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08-23-2021, 07:47 AM
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Fixing a cracked block with a clamp?
So I saw this CL ad where a guy is selling a LT1042 with the 19HP Courage engine. But the engine has a crack in it on the right side (when looking from driver position). He has it “repaired” with a clamp around the crack and swears it doesn’t leak oil.
I have no plans of buying this mower, but is this even a thing? Clamping a crack back together and continuing to use it? The guy claims he has fixed another engine same way and it’s been running for over 2 years… 
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08-23-2021, 07:59 AM
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Sounds like this idiot has a thing with "cracked blocks".
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08-23-2021, 08:39 AM
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It is called a "jury rig"
It will hold as long as the clamp stays in place. Might last the life of the rest of the mower, then again, who knows? I see he has used some goober stuff, prolly an epoxy, to stop the oil seep. The mower is worth what it would be without a motor, parts in other words. Don't think I would depend on the "repair" unless it was to finish mowing that day, till a replacement can be acquired.
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08-23-2021, 09:08 AM
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Yeah no way I’d pay anywhere near the $600 he’s asking for the mower. I don’t trust anyone else’s rigged up repairs, let alone my own lol
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08-23-2021, 09:48 AM
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A yellow C clamp would have went better with the color scheme.
Ken
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08-23-2021, 10:02 AM
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08-24-2021, 03:35 PM
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That's an OK "get it by" repair.
It's all over YouTube. Along with others. Not some thing that should be sold as a repair though. IMO I've bought a lot of those mowers for $50-$200 depending on condition. That one needs an engine. $50-$100. $100 would have to be near perfect in every other way.
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08-24-2021, 03:42 PM
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The words in the CL ad state:
“The 19 H.P. Kohler Courage engine runs good, but if you google them they are prone to getting a crack right where this one has it. The top 4 or 5 bolts on the case cover tend to back out and then the extra stress on the crankcase will crack it. Those 4 bolts on this one have been replaced AND Lock-Tite put on them. They wont come back out.” Is that a design flaw with the courage engine, like he says?
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08-24-2021, 09:56 PM
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They crack because the top cover bolts get loose. Lots of people like to blame poor design. But the fact is that engine leaked a lot of oil before that block cracked. Had the owner bother to look at it? It would have been fixed with a wrench and some lock tite. I've seen those engines with 1500 or more hours on them. I think it's really a bad owner/ operator thing.
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