ohiofarmer 3,330 #1 Posted March 26 Looks like this tractor will be left behind by a tenant. I found the tractor codes as well as the Briggs code...said to have cast iron cylinder walls.. We cranked the 18 HP twin a few times yesterday and took a timing light to check for spark today . That's when we found out it had only one spark plug installed and even that plug was caked with carbon. I found a stranded copper wire and cleaned off a nasty deposit with the wires and a bit of gas. It fired on carb cleaner spray. I had added oil to the engine as it only had a bit on the stick. Checked that today and it was down again. I hope that is due to a bad O ring on the oil port. Vertical shaft things. I need to clear out this storage shed anyway due to the fact that Medicaid has taken my tenants bank account and he no longer will be eligible for assisted housing. Just too bad that the VA transitioned him to Medicaid because they had no long term rooms available That's what they say and it's out of my hands. So I will put his stuff in the shed as I get the house ready for the next client 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ohiofarmer 3,330 #2 Posted March 27 Tried to I D the tractor to get parts schematic to no avail. MTD described their system but I think that it has changed. Maybe a search from the engine codes will at least help me ID the year of manufacturing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OoPEZoO 554 #3 Posted April 4 I punched the model number into Jacks Small Engines site and it came back as a 1989. Parts fiche was available on a few sites. The MTD site.....especially on historical stuff might be a little lacking. They have bought/sold quite a few brands over the years, changed model and date code structures, and most recently got bought out by Stanley Black & Decker. I'm not sure any of that historical data is getting any IT support internally to keep it up to date and working. Best of luck getting it up and running. It looks to be in decent shape Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sergeant 310 #4 Posted April 4 (edited) MTD Parts website Click On Part Diagrams Then Click On MTD and select You brand Or Put your serial Number In Model Number Edited April 4 by sergeant Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
