FREE CURB ALERT Craftsman LT1000 Lawntractor! Will it run?

Hey guys, how you doing? It's Henry. Emotion blows! I was just editing my last video and I get this voicemail from a neighbor. He doesn't usually call me so I'm thinking uh, it's kind of important. Anyway, I couldn't do anything because I'm in the middle of like editing so it's like uploading and I can't touch the phone. Otherwise, I'd have to redo it again. So after I finished uploading it, right, he says that he's driving down the street and he sees a tractor on the side of the road and he wanted to warn me about it and tell me Hey, it's here You want to pick it up? You should go get it It's a half hour ago because I was uploading So I just after I heard the voicemail I jumped in my car and I said I gotta go see So i'm driving along that street that he told me it's uh on and i'll show you if I get it I mean it is sunday It's a very busy road All right, just uh another half mile down that road look at here I just pulled over It's a lt1000 With a Kohler 16 horsepower Cool and it's a uh manual I'm gonna take it I'm gonna hook up my ramps and all that Hey, so you guys saw uh owner came out and uh, he says that uh, he's in his 60s And he actually rebuilt the transmission before And then this year after two years of sitting in his backyard because he has landscapers He decided that he was gonna just like try to start it up He said the engine runs and it works The only thing is when he tried to start it up again It wouldn't start because it's been sitting for two years, right? It needs a lot of other stuff Um when he did park it two years ago, he said the transmission wouldn't work He would shift it and shift it and didn't do anything. So I mean maybe the drive belt broke or maybe his transmission fix Was not really a fix Uh, but anyway, I mean it's a hauler, you know, it's got no deck or nothing. I'm, sorry It doesn't have a deck or anything I hope it has a battery in there because I don't have any more batteries I'd love to recondition a battery if it was low, but it's an lt1000 I got another one in the backyard a hauler same thing but this is all green and that one's like gray and Burgundy and whatever, but I don't know man. Uh, whatever it is. It's got a kohler command engine that he says runs. So Just picking up an engine is definitely worth it. I'm stoked I'm almost home and uh, it's unloaded All right, there we go Uh unloaded off the truck luckily split And I just put air in the tires seems to hold air pretty well Got 20s in the back No gas This is a kohler command 16 Voltage regulator Fuel solenoid I had to take this uh front hanger off because you wouldn't be able to roll it forward Also, so it seems like it's in gear it rolls but it rolls like it's in gear even though this says neutral You can hear the pulley on the transmission moving So it's like out of whack like if you put it like that It does seem like it goes to maybe first or second gear or something like that But then if you try to put it into neutral, it's still in gear. You can hear it Okay Battery or no battery Yes battery 340 cca autocraft I think autocraft is from auto zone or advanced auto parts I have no idea. It's a 99 99 or 89. It's 99 89 would wouldn't look like this. It's a 99 Manual so it doesn't have the transmission disengage lever. That's cool. Hey It's cool because it's free free for free That's right free another free tractor we can work on that'll make like 12 tractors i'll have Nobody's buying them though. My prices are too high What do you guys think? Yeah, right Nothing it was on the switch it was on Double stack pulley. I'll look at this when I go inside I want to make sure all the belts are here Drive belt as well as the motor deck belt Let me check the uh Gas see about the earl plenty of earl and clean Like smell it Smells like oil not gas At the very least we got parts really good parts for an lt1000 But the main thing is a Kohler command engine to use scores I'm, just kidding. I'm kidding This battery is really dead ski because it's charging super slow You can see it's just one little bar that's blinking so it's it's completely dead and it's charging at 2.1 volts On the 12 volt standard setting this battery charger can charge agm lithium I don't know what the other one is, but and then after it's fully charged it goes into recondition mode Which has a built-in desulfator? So this is pretty cool And just let it charge overnight and see what happens. We'll come back to this in the morning I tried charging this battery with two different smart chargers that battery is dead ski Also, I kind of maybe Figured out that since I was putting my camera under here, right? What did you guys see? I was looking at the video and the drive belt is not even on so that could may or may not be the reason why He says the transmission doesn't work, but I still feel like the transmissions um messed up because I mean even in neutral you could still hear the uh, The pulley spinning so I think there's something wrong with the transmission which in this case would Would make it really bad because I would just use the engine then, you know um I could swap the transmission out of the Burgundy one in the backyard, but that is tricky because while it is also a manual The shifter is in between the legs which has different linkages to the transmission, but we'll find that out tomorrow uh, I took a battery out of a toro um wheelhorse In the shed because I haven't used this battery in like a year. Let's see if this battery works so this battery is actually a Agm battery for a lawn tractor. How about that? Huh? Is really good, uh 250 ccis So let's test this battery. It's been sitting in that. Uh toro wheelhorse for like a year and a half With this battery in it and throughout the winter and stuff. Let's see if it's good. Wow 100 healthy 100% charged and it's been sitting there for a year. That's amazing I'm gonna see if they'll send me some more So tomorrow when I wake up we'll put that battery in there and uh See if we can get that kohler command to fire up And see if the transmission works and then figure out what we're gonna do with this Whether we take the engine out and put it somewhere else Swap the transmissions out with another one to get this going We'll make that determination tomorrow. Okay. Good morning. It's like the fourth day now I'm gonna finally put a battery in here. We're gonna use that. Um u plus Agm battery that sat for a year and a half in my shed And it didn't lose any health or any battery life 100 on both that's amazing How it could sustain full charge for a year and a half from sitting? Yeah, we'll put that battery in here and we'll see if this uh cranks up as you can see after My putting air in these tires when I first got it sitting here for three days This is trashed Dry rot really bad and cracks This is probably not saveable even atf ain't gonna fix that but I might try While I was taking the battery out I figured I could take the battery box and check out the condition of the Transmission pulley and the belt was off the pulley So I put the tractor on its side to get better access I had to undo the idler and the tensioner pulley You know just to get the belt off of it so that I would have slack To put it around the main transmission pulley the big one This linkage here was bent Also kind of jiggly But it looks like it works This could be tightened more see That could have something to do with it It has too much play It's not going to shift correctly Anyway belt is on there. I'm gonna try to tighten that nut Hopefully that fixes the transmission problem Then i'll install this battery And give it a couple cranks All right belts on the transmission I tightened up all that loose linkage over there that gives it a lot of play You can't sit on this because you'll get ganneria from this Not that I don't already have ganneria Brake is already done It's not that this is going to work, but I want to see if it cranks ready new battery Nada, so we've got a safety switch or something that's busted or solenoid one of those things Jump the solenoid just to see if it cranks, you know, so many people Don't know how to jump the solenoid That's pretty amazing. I'm going to show you real quick. It's actually not that easy When the gas tank is in the way But with lt 1000s the reason why I love these uh tractors so much is because it's so easy to work on it's just two uh 10 millimeter or three eights bolts that hold the Um gas tank on gives me an opportunity to remove the gas tank so that we could um Clean it out on the inside By dumping it upside down you can remove this what's called a um Plenum isolates the air But what I have no idea And the gas tank just pops out like that Move it to the side And this area is trash And blow this out a little All right. Now we're going to jump the solenoid. Okay. So first locate the solenoid you see it Yep Solenoid is right here. This is a four post solenoid. See the red wire going into this one This red wire is coming from the battery in the rear This red one here is connected to the starter This red wire here is the trigger wire that sends 12 volts of electricity From the ignition key, right? You turn the key 12 volts go into here. This is the ground just the same thing as if you attach this thing to steel A plunger moves up energizes plunger moves up makes contact with these two lugs Giving 12 volt power through thick wires to the starter which turns the flywheel of the engine Because this this solenoid is not even clicking when you turn it, right? Means that you have a safety switch that's messed up. So you bypass all that stuff By creating your own plunger if you will by putting this in between the two lugs There you go, so we have Power going to the starter but the starter's not moving see So the starter motor is turning but the bendix pinion gear on the starter is not moving upwards To make contact with the teeth on the flywheel to turn it So sometimes you can bang the starter or you'd have to remove this lid Have access to the bendix gear use like a slotted screwdriver and pry it up and down To get it loose and free from it sitting on the rusted shaft for a long time I'm going to jump the solenoid and bang on it That means I got to remove this and have access to the lugs over here Of course, of course, it's never easy Because the block is aluminum And you have the steel bolts going into it. This one typically always breaks these bolts because these are only like, uh, 516 volts so I go slow On this side you have to remove the voltage regulator connection No joke. I'm, not kidding. You guys can go count yourself This is probably the 50th Kohler command engine i've seen or had Look at that This box is connected to a wiring loom That is connected to the magneto That is amazing never seen that before leave it in the comments guys if you've seen this before and tell me what it's for That's that's a new one for me Anyway Now you have access to the bendix gear as you can see. It's very rusty. I'm gonna Shove a little bit of penetrating oil all over that thing Get a slotted screwdriver and kind of pry that gear upwards while it's spinning It's going to be tough with this. Uh Plastic cover hanging here. I don't want to break it. Should I disconnect that ----? I disconnected the ground strap to the voltage regulator so I can flip the cover that way And those wires check it out So you got two wires going to that magneto Actually a whole ton of wires going to the magneto God i've never seen that before it's black one. Obviously seems to be like a kill It's an ignition kill switch that's strange, huh Some of the wires have been eaten up. Looks like there has been A mouse nest in here. I don't know. I think you could bypass this You don't need that Maybe this is the cause of it not starting. You know what I mean? Not giving off spark because all this stuff is connected to it Yeah, this is definitely the ignition kill One of these wires is ignition kill it's fascinating All right. Well anyway Here the bendix gear Turns because it spins, but it doesn't pop up stuck So i'm going to take a slotted screwdriver stick it under there pry it upwards while I spin it And first put a penetrating oil on it moving There we go There we go see that That engine sounds pretty good Now we fix that starter Let's remove the air cleaner assembly so we can blow some ether in there some starting fluid since of course Gas tank is empty It's on choke Releasing it doesn't do anything Which means it's stuck Yeah, that's a lot of varnish. I mean it's like gooey and stuff Look at that some kind of chemical reaction Isn't that cool? Here for you good enthusiasts, and I know you're interested because i'm interested That's what that module looks like No idea what it is, but it has something to do with the ignition and a magneto kill Look at the condition of that magneto That's trash We probably don't not going to get spark out of this i'd really doubt this would spin and turn over All right, make sure the ignition is turned on we have Stuff in there. It is on choke This bendix gear does move. So let's see if it turns over Hey It works That's great So look what I did. I wanted to test a solenoid. So i've got this regular wire on two alligator clips And I put one end on the positive And then i'm gonna tap The trigger wire right there. I took that red wire off. It used to be a red wire there black wire there I took the red one off. That's the trigger wire i'm gonna put 12 volts manually to that thing And what I did was I touched it and it was just clicking clicking clicking Which means that the plunger is not moving from the solenoid upwards to connect the two lugs there So I took a hammer and I banged it while I was energizing it and it worked. Let me show you So here's a positive feed of voltage to the thing See how it clicks like that i'm not moving The plunger is not moving exactly Perfect so you move it a little bit it goes up and down So now that works disconnect this wire again And try the key Put this thing back on here again Try the key No still doesn't work which means the safety switch is messing it up Those damn safety switches, huh? Oh, wait a minute. Here we go I gotta show you what happened now. I know what that box is for that box is a a switch manual switch that the guy previous installed so you have the Ignition on right and watch this It's a uh push button start That's kind of cool I like that well now we know what that ---- is for and as you saw it's not the safety switches It's that lever That toggle switch that controls everything there. So it's good Um, kind of cool. I like it So we don't have to replace the solenoid because we tested it We don't have to replace any safety switches or bypass anything because it works from the seat That's all we need is for it to be able to start see It won't start regularly It won't start oh it does start without with this without a key let's take the key out How about that this thing starts without a key so with the Gas tank off. I cleared out some debris in there and it's just a little bit of varnish I blew Through this mouth over here and I didn't feel like any air was going to the carburetor So it's solenoid might be stuck closed or something like that but Gas tank is relatively clean with some varnish on it. Put a little bit of gas in there. See if it trickles Into here and see if it starts and runs on its own If it doesn't we probably need a carburetor clean. So here we go. I'm not even going to sit on it Yeah, so it's not getting any gas to the carburetor so unfortunately we have to do a carburetor clean So in case you guys didn't know, uh, these polar command carburetors are infamous for leaking Let's take the hood off because it's in my way for the carburetor clean Craftsman's you just lift up Disconnect the headlight module wire just let this hang like that This setup actually is kind of cool. I like it two ton millimeter nuts Take off this Air filter base It's attached on to the breather to the valve cover Which is all broken anyway It's trashed It's not really that important either but It's all busted there's a condition of that carburetor flap still opens and closes Remove the hose clamp and the fuel line to the carburetor Greenage actually it's flowing though Now it's cleaner and it's flowing really well Fuel line is really hard. That's what she said So this carburetor is really dirty i'm gonna take it off It's the fuel solenoid ground gross Some sticky tars on there Look at that gasket Just look at it. So no fuel was getting in here at all. You can tell it's it's dry even this crap You know what, I think I might have another hypo carburetor Look what we got here for my friends over at hypostore.com Remember if you order parts from hypo, they have all kinds of parts for your lawn mowers Remember to use discount code henry For 10 off i'll leave a link in the description so this whole kit Comes with the solenoid fuel solenoid wire the gaskets Here it is an exact replacement that carburetor There's the front there's the side the back Which one's the hyper one? And the top So instead of spending a lot of time cleaning this And in this case the condition of this carburetor sucks You'll spend all day trying to clean this then What are you gonna get a seven out of ten chance that it will start? No, this thing's like ten dollars 13 Something like that with shipping Is an hour of your life not worth 13? You'll never get that hour back People ask me. Hey henry. How come you don't really clean carpers anymore? Of course I clean carbs. I clean carbs all the time but If I have a brand new hyper carburetor in stock Why should I? I'll just put the new one on You don't think this deserves a new one A running engine, of course, it's worth it. We'll just put this back on I'm, not gonna use the solenoid because I don't think it works I don't think power is coming to this And i'm not gonna try to splice this and do the electronics to get this to go. I find that fuel solenoids suck So what do I usually do you guys watch my videos over the past seven years? I cut the valve so that there's no issues with it popping up Going down popping up going down and blocking the fuel going up the emulsion. I just hate them. They cause more problems than not I'm going to show you in real time how I do it just in case you don't know how It's usually a half inch wrench Take the solenoid off See that valve when you energize it it goes in when you de-energize it goes out When you turn off your tractor this goes up Blocks the emulsion tube prevents any more fuel from going it up and prevents backfires Which this is the primary reason for a fuel solenoid is to prevent it from going boom I like it when it goes boom. I'm just gonna cut it right there. So we have no problems I don't know It's kind of a thick shaft It's zipped still a little bit sticking out i'm gonna use a grinder and clean that up Here we go put this back on the carburetor again There's the inside brand new ski Remember to match this up see like a puzzle Let's install this now now instead of worrying about cleaning it We just put this back on I gotta clean this ---- out So fuel is flowing as you guys saw And it's not leaking which means that the new carburetor Needle is seating Bowl is filling up with fuel pushing the float upwards to seat the Needle into the hole so that no fuel is spilling out the mouth If you have fuel spilling out the mouth means your needle is not seating It's going a little bit and then getting caught somewhere and fuel is continuously Leaking and coming out your mouth It does make its way into the crank case and then dissolves the oil in your crank case And then it'll smoke like crazy and then your engine will probably blow up because the oil is too thin For it to protect the engine. I know a whole lesson in this one video If you guys learned something in this video I'm sure you have learned something Hit that subscribe button it really helps the youtube algorithm that allows me to continue making small engine content like this one Should start without spray. All right, here we go. We have troubleshooted it. I think we've got it going on, right? Fix the starter figured out that that module was this Push button thing we got gas flowing. We have a new hyper carburetor on there saved us a ton of time Will it run The rpms could be higher Ain't that great guys this engine sounds wonderful that hyper carb Smooth everything just seems perfect. Not even many adjustments at all So i'm gonna put this all back and we've got a running engine and we'll see if this thing moves forward and backwards All right, I put everything back now, let's see if it moves forward and backwards Is this transmission good What do you guys think transmission is good or bad at the silicone this stand this plastic thing So it runs uh When you have the shifter all the way to if it the shifters on neutral, it's reverse Uh neutral is like first gear First gear is second gear and so on Uh, that tire is trashed What do you guys think I think I have enough air in it now to go around the block give it a test drive Let's go Yeah, so maybe you still need to do power to get ignition So after testing we know that you actually do still need the key So i'm going to keep the key on a key chain instead of loose like that Look what I got hypo sent me a bunch of key chains. Look at that It's also a can opener It's kind of cool, huh? So, how about it guys we picked this off the street for free for That's right free brought it home Put a brand new hyper carburetor on there that engine sounds brand new now Fantastic. Thanks to hyper for the parts, of course, and remember if you order any hyper parts, I'll leave a link in the description Use the code Henry for a 10 discount on your entire order We put the belt back onto the transmission again kind of fix the linkages a little Just now when we tried to go for a ride around the block the belt came off of the transmission pulley The linkages need some adjustment, but we do know that it does work forward and backwards just needs some kind of adjustment I'm, not sure what i'm going to do with this tractor yet. I might just steal the engine for Putting it on the six wheeler desert sand project that I had because that engine has a leaky cola purge that Leaks oil and it burns oil and it smokes and everything. Maybe i'll just put this engine sounds great Runs great. Maybe i'll just put that engine on to the six wheeler That's what I might do And this thing i'll sell for parts or something like that the time it took for me to put the key on the type of key chain These tires already done as you can see this huge slit over here Three out of the four tires don't hold air. They come right out. So I don't know what i'm going to do about the ganneria seat Maybe i'll tape it up so you don't get ganneria or only get syphilis from it not full-blown ganneria It's not like you don't already have syphilis and ganneria, right? Come on I mean it is a hauler right? We have no deck for it Anyway, but the tractor itself is in pretty good shape that uplus battery is unbelievable sat in my shed for a year and a half 100 healthy 100 charged From sitting for a year and a half I'm gonna have to contact uplus for some more batteries If you guys are interested in the uplus battery, I'll also leave a link in the description. Go check it out Hope you guys enjoyed the video remember to like share and subscribe so I can continue to bring you small engine lawn tractor content Like this one. Have a great day. Don't get sunburned. We'll see you guys next time. I'm over some blowers And there she sits slip the belt back on that tire just went flat immediately it drove back here It runs it drives Now let's figure out what to do with it. See you guys later That's right Here at mowers and blowers We push them into the garage And they come out driving Hey I'm andy from jericho See you guys next time on mowers and blowers