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Unfortunately I believe he already scrapped it. He has big ideas but doesn’t quite think anything through first.

He’s turning it into a race mower so PTO and all of that will not matter.

The tractor wiring we aren’t too worried about, he has ripped all pre existing wiring out so it’s got nothing currently. As far as the engine, it’s a flathead so it does not have valve covers. Typically the model and type numbers are stamped on a tag on the upper shroud, but I searched all over...

Just went out to look for the model number, there is no tag or stamp anywhere on the engine or shrouds that I can see so I don’t know where to go from there

I will definitely try to go snag the model number, and we can go from there.

I’m making this post for a buddy of mine, he got his hands on a free John Deere 160 lawn tractor with no motor, and we had an old Agway lawn tractor laying around as well with an 18HP B&S opposed twin. We decided to remove the twin from the Agway and try to cram it into the 160, but all the...

I am aware of that, however I am on a budget here. I’m also not going to be using this mower to cut grass, the deck will be getting removed and I’ll most likely just be fooling around with the tractor. I’ll replace the heads in the future if needed, and will make sure to keep the block clean.

So bit of an update. Tore down the motor, it appears that the exhaust valve guides had began pulling out, and on one cylinder it had lifted enough that it didn't allow the exhaust valve to open all the way, consequently bending the pushrod. It had fallen out and ventured down into a passage...

Yes, that was the plan. I was going to rebuild the whole top end, and if it is really bad possibly rebuild the whole motor.

I’m not sure, the guy who I bought it from said it was in a storage unit he purchased. While spinning it over with the battery, one cylinder makes a loud popping sound through the intake and it feels like it’s pushing air back out through it. I don’t know if the oil was drained for while it was...

It had no oil in it and I believe it has a sticky valve, so heads will need to come off regardless. And once that happens, I’ll have to do head gaskets anyway.

Haha my teacher at school has a 20HP opposed twin, he told me I could have the motor in the spring if I swap another motor onto his. I just like the sound of the V-Twins.

Sounds like I’m doing that then, I already wanted to swap the rear fender since it’s nicer so this just gives me more reason to lol.

Currently away at school but I’ll have to check. And is the limiter actually part of the transmission or is it like a CDI box on the engine? Because if it’s just the tranny I can just swap it.

I figured as much, unfortunately my V-Twin is a factory Hydro-Static. I was planning on swapping the 6 speed out of my other mower into it, but how would I go about bypassing the rev limiter?

Hell yeah man! I honestly never expect anyone to recognize me let alone on a lawn mower forum haha, but that’s awesome that you’ve got some trucks of your own! A buddy of mine convinced me to buy a cheap LT1000 off of marketplace, and I don’t know how but somehow I’ve become addicted to them and...

Lol yeah that’s me

Oh alright, I’m used to rebuilding truck engines and torquing everything down in stages and in a pattern. Guess I will tighten them down what I think is enough and hope for the best.

I just picked up a Craftsman LT1000 with a 21HP Briggs V-Twin, model number 407577-0283-E1. I believe it needs new head gaskets, I have ordered the gasket kits but I was just wondering if I need to order new head bolts too? In the past I have ran into issues reusing head bolts and them snapping...