Thanks for your video. My Craftsman LT2500 won’t start. I changed the spark plug, air cleaner, fuel filter, oil and oil filter, drained the fuel tank and put fresh fuel in it. Cleaned the carb and Still wouldn’t start. Checked the solenoid with a 9 volt battery. Worked fine. Put solenoid back on connector and it didn’t work.. All said and done.. it was a loose connection on solenoid wire… runs good now but what a pain in the butt.👍😁
Thanks for watching and commenting. Electrical gremlins are the worst. I love turning a wrench, but when I'm chasing electrical problems it's not so enjoyable. But glad you got er going. Thanks again for watching.
That’s a dirty engine! I refuse to open anything up before giving it at least air chuck blow off to get rid of the loose debris. Good video but I kept wanting to prep it for you!
That was blown off, just with a handheld yard blower. Mostly to get rid of the black widows. The carb was spotless. It needed a new fuel pump since the fuel tank and battery locations were switched. I recommended a 12v pump but she elected to buy a new mower. It currently just sits but I've got first dibs if she decides to get rid of it. The only time I do thorough cleaning is if I'm trying locate a leak or I'm doing a full on tear down and rebuild. Other than that, things just get hit with a yard blower. I've used this practice from small engine yard equipment to big engine tractors on a farming operation and never had any issues. I get it's standard practice when working in a shop. But most of the time the work I do/have done is outside in fields. Once you've done enough of them, you find out the steps that aren't exactly necessary. Plug any open ports with rags or expansion plugs and I've never had problems. Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate the support.
Thank you for your video I just took the carburetor off of the same mower. I have zero Small engine experience but in about an hour I managed to do it. Speaking of no experience, I forgot to drain the fuel tank before removing the fuel line. Whoops! Mine is just as if not dirtier.
Good job especially zeroing in on the linkage part. I have the identical tractor and it stalls. After idling for two minutes. I replaced all the fuel lines, fuel filter, spark, plug, battery, gas cap I put in a brand new carburetor and it’s still doing it. Any suggestions please also, I do not have a fuel pump on mines because the gas tank is in front of the steering wheel, so no fuel pump to deal with.
@@rogerthat.9105 I would check the float in the carb bowl then and make sure it's moving freely and the port where the needle is isn't clogged. Sounds like it's filling up but not as fast as it's consuming fuel when running.
@@JustinJoyinglife yeah I’ll give that a try. Thank you so much it’s a brand new carburetor. I put it in myself but you never know it’s doing the same exact thing as the old carburetor did.
@rogerthat.9105 I've gotten new carbs before that were faulty so that's a possibility as well. That's where I'd start, while it's off, check the flow through the fuel line by draining into a clean container. It could be gunked up in the tank or hose limiting flow. If both of those check out, my next step would be to check compression once the engines hot because it could be losing compression due to the head/block expanding from heat. But I have honestly not seen that in any of the engines I've worked on.
Thanks for your video. My Craftsman LT2500 won’t start. I changed the spark plug, air cleaner, fuel filter, oil and oil filter, drained the fuel tank and put fresh fuel in it. Cleaned the carb and Still wouldn’t start. Checked the solenoid with a 9 volt battery. Worked fine. Put solenoid back on connector and it didn’t work.. All said and done.. it was a loose connection on solenoid wire… runs good now but what a pain in the butt.👍😁
Thanks for watching and commenting. Electrical gremlins are the worst. I love turning a wrench, but when I'm chasing electrical problems it's not so enjoyable. But glad you got er going. Thanks again for watching.
Man, I really appreciate the time you took to make this video. Thank You👍👍
Glad it could be useful. Thanks for watching and commenting.
That’s a dirty engine! I refuse to open anything up before giving it at least air chuck blow off to get rid of the loose debris. Good video but I kept wanting to prep it for you!
That was blown off, just with a handheld yard blower. Mostly to get rid of the black widows. The carb was spotless. It needed a new fuel pump since the fuel tank and battery locations were switched. I recommended a 12v pump but she elected to buy a new mower. It currently just sits but I've got first dibs if she decides to get rid of it.
The only time I do thorough cleaning is if I'm trying locate a leak or I'm doing a full on tear down and rebuild. Other than that, things just get hit with a yard blower. I've used this practice from small engine yard equipment to big engine tractors on a farming operation and never had any issues. I get it's standard practice when working in a shop. But most of the time the work I do/have done is outside in fields. Once you've done enough of them, you find out the steps that aren't exactly necessary. Plug any open ports with rags or expansion plugs and I've never had problems.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate the support.
Thank you for your video I just took the carburetor off of the same mower. I have zero Small engine experience but in about an hour I managed to do it. Speaking of no experience, I forgot to drain the fuel tank before removing the fuel line. Whoops! Mine is just as if not dirtier.
No problem. I'm happy it helped you. DIY all the way. Good job getting it done. Thanks for the view and comment. I appreciate it very much.
Good job especially zeroing in on the linkage part. I have the identical tractor and it stalls. After idling for two minutes. I replaced all the fuel lines, fuel filter, spark, plug, battery, gas cap I put in a brand new carburetor and it’s still doing it. Any suggestions please also, I do not have a fuel pump on mines because the gas tank is in front of the steering wheel, so no fuel pump to deal with.
Will it start right back up or does it have to sit for a few before it fires again?
@@JustinJoyinglife it Hass to sit for a few hours, minimum three hours before I can ever think about starting it again
@@rogerthat.9105 I would check the float in the carb bowl then and make sure it's moving freely and the port where the needle is isn't clogged. Sounds like it's filling up but not as fast as it's consuming fuel when running.
@@JustinJoyinglife yeah I’ll give that a try. Thank you so much it’s a brand new carburetor. I put it in myself but you never know it’s doing the same exact thing as the old carburetor did.
@rogerthat.9105 I've gotten new carbs before that were faulty so that's a possibility as well. That's where I'd start, while it's off, check the flow through the fuel line by draining into a clean container. It could be gunked up in the tank or hose limiting flow. If both of those check out, my next step would be to check compression once the engines hot because it could be losing compression due to the head/block expanding from heat. But I have honestly not seen that in any of the engines I've worked on.