Hey guys,
I joined this site to get my mower fixed but never formally introduced myself. My name is Matt & recently I bought my first house. Back in December of last year I picked up a couple Craftsman self propelled mowers for $40 for the pair. One has an Eager-1 6.75hp Tecumseh Vector engine with rear bagger that wouldn't stay running & needed new front drive wheels.
The other has an Eager-1 6.5hp Tecumseh engine with side discharge that started up first pull when they showed it to me but needed tuned up & self propelled handle. Originally I planned on keeping the 6.75 HP & cleaning up the 6.5 HP mower but couldn't get it to run. I pulled the air filter on the 6.5 & it was original, as was the spark plug & filthy oil but that thing fired up first pull. I also replaced the rigged on side discharge chute with the original style so it can mulch. Since I could never get the 6.75 HP mower running I was using the 6.5 HP mower until it started leaking oil like crazy everywhere. It's now sitting in my garage on a piece of cardboard to keep the oil off my garage floor. Since I couldn't seem to fix it nor want to I picked up another mower.
This one is an older Craftsman 20" mulcher with a 4hp Eager-1 Tecumseh that ran pretty good & cut like a dream & only cost me $30. I only had two $20 bills so he threw in a Black & Decker edger. It's gray but has quite a bit of rust to the deck. While cutting it died after I got the front cut. Repaired the carb which decided to leak gas & flood out. Got a cheap fuel shut off & fixed that problem. It's seen better days but I like it so I'm gonna keep it & fix it properly
I also picked up another Craftsman. This one is a 21" mulcher with a 6.75 Eager-1 Tecumseh, rear bagger with the gold deck. It looks in pretty good shape & was only $35. The person I bought it off of said it has a broken flywheel key. Haven't looked at it much but it definitely is not working. I hope to dive in to it & get it running. Originally I was gonna get it running & put this engine on the rear drive self propelled frame but now not too sure.
Since I like to tinker I'm now on my way after work up look at 3 more mowers. One is a Craftsman self propelled 6.5 HP engine that the owner doesn't know what's wrong, another is a Bolens with a briggs & stratton engine that might have a bad engine but good deck, and another mower that has a cracked deck & a briggs & stratton engine. All three are at the same seller's so I'm gonna see if he will bundle them for cheap.
I like to tinker & if I can do that & make a little cash then that's good to me! Boy, am I glad to have found this site.
I joined this site to get my mower fixed but never formally introduced myself. My name is Matt & recently I bought my first house. Back in December of last year I picked up a couple Craftsman self propelled mowers for $40 for the pair. One has an Eager-1 6.75hp Tecumseh Vector engine with rear bagger that wouldn't stay running & needed new front drive wheels.
The other has an Eager-1 6.5hp Tecumseh engine with side discharge that started up first pull when they showed it to me but needed tuned up & self propelled handle. Originally I planned on keeping the 6.75 HP & cleaning up the 6.5 HP mower but couldn't get it to run. I pulled the air filter on the 6.5 & it was original, as was the spark plug & filthy oil but that thing fired up first pull. I also replaced the rigged on side discharge chute with the original style so it can mulch. Since I could never get the 6.75 HP mower running I was using the 6.5 HP mower until it started leaking oil like crazy everywhere. It's now sitting in my garage on a piece of cardboard to keep the oil off my garage floor. Since I couldn't seem to fix it nor want to I picked up another mower.
This one is an older Craftsman 20" mulcher with a 4hp Eager-1 Tecumseh that ran pretty good & cut like a dream & only cost me $30. I only had two $20 bills so he threw in a Black & Decker edger. It's gray but has quite a bit of rust to the deck. While cutting it died after I got the front cut. Repaired the carb which decided to leak gas & flood out. Got a cheap fuel shut off & fixed that problem. It's seen better days but I like it so I'm gonna keep it & fix it properly
I also picked up another Craftsman. This one is a 21" mulcher with a 6.75 Eager-1 Tecumseh, rear bagger with the gold deck. It looks in pretty good shape & was only $35. The person I bought it off of said it has a broken flywheel key. Haven't looked at it much but it definitely is not working. I hope to dive in to it & get it running. Originally I was gonna get it running & put this engine on the rear drive self propelled frame but now not too sure.
Since I like to tinker I'm now on my way after work up look at 3 more mowers. One is a Craftsman self propelled 6.5 HP engine that the owner doesn't know what's wrong, another is a Bolens with a briggs & stratton engine that might have a bad engine but good deck, and another mower that has a cracked deck & a briggs & stratton engine. All three are at the same seller's so I'm gonna see if he will bundle them for cheap.
I like to tinker & if I can do that & make a little cash then that's good to me! Boy, am I glad to have found this site.
Yeah, people around me just wanna get the new stuff if they don't run. Fine by me since they should be easy fixes for the two I picked up yesterday. Time to dig out the Turtle wax tools lol :laughing: