Complete restoration of a cheap barn find scag zeroturn mower
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Everything looks perfect other than the smoke. No matter what you got a fantastic deal for $400!
Thank you!
a quick tip of advice, when pressure washing don't let go of the handle rapidly, you smash up the unloader on your pump doing that
The first grass deflector to ever be reinstalled on a commercial mower.
Throw a new 37 vanguard on there. Love the build!!
That would be so nice but those are expensive, trying to stay on a budget here 😅
you needed a new engine from the start but I don't blame you for putting on a band-aid. cheap find you have everything you need just get engine and you are good 2 go
True but I had to give it a try 😄
great job brother! you will get it sorted! waiting for the next video! the SCAGa continues!
What a cliffhanger!! Im ready for part 4 bro! I am rebuilding my John Deere 717a now too!
Will make sure to make a part 4 🫡 and good luck on your mower!
You done a great job on that mower! It looks great! Don’t know what happened but im sure you will fix it!
Great Video!
Thank you! 🙂
When you get it running again, I wonder if the seat would clean up with some mold & mildew spray and a magic eraser? Great video series.
Nice paint job mate 👌
In Australia Scag is a slang term for junkies.
Thanks didn’t know 😄
Based on the condition and how dirty it was it doesn't look like it was well taken care of previously. I'm willing to bet the rings and cylinders were worn and that's why it smoked from the start. Also that valve left a pretty good dent in the one piston, it may have moved material and deformed the piston making it not perfectly round anymore and it doesn't take much for it to push on the cylinder wall. That would have made it score the cylinder fast and eventually caused a ring failure resulting in the smoke.
Thank you for the input, yeah I’m just looking for a whole replacement motor at this point.
Heartbreaking, after all that hard work and effort. Hopefully it turns out to be a seal or something minor. You never know until you get into it. You'll still have a nice mower when you're done!
Thank you! Yeah haven’t even looked into it yet but hoping for something easy.
Good job
Nice job my friend
Thank you!
Yes this is what I wanted to see, a man taking the time to clean up the equipment. Can you do something about the wheel. Dressing them to help the rubber.
I have an old Cub Cadet Tank that started smoking like that. Runs great, but because of its age, the hydraulic hoses get dry rotted and will split. One busted and was spraying hydraulic oil on my muffler. I replaced all four of the hoses, never another problem.
That mower turned out great! Depending on how catastrophic the engine is try to find a known good used engine for it. Try to stay away from another kohler though they are ok if theyve been taken care of but always had the most issue when they came into the shop
Awwww Mann u put in all that work for the engine to blow dammm at least when u get new engine you’ll have a new mower
Thank you! Yes for sure
Sounds like it’s running off one cylinder. Need to check spark. Check valve adjustment. Even make sure the reed valves are good.
Good catch! I filmed the beginning of this video back when it was running on 1 cylinder but I have fixed the issue in part 2.
The work you did on the engine looked to have been done correctly. Wonder what caused the failure. I hope the other head didn't drop a valve seat as well. Actually I hope it did. Because that's a less invasive repair than almost anything else. It starting to smoke only while under load, though, makes me think piston ring :(
Oh no! Hope you can fix it!
24:50 engine 💣💥
Thank you! It didn’t seize but it’s definitely blown now 😔
Did the rings out on the pistons?
Good job,keep up the good work man
Thank you! Will do 🫡
I just restored a older Kubota Diesel Zero turn and I swear I blew my budget with all the new parts I put on it and painting areas to get it good as new.
Yep that’s exactly how it is sometimes!
You ever do a compression test after you reinstalled the new heads?
3 out of 4 of my brand new scags purchased 2 years ago smoked like that on start up (all Kawasaki's). the dealer didn't answer my calls, emails or text messages. The 4th scag from a different dealer was a tiger cat with a Vanguard 28 EFI. the new mower went from my trailer into my conditioned garage and the next morning I had 5 puddles of oil on my epoxy floor. It leaked from the Vanguard due to missing gasket material and the Parker wheel motors were not torqued correctly and also the hydraulic fittings at the pumps were loose. The dealer bought that one back, but scag didn't do anything to make any of it right. scag sucks.
Dang what a story!
in your first video, there was a very bent upper shock bracket on the upper right side in the back
the way it smoked and where it came from makes me think its drivetrain. like a belt or a clutch. didnt seem like the smoke came from the exhaust. either way, im ready to see what happened
Rebuild time! That sucks bro but at least it will be fun to watch the videos for us 😅
Thanks for watching 🙂👍
Even a new engine, you’re still in it low enough.
For sure!
It's possible there could have been a blockage (rodent nest) under the engine cover causing cooling air not to circulate, overheat the engine and drop a valve seat. Hope its nothing major and is an inexpensive fix. Good luck and nice job.
Yeah there was a lot of debris and oil build up under the engine cover so I guess previous owner really over heated this engine before.
And Thank you!
Still firing on 1 cylinder? I must have missed a video.
It was running on both now but not for long 😔
I personally would avoid modern Kohler twin Engines and put in a Kawasaki because they are bullet proof Kohler dropped the ball around the mid 2000s. and from experience I despise Briggs Intek V twin engines no matter how well you take care of them they fail but The vanguard i hear is a great engine.
Why do you fix things with your flip flops on😊😊
Ironic, the very first thing that’s usually done with Scag mowers is remove the grass flap😂
True 😂 but I bolted mine tight so I can flip it up and it stays up!
There’s more to the story…let’s see what happened
Will make a video for sure!
Should of replaced those old pesky lifters
you should have took a leaf blower or compressesed air to blow the whole mower off first because your pressure washing of the mower would be faster and more efficient and effective if you blow it of first before you pressure wash it.
Seems to have worked the way he did it.
For sure but all that debris was gummed up with oil and grease so it was pretty packed in there!
Coulda shouda whouda!!!
Blowers work really well if you use them regularly, but once wet grass dries to paint you need a scraper. No different than under the deck, a blower does nothing. Power washer is the tool.
Came out really nice, aerosol cans have come a long way.
Blown engine, big repair, big money.
Yes oh well 🤷♂️
Head gasket maybe
I installed new headgasket unless it failed
It’s possible. I had mower that started smoking bad. It was head gasket. If motor is shot. I’ve seen a video where I guy put a twin cylinder predator on his scag.
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Moral of this video. Never buy a scag mower.
😂
should have 1) used a leaf blower first and 2) left the air cleaner/filter assembly in place.
A wash and a paint job isn’t a restoration. Why do you think it was $400.
Thank you for watching 🙂
@@Ace.Fisher
Trust me I’m doing the same thing with an old Exmark Lazer Z. As soon as you think it’s fixed something else goes wrong.
Yeah it’s expected when trying to get a good deal and then it ends up costing more than just buying a good running one 🤪
Put a new Kohler engine on it.
Maybe that’s what I’ll have to do we’ll see 🤷♂️
@@Ace.Fisher Maybe a Briggs Vangard
Drove one just like that one great mower,only thing I didn’t like was that you sat so low every thing blew back on you.
That’s true!