Originally Posted by neilh419
Hello fine folks,
I'm new to the forum, and Cub Cadet family. My dad bought a new mower recently, and handed over his '92 1641 to me. It has the 16HP Vanguard engine. It was smoking pretty badly, and going through oil fast. He had already replaced gaskets around the valve covers. Thanks to this forum, I narrowed the oil down to the oil fill tube. There was no o-ring on the cap, and the threaded one at the bottom was rotted out.
So I had it running, mowed my yard, and my sisters twice, oil issue seems better. Started up last Tuesday, after putting a new belt on it, ran maybe one, and half lap, and it didn't sound right. When I would switch on the PTO, it seemed real hard on the motor. I shut it off right away. Saw metal shavings in the front. Pulled the PTO yesterday, and found the bearings shot. I went ahead, and bought a PTO for $200. Put it in, no problem.
Somehow, in the meantime, I got a new problem. Went to start it up today, but it just won't. Turns fine. I thought it wasn't getting spark, but that seems fine. It's like it isn't getting any fuel? I took the air filter off, and if I add gas directly to the carb, it will run, but sputter out, as soon as it burns off. I seem to be getting good flow, but can't figure out the problem.
Sorry for writing a book here, but I'm at a loss. Was running great, other than the smoke a couple weeks ago. Maybe someone has already addressed this, and I've missed it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Neil
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