LT1000 Breather

Some time ago I tried changing the breather filter but it did not help.

The old breather filter did not come all the way to the bottom of the cavity.

LT1000 and DYT4000 Photo Op

While I was taking bits of the YTS3000 I had these to out to accept the parts.

You can see the grey YTS wheels on the rear of the DYT.  The original tires are 20s and the 18s look small but they are the same as the LT100s.

The DYT is trying the YTS bagger on.  I have been in need of a decent sized bagging machine to collect leaves for composting.  This may be it but the motor smokes so I should put together the first 31P777 as it is like new.  Need to see what oil consumption is and try it with 30W as it may have multiweight in it. Maybe new rings would do it but it would be easier to put the #1 engine back together.

Thanks to to bits from the YTS the DYT now has working lights.  I think the lights were the last thing not working.  I am starting to take a shine to this tractor.

The LT1000 mostly got its front wheel back.

LT1000 Tires

Rear tires are 18x9.50x8 turf.

Craftsman LT1000

I was doing some comparison between this and the DYT4000 so it seemed a good time to record the LT1000's numbers.








Engine cooling

The 2002 LT1000 has a louvered hood with the ducting attached to the engine.

The 2004 DYT4000 has the ducting attached to the hood and draws all the air from the end facing the driver.  I expect there is some space between the hood and the dash.

Neither has a screen other than the one on the engine flywheel.

My friend Tod has DOWNS syndrome.  A mutual friend gave Tod this LT1000 because Tod likea to drive my BX2200 and we figured he would enjoy driving this.  The tractor lives at my house.

The fellow who gifted Tod with the tractor said he bought it to mow but it was a smoker.  So he could not use it.

Up to this point we have changed the oil but not the filter.  The 'B&S' filter I purchased would not thread on.  Need to do another change with filter.  I pulled the steering wheel in an attempt to remove some wobble.  We also pulled the front wheels and greased them.

I noticed that the smoke was intermittent so figured it would not be rings.  Also the smoke is not blue enough to be oil related.  My first guess was that it was an exhaust valve sticking.  Now I am thinking it could be a stuck float valve in the carb.