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11-24-08, 11:22 PM
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Carb trouble
Hi all,
I bought a Craftsman all wheel steer lawn mower this weekend.
Got it cheap, so theres always a catch. Someone has put a different carb on it. It has a primer bulb like you would find on a push mower. It has the linkage, so it came with a different carb from the factory. It has a Briggs 12.5 hp engine.
As long as I push the bulb primer, it will run. My question is, is this carb. not big enough for this mower or could the carb just need cleaned?
Thank you
I bought a Craftsman all wheel steer lawn mower this weekend.
Got it cheap, so theres always a catch. Someone has put a different carb on it. It has a primer bulb like you would find on a push mower. It has the linkage, so it came with a different carb from the factory. It has a Briggs 12.5 hp engine.
As long as I push the bulb primer, it will run. My question is, is this carb. not big enough for this mower or could the carb just need cleaned?
Thank you
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11-25-08, 11:55 PM
#3
Tractor model number is 536.255860. The engine number is 143.436092 Ser# 3074D. Those are the only numbers I found on the engine.
Thanks
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11-26-08, 12:20 AM
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That's a tecumseh engine, and it sounds to me like someone managed to put a push mower carb on a riding mower engine???! Forget about trying to make that work...sounds like you're going to need a donor engine for parts. Who knows what else is messed up if someone went and did something like that...
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