I guess I should tell you what kind of engine this is this is a Briggs and
Stratton 18 and half horse
Els 500 I believe it's the in tech or the predecessor to the in tech it's on a
cub cadet what was that model number LT 1018 so
let me get this mounted and I'll start taking stuff apart here we go I'm going
to take the intake bolts off take the valve covers bolts off now
take these exhaust bolts out alright this is gonna take a minute I got a
they're kind of stuck so I'm gonna make it I'm gonna spray a little oil on there
and let it set a minute well that took a little doing huh grab that washer is
coming off gasket looks pretty good I'm gonna pull the plug
I'm going to back these off pull them push rods out and then I'm going to
start taking the head bolts off I'm gonna pull a plug first here's something
you shouldn't remember and I'm gonna remember this myself the aluminum push
rod goes on the bottom a steel push rod goes on the top and I'm gonna pull this
shroud off actually I'm not gonna take it completely off
I'm gonna take this off and just raise this up now I'm gonna pull the plug and
start loosening the head bolts already I start pulling them head bolts off I've
already loosened all of them I'm a little ahead of you last one all
right all right you see if I can get this off yeah look at how I'm gonna
clean all that up too but huh
Hey right here um let me take you off of this and this is really really common
right there is where the gasket has let me see if I can get it off here I'm
gonna turn it around okay you see all that oil right there what's happening is
the pressure from the cylinder busted the hole right through here and here it
is and it's pressurizing the crankcase and blow an oil out that fuel pump so
let me get a wire brush I'm gonna clean all this off I'm going to clean that off
real good and we'll be right back all right
carburetor cleaner
alright I'm gonna do that to the head and I'll be right back already
that's just clean as I'm gonna get it
I'm fixing to put that gasket on there and the next clip you'll see me
tightening this down all right I do not have a torque wrench
I have torque hands so here we go
all right you get the idea back in a minute
oh boy is it hot I think it's the heat index is gonna be up into the hundreds
when uh I'm gonna do this by hand
because I just want to make sure I can feel how tight I'm getting them
Hey noise alert I want to crank it let it run just a
minute actually I'm probably going to let it run about 10 or 20 minutes to
burn all the oil out of that fuel pump and then I'm going to get my pressure
washer out and clean this all up and put it up for sale I'm gonna ask 600 Ford I
have new tires new battery new new air filter new belts new blades new voltage
regulator all new wheels on the deck it's damn good mower but they don't have
room for three I really hate to get rid of it but uh now I've got my wife's new
mower and my ZTR there's just no room to keep three of them in here and I don't
want to keep this outside so I think this time of year I can get 600 bucks
for it let me cranky depth and just give you three minutes a minute or two of
that woman's we'll be right back