Starting the Sears Companion tractor, 1st time in 7 years

Once upon a time this was king of the fleet. Then the mandrel got wrecked courtesy of some jerk ass from the town, and it got dumped here and never touched again. Until now...

[@lobsterbox20]

It's very nice to see that thing running. Good job guys!

[@justinstearns9723]

My next door neighbor is out mowing with his identical Companion right this minute. I was out too but my 84 JD 210 mows circles around that little thing.

[@BFG_2002]

I remember watching this video on thanksgiving in like 2014 lmao. Started dicking around with some of my old tractors and I had to come watch this classic! Also funny joke about inflation when he pours that little bit of gas and you say “what was that $15?” That was in 2011, here we are in 2022 and it’s even worse!

[@MrMotorcross2009]

I live in Australia and a lawnmower like that your looking at spending $350.00 i would Pay $300 for that ur lucky

[@Luvnickjonas3Fan]

here in morris county, nj it would go for $250!

[@coolmdog55]

that is crazy!!!!

[@robertyearian227]

I'm impressed on the starting of it

[@mikeluscher159]

nice vid lynol, enjoyin them!

[@Gazpacho8]

@LynolsOffice That's their theme.

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

That's when they still made the front of the hoods better out of solid metal, not like the plastic they started using in front a little later on. The plastic ones are always cracked or not lined up in the front from getting hit, these were solid. Now forget it, the entire hood is plastic on the tractors now. The farther back you go the better the quality was. That muffler doesn't look original it sticks out and seems a little louder. It probably originally had a square muffler or one what had a piece that went down towards the lower front of it, on that engine on its original machine as well as the Tecumseh it had before.

[@brianwalterfield5559]

love the old mowers i have an 80's ltv red stripe or maybe its a ff20 i cant tell. i dont think the engine is original. 12.5 hp briggs twin. im rebuilding it now my previous project was a 89 mtd husky 15.5hp single i cut 4 lawns with it last few yrs now but then i stuck 4-500 parts into it. you guys should take better care of those mowers another generation pass's and itll be amazing how hard it will be to find what you have laying around. get some tarps. my mowers are outside too but are always tarped.

[@mechanic4744]

Nice riding a lawnmower with flat tires

[@chrisd8180]

Well on the bright side, a motor that dont wanna shut off doesnt want to die is better than one that wont start.... Mabe it didnt want to shut off because it was scared it was gonna get parked again for 20+ years lol

[@bajnaj73]

good to see you guys playin' again

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

Should have sued the guy and the town and claimed you got seriously hurt by the damn thing he put in the ground without warning or a clear marker, when you drove over it and it destroyed your mower and you were violently tossed from the machine and say hurt your back real bad...... That would have set you straight for a good long time.

[@pivotboy63]

"lets see if we can get this thing out of its death hole" one of the funniest things ive ever heard no joke

[@TheBettereducated]

So cool, i have a modded tractor for offroading and it has 12.5 horsepower, my favorite part on the tractor is the chrome filter cover

[@simplicityford]

@LynolsOffice ha, thats funny, i just sold a p.o.s. gray craftsman with a screwed up 11hp briggs, 38" deck, and completly junk steering on ebay for $80. try using buy it now or best offer on ebay, thats what works for me

[@roastingpeanuts]

@LynolsOffice i Have 3 that run like a charm what is bad about them?

[@pivotboy63]

too bad i dont live close to you guys im looking for a cheap lawn tractor to turn into a little off roader

[@thepyke883]

My two favourite briggs engines are opposed twins and these L head engines

[@Commetsgarage]

looks like the tractor was thirsty

[@stellaboxer]

@LynolsOffice hey man i was wondering i would buy it depends how much

[@JustinsDIY]

i wish i lived near you. Anything around here is super expensive. a tractor like that around here would be listed for over 150.

[@mikeluscher159]

ur 90's goatee makes u look that little bit older, not that its a bad thing but......

[@JParkes43]

Can you get a wheel horse

[@000gum000ball000]

That tractor is exactly like my Rally 14horse vanguard, but I've been looking for a 44 inch deck for ever and i just cant seem to find one.

[@craftsmancrusher207]

Did you see when he engage the deck at the end and if you look at the deck you can see a metal chunck come flying out

[@MrRedneckjosh]

@LynolsOffice have any engine that you wanna sell cheap i need a block and head for my snapper

[@ATCRyderX]

A Companion but not a friend! lol

[@yamaha250raptor]

Yamaharaptor250 this seems to be a coincidence.lol u have a 250 raptor like me I guess?

[@Turbo231]

Excellent term "Product" :p

[@jjgonzalez167lopez]

my tractor craftsman starts but at the time of removing the foot of the clutch, it turns off in neutral or at a speed, which you think is failing. Thanks friend for your videos

[@BigJoesRidingMowers]

if you havnt got an answer yet, its either the saftey switch under your seat or the safety neutal switch for the brake

[@Roushfan5]

Have this empire of... product. Are we still talking about tractors? Because sounds like your talking about something not as legal. If you guys where local I’d love to buy a tractor off you, but living cross country I don’t think that would work well.

[@xodrinker]

haha, you are having fun with these toys

[@dylangames4171]

A person gave me the engine to that mower

[@sfmenna]

Lol you guys are awesome!

[@ryanmcgouirk9402]

Can't beat a Briggs and Stratton motor

[@MRcubcadet107]

neat

[@Superthecod]

I need help on my mower,I think it has the same throttle thing,when you pull up in the throttle handle it moves parts on the carb and stuff.one of the links came off and I can't figure out how to put it back on,can you make a vid of the whole thang carb,throttle cable,links everything to help.please help me in a vid or something.

[@dawggg101]

8:48 Roger from American Dad!? "Oh, God!"

[@naterade21]

thats a nice mower

[@MrRedneckjosh]

hey got an 8 hp briggs u wanna sell i need one verry bad

[@retro_88yota]

same thing here in southwest MI

[@kevinisam]

Yep I mow with a hydro at my place, my dads and now my grandfathers and my cousins, I hate doing my great aunts and using my mower

[@goodolboy79]

ive got a tractor just like that except its silver and its a craftsman II Lt4000 it has a 12 hp tecumseh 38 in deck and a 4 speed good old mower

[@trevorwiles2449]

the surveyor assassinated the king of tractor land

[@yamaha250raptor]

@Yamaharaptor250s i saw ur vids bout ur quad, very nice exactly like mine...

[@initialddriftz]

nice i need help with something i actually have a sears companion it turns it haas spark and compression but it just wont start can you help me with that ????

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

Baggers go for $150, another $150 for the engine. $20 for the battery. $50 for the front tire's. $75 for the back tires. Transmission is money regardless of it being a 4 speed and the list goes on and on.

[@makeshiftlake3519]

Fearless battery is probably no good though after 7 years😬

[@Mr9two9]

what model bagger fits this? I got one free, just got it running. I'd love to find a snow blower for it as well.

[@jathquigley1]

when you changed the engine did you have to change any of the ignition or electrical

[@TheGMlover1]

How did you jump it from the starter as in how did you hook it up

[@eddieallen8982]

i wish we was neighbors. I got a older Murray that runs but all 4 tires won't hold air or stay on the beads.

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

Put grease on the areas where the lip rests and use a high pressure compressor to add air really fast and it will hold. Otherwise they sell tubes for those tires and you can get them pretty cheap depending where you shop, sears themselves sells them for the highest price but eBay or a website should have them cheaper. Put the tubes in and your set, I've had to add tubes when there was a hole in the tire, but for a tire that wont hold air on the bead, you should be able to get it to hold with grease and a compressor that add air fast so it seats, if the tires are old and cracked on the side wall, that's a different story, you'll need tubes or new/er tires. These tractors all pretty much used the same size tires so they are very common and easy to find relatively cheap if necessary. But try the grease and high pressure air compressor first, that usually fixes the issue.

[@JSW793]

40 bucks for that??? Damn I got to get out of the suburbs, people around here in southeast PA put retardedly huge price tags on anything in that condition.

[@walterkelly7134]

my grandpa used to have a craftsman roding mower that looks like this mower in the video but the seat was a bug reddish orang color plastic seat then i put water in the gas tanck

[@midgyrich]

Walter Kelly why lol

[@hansi4825]

Mitchell Richardson so his grandpa would Buy a New one

[@midgyrich]

HansiWotB lol wth

[@hansi4825]

Mitchell Richardson lol

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

That's a Companion which is basically the same but the companion brand are the lower end products vs. Craftsman. Now it doesn't matter they are all junk and mist made by MTD. Those were better solid machines.

[@picapop12345]

nice tractor

[@PlasmaxXcalGames]

where are you guys located because i am planning to come to tractor land this year

[@makeshiftlake3519]

"Yes my friend drink"😂😂

[@makeshiftlake3519]

5:34

[@8bolttruck]

i have same egine on the same mower lol mine cracked the block where the starter was

[@initialddriftz]

@LynolsOffice i need help with something ii have a sears companion but it just wont start

[@engineHOG780]

sounds like a 5hp briggs at idle

[@LordSmuggington]

O GAWD IT'S THE COMPANION CUBE!!!! Why has no one made that joke?!?! (Portal 2 reference)

[@V8Power5300]

Is the engine a 281707

[@gda882002]

i need one of thouse engines for my 94 craftsman

[@lovebumperknows]

bought it for 26 and sold it 7 yrs later for 40, that's a profit

[@flobou2707]

40 dollars. In germany you pay 600 dollars for such a thing.

[@millerthompson4261]

Florian Stief I bet they have free tractors in germany - just have to ask around.

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

We get them free around here in New Jersey

[@alexscaggs5608]

Hey do you have a key or a key switch for a lt4000 craftsman mower

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

Aren't they all the same Indak keys? Every piece of lawn equipment I have come across has always had the same key made by Indak from the 60's up to now on snowblowers, tiller, mowers, lawn tractors etc. You should be able to get one for a buck on eBay.

[@brocksnell5256]

do you still have it

[@jackcarroll702]

They do

[@hansi4825]

brock Snell no they sold it it says in the vidoe

[@tucker934]

you have a motor i can buy form you let me know if you do and ill tell you what size band etc.. i need pls

[@MitchellMehalek]

where are you guys located because i am planning to come to tractor land this year

[@edglauner7898]

HEY lynol still got any tractors for sale that run?

[@Sharks448]

would you ship a riding mower?

[@chrisd8180]

The shipping would cost more than the lawn mower, being its that old :-)

[@colbycoakley8802]

are you in canada?

[@grant.m.ball0603]

streetlegalkarts they are in Connecticut

[@lawsonlee528]

I just got an engine like that and swapped it in a tractor

[@charlienorton2337]

Runs like a pos but will run forever. It's a nice tractor too btw

[@pamdalziel1577]

will you give me the all the lown mown that you don't like

[@activels9099]

You will haft to pay.

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

How much an arm or a leg?

[@bikermikemotors]

give me give me give meeeee please give me, will you give me, I may have? I may take? I just take

[@Luvnickjonas3Fan]

@thealexbarsa i live in randolph..

[@bradyplayz8971]

I want the engine, would u sell it?

[@jeromebankston873]

At the end of the video they said they sold the whole thing the next day

[@fred306801]

I put a mower out on the carport, it rains. Keep in mind it is in the dry. A week or two later I go to cut the grass. Won't start for spit. Got to take the shroud off clean the coil. Adjust it and some times even talk dirty to it. Then it may start. But you guy leave one out in the rain sleet and snow for seven yrs and BRoooom it starts up. Some times life just ain't fair.

[@juniormechancic6567]

ill buy it!

[@myjunkertravels6897]

Make go-karts outta the old mowers an make some good cash.

[@ryanmcgouirk9402]

Run like a Briggs

[@thealexbarsa]

@Luvnickjonas3Fan i live really close to that

[@thesmithsrgr8]

how much do you want

[@Mr_Tecumseh]

An arm

[@GrandWagJeep]

Typical Briggs. Starts and runs easily after sitting for years. LOL. Gotta hate those darn solenoids though.

[@shinyfuzzy]

ethanol sucks

[@mechanicsrock1]

I'm sorry you got such insulting offers. Not everything needs to be brand new to work fine (ex. our 2 15-year old Echo Trimmers). I would pay at least what you are asking for it, if not more. Unfortunately common sense ain't so common anymore.

[@gabebaumann457]

tuna salad for 40 bucks

[@kevinisam]

lea but thats funny common sense... you know...

[@mariussalvesenmeland]

someone got 1 that u dont need ennymore that u mayyyy cud give to me? so i can make a mud tractor or somthing cool im a bit of a poor guy u know life its not always good

[@boogger31]

i have the same mower i turned in to a mud mower its awsome check it out

[@trevorwiles2449]

the surveyor assassinated the king of tractor land

[@lawsonlee528]

I just got an engine like that and swapped it in a tractor