off a rider 4 years ago. It started up and I mowed the grass the same day I installed it. The areins never ran that good
+Harold Segnitz - It's NOT the brand, it's the Engine and most is owned by Briggs and Stratton. Just depend on the Carburetor type. 99% Of the time is the Carburetor.... Look at our MTD after sitting outside for 6 years! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TAFFqTeheWg.html
Don't most of them have an electric start and a pull start on top of the engine for a backup and if it's save me a couple hundred dollars between turning the key and Pull the Rope I'm far from lazy I can pull a rope
@@newwavepressure6478 Almost 100% of all riding mowers have electric start as standard equipment,some of the very small subcompact riding mowers like the snappers and some of the John Deeres that have the engine underneath the seat had both,electric and rope start,but to see a front engine tractor of that caliber with rope start only is kind of a freaking nature thing.I didn't know Sears many anything like that,there's no way I would ever buy one.And it has a Tecumseh in it too.(nothing but problems)
@@AGD1945 I've never heard of ANYBODY wanting a rope start riding mower.I've never had any issues with electric start either,I finally had to replace the battery in one of my John Deere's after 10 years of perfect service. I guess Sears was"testing the waters"on a rope start riding mower.But as expected,they didn't sell to well.
what a waste, as long as it runs it needs to be repaired and taken care of, not pushed back into the woods. I have a old craftsman and I love it to death
