HOW TO "Restorish" a JUNKYARD CRAFTSMAN Riding LAWNMOWER 42" Cutting Deck, AmAzInG Transformation!
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- Jeff's Little Engine Service RESURRECTS and somewhat restores a JUNKYARD Craftsman Riding Lawnmower COMMON Cutting DECK. 42" inch model FROM THEJUNKYARD for FREE!. Ernest the grumpy curmudgeon neighbor says it's not worth it, Jeff disagrees. What do you think? Remove change Replace bearings , belt , blades. Restoring a junk yard scrapyard Riding Lawn Mower cutting deck. RESTORATION , Weld , primer , paint , Replacing bearings , belt , blades , test. How to FIX REPAIR Restore a Rider Tractor deck.
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I ahead to rebuild my 42” deck. Great vid. I’ve now learned more in the past 72 hours about my 20 year old Craftsman than I could imagine. lol
First of all i did watch the whole video for a strange reason. Am an engineer my self and i pay attention to details. Your are one of the roughest persons towards your equipment and tools i have ever seen. Usually i get really upset if i see someone missuses his tools, but i really enjoyed the procedure you follow you kept me wondering what your next move will be. Am well educated nuclear engineer and i have seen educated people not been able to do what you did. After all it's not a Ferrari or a satellite its just a lawn mower. You did the job with the tools you had and the knowledge you had and you had it working. More than half of the guys that make fun of you in the comments wouldn't know were to start from.
Lol! I agree it is just a lawnmower!~ I am trained to work on high performance motorcycles and approach motorcycle repairs MUCH differently. On lawn mowers, I rough things up a bit to show that any hack mechanic can fix a lawnmower in his or hers backyard and for the entertainment. Thanks for watching!
The best non snob deck repair vid I have ever seen!! Love it!!
Glad you enjoyed it! I am ol' skool!
"non snob" - That's priceless. !!
Lightweight is good and what did I use it for it’s a lawnmower czcams.com/users/postUgkxTPN04aT-Qdjr_KS3ql7ng8wnU3wwsCqk also recommend Yes it is lightweight so hence not as robust as our old one. But if you take care it does the job really well.
I thought I sucked at welding but this video made me feel better about myself
glad I could help!
I recently bought a used 917 series with this same deck: it was quite rusted out around the hanging tab on the right front edge: it was only hanging on by ~50% of the surrounding metal, and what was left was less than was ~50% of original thickness; but at least the position was preserved!
I thought about welding it; even discussed with a friend of mine (who's worked as a welder); we were both concerned about the thin metal versus the thick bracket...😳
I poked around my workbench, and found I had a piece of sheet metal ~1/10" thick (didn't put a caliper to it), that was big enough to overlap the really rusted out area by quite a bit and thin enough I could still trim it down by hand, and get it to contour to the curve, so I attached it with a lot of blind rivets from the inside to reconstruct/ reinforce the wall of the deck! ☺ the real problem was that that tab is not coming out perpendicularly to the wall, so just snipping a couple pieces of angle iron to brace it, wasn't going to work! 😮
But I had some old Stanley door hinges, and I realized, that if I bolted one on each side, they can lock in the angle pretty well! 😊 (it didn't have to be extremely precise; it's supposed to be parallel to the other tab, but, it's a loose joint with that swinging bar.)
So, I prepped with a goodly amount of wire brushing; pre-painted; did quite a bit of drilling in place; wrestled those rivets in, to patch it up, and then some more drilling, for bolting on the reinforcement hinges, then some more painting; looking much better (the P.O. had done a lot mulching' without cleanig); I cleaned up more of the easy to acces areas, and used up the can of Rustoleum, but, I had to get it back together before forgot how I took it apart!
What I forgot to do was to re-assemble in order of DE-creasing difficulty, so had to undo several links, but all back together!
...but still had to wait a day or two for the new filters to arrive: the air filters were fairly clogged up/rotted; the oil was almost chocolate milk!
I knew it had been running fairly well, just wanted to get some clean oil on a good filter, before I finally put it to work today!
Yay!
Rides pretty smooth!
Too bad it's built for someone who is 5'6"! 😉
watching you work in the grass with the chickens and all that goes with whatever chickens do in the grass is AmAsinG!!
One of the better videos focusing on assembly of the spindle pulley and parts including the belt.
I was in Ordinance/maintenance when I was in the Army. Our motto was "If you can't fix it, get a bigger hammer."
Yep! I love it!
We live on an island in Canada..on the west coast ..we have a craftsman ..and no one to help us service this here..it's an older one like in this video..this was so awesome..to watch you do all this ..to repurpose this deck..I just love your energy. And the quality was so good..thank,you so much as we live near salt water so we will be rebuilding this sooner then later..y pretty soon.. We need to take the blades off and sharpen them..and probably put a new belt on too..it's an LT 1000 ..no idea what year it was made we bought it second hand..well we had a long day..picking thistles and Daphne which are invasive species ..and my partner is trying to get his sailboat in the water..and the Yamaha motor is giving him grief..so,this made our day..on our limited budget..we drank a bottle of champ age that we have had for 6 months ..just to get is thru..thanks so much many blessings
Michelle and John frommhornby island ..at handmadeharmony.com ..in case you ever make it to west coast CANADA!!
Thanks for the video. Despite the comments below that the paint job is awful, I found this very instructive and educational for the task ahead of me.
paint looked like Shit- Half hearted job
Spray paint job gave me chills no prep no nothing to remove the rust
After clearing out all the loose rust and lawn lettuce from underneath the deck I would put on a couple cans of the rubberized undercoat spray, If that isn't in the budget, brush on a couple coats of used motor oil every time the deck off for cleaning and servicing. At least at the beginning and at the end of the mowing season.
This deck is identical to a Poulan pro that I recently brought back to life and sold I had to replace the spindles and bearings on mine Good video !
lesson to be learned here, wash your mowers deck every time you use it especially under so it keeps rust to a minimum.
New decks have washports you connect a garden hose and run the blades for 5 minutes works great
WARNING! Despite some claims, NO WELDING WAS DONE IN THIS VIDEO!
lol!
You got that right
looks like piegeon poops cobbled together with black paint on top hahaha lol
I THINK THE DECK WAS IN BETTER SHAPE BEFORE HE WELDED
welding looked like rat shit all over it. May as well left it alone. Sorry Jeff
Bit of advice Jeff.....................When swinging a large hammer and your hand is in close proximity, use a pair of Visegrips locked onto the Punch, that way your hand will be out of harms way.
got a new deck with belts all ready to go for 240. delivered cant beat that
that is a good deal
nice video. It helped me replace the spindle shaft. I was worried that it would take a press. Just bang them out and tap in new ones with the new shaft.
That is the same mower I have had running since I bought it in 2000. I convert it to a snow blower in the winter.
I enjoy my junk yard and know where every thing is to
I will keep adding to it
Evil laugh at end is glorious. You got me wanting to restore stuff now.
lol! I love your comment. Thank you and thanks for watching!
That's why I love my TIP pressure sandblaster! Of course if that deck was sandblasted lot's more hole's to weld up!!
Fcuking hit it Jeff! This is how real men do it. Who needs a toolbox, just use the hammer, or axe. I'm gonna subscribe and keep watching.
Very, very nice. Smarts, tools and hard work can still prevail!
I pick out the bearing seals repack with wheel bearing,snap the seals back on,good to go for the mowing season.
I just finish a deck on a 46 Husqvarna ZTR that had been run over. At least that's what it looked like. Good job on that deck.
A needle scaler is good for removing all that rust. I got a needle scaler at Harbor Freight for about $25. Hooks up to air compressor.
great tip! thanks for watching
Reverse the polarity of the leads on your welder if you’re going to use flux core wire.
Thanks, very helpful video. I love the "I sprayed penetrating oil but I'm just going to grab a bigger hammer".
Dude that deck is shot! If you held it up to the sun, it'd look like a stary night sky under there.
Thank you. That shows me how to check mine over, route the belts and connect the deck.
I really appreciate the video and like your common sense approach.
I have one I have rebuilt and repaired about 6 times. every time it breaks my wife says well we have to get a new mower! I say yea right, it gets fixed again!
thats half the joy of maintaining a mower
wolf: I've had my craftsman for 21 years now. I cut 3 of my neighbors lawns for 17 year gratis. And mine. The only things replaced so far are tires, and belts. I changed things years ago and will not buy new if it can be fixed. I also had a 1986 Dodge Ram for 29 years that never failed to start. Things were starting to get costly to repair, so I bought a 2003 Silverado that looks like new. I'll drive it until I croke.
Great vid, a “can-do, get-it-done” mantra! Love it👍
I really like your hammer🤣🤣🤣 and I like the old school Style when you take up that bearing
Shade tree mechanic-ing at its finest.Love it!
if you ever have a bad bearing stuck on a spindle ; wrap a rag around bearing (flying shrapnel) , clamp it in your vise till outer race shatters , grind thru inner race in one spot . never fails .
I have exact same mower. Picked it up for 700 bucks.
Deck is in far better condition but I still feel like I overpaid twice caz I had to replace entire steering rack and do all that cleaning, scraping and painting the deck.
Also oil change.
Oh well, I learned something about these tractors. Lessons don't come cheap I guess.
Thanks for a fun video.
30:19 This spring was missing on mine. I ordered it and didn't know where it went. Thanks!
This is a perfect video of what not to do, when restoring anything the first step is disassembling it... Not grinding and spot welding.
Generous with the "spot welding"
Another tip on keeping your mower deck last a little longer at the end of every season clean the grass off get a paint brush and put Chainsaw Bar Oil spread it all over it like your painting the whole bottom of it and it will soak in and keep it from rusting out did the blades every night all underneath you can do a little bit on the top if you want but doesn't really need to be done mostly underneath.
Great tip!
What you have there is a Poulan with Craftsman stickers. I have a 42" Poulan that except for the hood is identical. My deck was rusted through in the middle so I welded in some sheet metal, sprayed it down with rust converter and truck bed paint. Now I know how to redo the bearings, thanks. Good video, Just need to get one more year out of it, can't afford a new one this year. Retired ya know....
Steve Richardson, what he has is an AYP (American Yard Products which became Husqvarna and that also makes Poulan Pro mowers). You can purchase the exact same mower under all 3 names just with different paint and plastic trim.
Explained it in detail like I needed. Now I feel I can do it myself. Thank you and Earnest lol!
You can do it!
The slo-mo hammering @ 22:04 made me choke on my beer b/c it was so funny!!! I've been doing this same thing ALL day, so I can appreciate the drama ! Cheers!
lol! I try to entertain !
Good job brother!!! Looks like your neighbor has a good test site.
the old deck looked brand new compared to the one he replaced it with
lol!
I grind a center punch for my air hammer to fit in side nut
Works great and fast
I have a Craftsman LT 1000 looks like the same mower--rebuilt the cutter deck and scraped the 16.5 single Brigs and dropped a Brigs 18.5 V-tec twin in it . pick up a new set of rear tires tomorrow. Had some help from a friend. We should have it going in a few days. Want to race around your yard cutting grass ? LOL
i like your never say Die attitude
thanks friend, attitude makes a difference!
Just a heads up next time punching out the spindle mandrel shafts leave the nut on and put punch in the center . It prevents damage to the threads on the shaft.
good tip!
Not bashing your craftsmanship just it's always great to pass helping information to help someone to save money on not damage parts and force you to buy new. Great videos by the way 👍
Sanford and son junkyard. I almost died when I saw the welding.
Lol!
Yeah it looks the same as the chicken poop lol. However, the deck does work, it's not pretty but it works.
He has to learn to take negative jumper off first.
Ernest Goes Lawn Mowing! Saved a bit of money there, just some time, sweat, and swearing. 😎
Ernest might want to spray the bottom of the deck with some rubberized undercoating, to help keep the rust down.
GOOD VIDEO. THANKS.
CONGRATS, SIR.
Thank you
Late to party. You are 2 funny. Have the same mower. One of the front brackets ( that hold the “tie-rod”) snapped. I put a backer plate on the inside. Used 2 angle brackets on outside to hold bracket. Used Permatex cold weld epoxy to hold bracket in place before installing angle brackets. Worked out perfect. Solid as hell. Of course replaced mower belt while I was at it. After watching your video I don’t feel so bad about how much work mine was.😂
LOL! sometimes ya just have to SEND IT! it worked for years afterwards
@@JeffsLittleEngineService Yes. Great mowers. Mines got the 15.5 Briggs. Starts and runs like a top.
Great video I used it to teach my son how not to repair something and the wrong tools to do it with, oh yeah the hatchet was a nice touch
Thanks, I am glad it was helpful LOL!
I'm doing a whole restoration vid on this exact deck this weekend 5/23/2020 I'm excited
That guy Taryl fixes all, is pritty smart too! I took a course on small engine reair, online . I will start posting videos as soon as I can get a go pro!
CJ good for you I learned hands on in a mower shop and then tested with Briggs then some refresher courses / seminars with Briggs back in the early 80's .....
Paid off well with my other trades that I did in my course of 55 years of age.....
Looking forward to some vids but you can use a smart phone to make them and upload to You Tube like I do on my channel.......
Plus Tard Mon Ami ~!~!
Keep in touch with me Mon Ami ~!~!
When tightening the right mandrel pulley you mentioned the threads must have been stripped. The reason it was hard to tighten is because the end of the nut got smashed by the sledge hammer when you were removing the shaft. The smashed end made the nut like a lock nut.
Good old school teaching!
I rescued an E-Z 19.5 horse opposed piston Vanguard 42" mower that was on it's way to the dump.The deck was GONE! Ordered a new deck shell BUT I poured those silly 'mulching' vent holes around the spindles full of epoxy resin so now no more rust starting places and I can blow the deck clean instead of having a bunch of junk on top. Took new spindles BUT I drilled the legs out and ran bolts with nuts through so I can get them back off without breaking the legs off with the self-tapping bolts from the factory. It has rear side rollers and just replaced the factory jobs with Ebay Club Cadets with grease fittings. Painted the under side of the deck too and all the hardware transferred over with a little straightening and lubing. Pulled the tranny and lubed it too. All I lack is some steering box work BUT it cuts like a carpet with Gator blades.. Good job, Jeff! The old deck was collapsed where the spindles bolted on.Not now!
Exact same deck as mine and I was looking what springs I was missing and you had the same issue with the actuator pulley. Cool. I took your advice and removed the "brakes" on the main pulleys but they also work as belt guides. so I have to remove the deck again and reinstall the brakes. Fun video by the way. Loved the chicken cacophony!!
When you use the nut on the shaft to protect the threads, try running the nut down flush with the top of the shaft. That will effectively make the nut and shaft a solid bar to hit with the hammer and protect the threads on the shaft while also preventing the top of the nut from mushrooming inward and messing up the threads in the nut. From the looks of things, you should donate that mower to Ernest so he can mow his yard!
good tips!
Thanks!
I'd probably put a junk piece of wood between me hammer and the top of the shaft. I know it softens the blow, but it absorbs all the damage.
Get a brass punch and you can hit it all you want without damaging the shaft
AMAZING video here! I have a HUGE mower junkyard near where I live and am planning to restore a few of them because once fixed they will be better than any of the new Chinese junk made today....
Like an elephant in a crystal glass shop. Very subtle Mr Esterhouser
It just really makes you wonder... the big dog earth movers keep their paint, like giant Caterpillar, Volvo, Komatsu, Terex . Why can’t the lawn mower makers use some of that technology on mower decks and paint on home stuff?
Cost
Yah. I want to redo my 48 inch John Deere this spring. Strip. Sand blast. Prime then use undercoating.
Mr.Jeff, the O'reileys in my town must have a fortune from me going in there buying penetrating fluid. Penetrating fluid works absolute miracles and goes a long way!
I know what you mean I love that stuff too...LOL
@@JeffsLittleEngineService Yes sir, i thought i was commenting from my youtube account controlledchaos_JEEP!
They have deck rebuild kits on eBay that come with the spindles, blades, and belts
I like this yard, yes you can create something
the repair shop here has those spindles in stock , some with bearings installed . a very weak point of the mower deck .the feet that hold the spindles in place ALWAYS break off . even a small rock will break the feet and getting those bolts out is impossibel , new spindle without bearings is ten bucks
That’s cheap and antiz will keep bolts free to come out
Just glad I don't need a used mower.
lol!
I'll give you a little trick for being that thing out you put the nut almost seated to flat with the shaft you take a piece of board you put it on top of it you take a sludge hammer and you hit the board make sure you put the board vertically cuz if you put it the horizontally most likely the board will just shatter and break through
good tip!
I'm Earnest when I tell you that you are completely nuts. You coulda just backed out gracefully, but ohhhh nooooo. Not you Jeff. My Craftsman CV16 (16.5!) hand-me-down is the generation previous and so old that nobody makes videos about that thing. After a master fix with duct tape last week the thing finally just quit mid-yard. El finito. Something in the ignition pooped. So I'm done. Now it's a downhill racer only. I know when to quit. (Yes, they do say 'quitters never mow' but so be it!) Poor old thing. Else I had ALL the fun watching you dog it. Ya done great! I'll send it to you for parts.
Thanks for the laugh! and for watching!
Great job jeff.
Well you put a different spin on how to work on a mower. LOL. I may just watch it again !
Headed out to my shop to remove those darn blade brakes once and for all.
lol!
Hi Jeff.... I do a lot of deck repair also...when I paint I use engine paint it seems to be more durable ... Just a thought buddy.. Thanks for sharing .. Cheers 🍺🍺🇺🇸🇺🇸
good tip!
I like to use a thick layer of spray on bed-liner for the underside of the deck and engine paint on the top of the deck. The grass doesn't stick to the bed-liner as easily and the bed-liner also resists chipping when hit by gravel and small rocks.
For the blade engagement spring the washer should go first other wise you will chew up that spring in no time
I liked you riding toward Earnest, that was the stuff. Lol.
lol! thanks for watching!
a lot of steps, but nothing to expensive or hard..good save
Might I suggest a air hammer and a flat chisel to remove your spindle shafts .
great tip! thanks friend
LOL! I am not restoring a Ferrari, it's a lawnmower...
Hi you have belt size for that 42
Well, this was entertaining.
remember to read my disclaimer in the description of the video....
Interesting. However, to preserve the underside of your deck, wouldn't hurt to paint it with black rust oleam paint in order for grass acid to not eat the deck underneath it and keep the deck in good shape for many years to come. I do this to mine, and the decks are still in good condition.
the deck will last about as long as the rest of the mower.
Joe Scheller Agreed, however, as with anything else, mataince as well as keeping the deck painted outside as well as underneath goes a long, long way. This also includes greesing your spindles, and keeping your blades as sharp as a razor.
I like to use spray on bed-liner for the underside of the deck. Grass doesn't clump onto it as easily and it resists chipping from small rocks.
Is there really grass acid that eats away at the deck? I was thinking only moisture from grass clumps under the mower deck.
Last time I had a blade go flying while hammering it off, I ended up with 6 stitches in the forehead. The blade bounced back and caught me in the head. My wife was not impressed.
damn son! be careful!
Thanks for your service
a good air chisel is a good way to get rid of rust before dealing with rotting steel. Also welding entails good weld not tacks but good video. Looks like idaho.
I have a non running 46'' Craftsman mower ... I saved myself some time, I bought a new one.
"Looks like that bearing will press on there" and then proceeded to beat it on with and axe. Damn! This is the least workmanship-like attempt at a fix I have ever seen!
he got it working and cutting grass... mission accomplished lol
It's a lawnmoer. Not rocket science.
@@cwmaxfield2000 A bearing in a lawnmower or a rocket ship is a precision item. Should never be beat onto a shaft when a friction fit is engineered into the assembly. Shade tree or professional engineer , duh!
He fixed it Ernest ..good as new ! :-)
A little old school TLC Jeff!! Great job. You got it running and that's what COUNTS BROTHER!!! ^_^
Thanks 👍
Although the paint job could of been better, you don’t see the deck anyway and I would of put some type of rust protection under the deck to keep it from rusting any further. other than that good job. You saved a lot of money by restoring that one.
Given my experience with a pair of similar Craftsman riding lawn mowers that had been donated to our church I would have junked the deck. Never could get either one adjusted to not scalp the lawn.
you need more heat on the welder and get yourself a descaler gun for the rust
good tips thank you
Wow look at that pop corn weld
It was tough....but it is still functioning
I think this is at best a repair. Restoration is a different thing altogether.
Great only extra for : the snakes paint the bottom of the deck so they can admire the view before you chop there heads off !
Excellent video YOU DA MAN!
haha!
Good video Jeff. Nice job.
I have a John deer push mower just like the one u moved wish I had that bag for it lol
Nice work 👍💪💪👍
Thanks ✌
@@JeffsLittleEngineService I bought a 1986 Lawn Chief,the other day.the Deck bearings are shot.i used the BFH method and it worked.lol.man...thanks.not sure if I can find parts for it though.....
Great video I need to get me one of those power wrenches
LOVE IT.