Complete restoration of a cheap barn find scag zeroturn mower

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AceFisher

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@Ace.Fisher 6 ай бұрын

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@markwood5382 7 ай бұрын

Everything looks perfect other than the smoke. No matter what you got a fantastic deal for $400!

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@diyjeff1838 7 ай бұрын

Throw a new 37 vanguard on there. Love the build!!

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

That would be so nice but those are expensive, trying to stay on a budget here 😅

@JT-jr3xh 7 ай бұрын

you needed a new engine from the start but I don't blame you for putting on a band-aid. cheap find you have everything you need just get engine and you are good 2 go

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

True but I had to give it a try 😄

@whr3346 7 ай бұрын

great job brother! you will get it sorted! waiting for the next video! the SCAGa continues!

@Showtime-Steve 7 ай бұрын

What a cliffhanger!! Im ready for part 4 bro! I am rebuilding my John Deere 717a now too!

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Will make sure to make a part 4 🫡 and good luck on your mower!

@robertbaysinger1309 8 ай бұрын

Heartbreaking, after all that hard work and effort. Hopefully it turns out to be a seal or something minor. You never know until you get into it. You'll still have a nice mower when you're done!

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yeah haven’t even looked into it yet but hoping for something easy.

@adzoutnabout888 7 ай бұрын

Nice paint job mate 👌 In Australia Scag is a slang term for junkies.

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Thanks didn’t know 😄

@BCTCanadian 7 ай бұрын

When you get it running again, I wonder if the seat would clean up with some mold & mildew spray and a magic eraser? Great video series.

@jeffbrummette1622 8 ай бұрын

You done a great job on that mower! It looks great! Don’t know what happened but im sure you will fix it! Great Video!

@Ace.Fisher 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

@a_dog_with_sushi4250 5 ай бұрын

a quick tip of advice, when pressure washing don't let go of the handle rapidly, you smash up the unloader on your pump doing that

@joebruggman 7 ай бұрын

Based on the condition and how dirty it was it doesn't look like it was well taken care of previously. I'm willing to bet the rings and cylinders were worn and that's why it smoked from the start. Also that valve left a pretty good dent in the one piston, it may have moved material and deformed the piston making it not perfectly round anymore and it doesn't take much for it to push on the cylinder wall. That would have made it score the cylinder fast and eventually caused a ring failure resulting in the smoke.

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the input, yeah I’m just looking for a whole replacement motor at this point.

@marthabartel604 6 ай бұрын

Yes this is what I wanted to see, a man taking the time to clean up the equipment. Can you do something about the wheel. Dressing them to help the rubber.

@717lawncare 7 ай бұрын

That mower turned out great! Depending on how catastrophic the engine is try to find a known good used engine for it. Try to stay away from another kohler though they are ok if theyve been taken care of but always had the most issue when they came into the shop

@trippnestor9620 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like it’s running off one cylinder. Need to check spark. Check valve adjustment. Even make sure the reed valves are good.

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Good catch! I filmed the beginning of this video back when it was running on 1 cylinder but I have fixed the issue in part 2.

@lukedepaola3673 5 ай бұрын

The first grass deflector to ever be reinstalled on a commercial mower.

@blakeware6830 7 ай бұрын

I have an old Cub Cadet Tank that started smoking like that. Runs great, but because of its age, the hydraulic hoses get dry rotted and will split. One busted and was spraying hydraulic oil on my muffler. I replaced all four of the hoses, never another problem.

@daleredmond6449 7 ай бұрын

Nice job my friend

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Trains-With-Shane 7 ай бұрын

The work you did on the engine looked to have been done correctly. Wonder what caused the failure. I hope the other head didn't drop a valve seat as well. Actually I hope it did. Because that's a less invasive repair than almost anything else. It starting to smoke only while under load, though, makes me think piston ring :(

@maddenchamp 8 ай бұрын

Awwww Mann u put in all that work for the engine to blow dammm at least when u get new engine you’ll have a new mower

@Ace.Fisher 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes for sure

@qfastqfast 6 ай бұрын

Did the rings out on the pistons?

@Ace.Fisher 8 ай бұрын

24:50 engine 💣💥

@Ace.Fisher 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! It didn’t seize but it’s definitely blown now 😔

@Androidandmore101 7 ай бұрын

I just restored a older Kubota Diesel Zero turn and I swear I blew my budget with all the new parts I put on it and painting areas to get it good as new.

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Yep that’s exactly how it is sometimes!

@alexwolf9778 7 ай бұрын

Oh no! Hope you can fix it!

@AN-eo9pf 7 ай бұрын

Good job

@nicholasmasse 7 ай бұрын

You ever do a compression test after you reinstalled the new heads?

@brianeastman3547 8 ай бұрын

Good job,keep up the good work man

@Ace.Fisher 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do 🫡

@mib20000 7 ай бұрын

in your first video, there was a very bent upper shock bracket on the upper right side in the back

@AverageCitizen333 6 ай бұрын

the way it smoked and where it came from makes me think its drivetrain. like a belt or a clutch. didnt seem like the smoke came from the exhaust. either way, im ready to see what happened

@Dagger-Moose 7 ай бұрын

Even a new engine, you’re still in it low enough.

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

For sure!

@defomatt2684 7 ай бұрын

Still firing on 1 cylinder? I must have missed a video.

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

It was running on both now but not for long 😔

@Bigaliy-x7g 4 ай бұрын

Why do you fix things with your flip flops on😊😊

@mrkevt542 7 ай бұрын

It's possible there could have been a blockage (rodent nest) under the engine cover causing cooling air not to circulate, overheat the engine and drop a valve seat. Hope its nothing major and is an inexpensive fix. Good luck and nice job.

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Yeah there was a lot of debris and oil build up under the engine cover so I guess previous owner really over heated this engine before.

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

And Thank you!

@tylerbraaksma271 8 ай бұрын

you should have took a leaf blower or compressesed air to blow the whole mower off first because your pressure washing of the mower would be faster and more efficient and effective if you blow it of first before you pressure wash it.

@jamesjarratt7907 8 ай бұрын

Seems to have worked the way he did it.

@Ace.Fisher 8 ай бұрын

For sure but all that debris was gummed up with oil and grease so it was pretty packed in there!

@scottrob60 7 ай бұрын

Coulda shouda whouda!!!

@CraigArndt 7 ай бұрын

Blowers work really well if you use them regularly, but once wet grass dries to paint you need a scraper. No different than under the deck, a blower does nothing. Power washer is the tool.

@CraigArndt 7 ай бұрын

Came out really nice, aerosol cans have come a long way.

@Nate-nn9sk 7 ай бұрын

Rebuild time! That sucks bro but at least it will be fun to watch the videos for us 😅

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🙂👍

@pineappleboi27 7 ай бұрын

Ironic, the very first thing that’s usually done with Scag mowers is remove the grass flap😂

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

True 😂 but I bolted mine tight so I can flip it up and it stays up!

@sickvick83 7 ай бұрын

Should of replaced those old pesky lifters

@redeemedheathen 8 ай бұрын

There’s more to the story…let’s see what happened

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Will make a video for sure!

@michaelwerley1364 7 ай бұрын

Blown engine, big repair, big money.

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

Yes oh well 🤷‍♂️

@rickjames6948 2 ай бұрын

Waaay tooooo close with the rattle can guy. First coat was way too heavy.

@JohannZ100 7 ай бұрын

I personally would avoid modern Kohler twin Engines and put in a Kawasaki because they are bullet proof Kohler dropped the ball around the mid 2000s. and from experience I despise Briggs Intek V twin engines no matter how well you take care of them they fail but The vanguard i hear is a great engine.

@bretmartin2826 7 ай бұрын

Head gasket maybe

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

I installed new headgasket unless it failed

@bretmartin2826 7 ай бұрын

It’s possible. I had mower that started smoking bad. It was head gasket. If motor is shot. I’ve seen a video where I guy put a twin cylinder predator on his scag.

@elcomanche4422 7 ай бұрын

Moral of this video. Never buy a scag mower.

@Ace.Fisher 7 ай бұрын

😂

@rickjames6948 2 ай бұрын

Just remove the deck stickers and buy new ones, if you can get them. Taping off the old looks third rate. You spent all that time and energy so do it right. Stickers are not that expensive.