Stimw
Elite Member
I have an old Craftsman Garden Tractor with a Briggs & Strappon 18 hp that I use to move trailers around my yard.
I found it on trash day about 10 years ago and repaired the stripped steering gear and junked the 44" deck that was badly rusted.
I had the 99 cent plastic drive gear on the starter go out yesterday.
To replace it you have to-
remove the engine from the tractor
Remove the mounting plate from the engine
Remove the front and left bank shroud
Should have removed the flywheel but I managed to get in with a wrench to remove bolts
Then reassemble.
This was a disgusting example of poor engineering! They must have designed this tractor/engine combination on an Etch-a-sketch !!!
It's a shame that engineers that design garbage don't have to repair it for the rest of their lives!
I found it on trash day about 10 years ago and repaired the stripped steering gear and junked the 44" deck that was badly rusted.
I had the 99 cent plastic drive gear on the starter go out yesterday.
To replace it you have to-
remove the engine from the tractor
Remove the mounting plate from the engine
Remove the front and left bank shroud
Should have removed the flywheel but I managed to get in with a wrench to remove bolts
Then reassemble.
This was a disgusting example of poor engineering! They must have designed this tractor/engine combination on an Etch-a-sketch !!!
It's a shame that engineers that design garbage don't have to repair it for the rest of their lives!