Craftsman GT3000 "MUTT" Part I

Yo. I'm waving at you. I'm near your neck of the woods in Ky. Bowling Green for the night.

Come on over and drool over this 2300 with me eh? Lol

Why not swing in and have a little romp while your at it too lol.

He can take Orion! ...oh wait

Yeah. Not really sad seeing that one go lol.

I think my LT 4000 qualifies as a MUTT , just not this mutt. Nothing stock about it at all, while your MUTT has a stock 820 and came with an oppy. Lol

biggasmowers wrote:

I think my LT 4000 qualifies as a MUTT.

You mean a Mostly Upside-down Turbulent Tractor?

Lol. Couple hrs ago I was in the mowrons neck of the woods. Hey @alliskidd21. I'll wave across the lake from Sandusky around 830 ish.

Sorry Rich. I hijacked your thread.

biggasmowers wrote:

I think my LT 4000 qualifies as a MUTT , just not this mutt. Nothing stock about it at all, while your MUTT has a stock 820 and came with an oppy. Lol

Well really the only thing stock on MUTT is the transaxle, fuel tank, and frame (which has been reinforced) Also I guess the engine is now too since the model 46 gave up the ghost, haha.

The steering wheel is stock too, and shifter setup, lol

I thought the steering wheel was swapped right when you put the model 46 in?

I put the stock one back on, since it has the cover for the center part.

Oh, and i found a adjustable main setup for it. Turns out the new mtd had one on it

Oh okay, I see. I knew I remembered you swapped it at one point. HA, and Riley says I have a bad memory!

Like I said, he still has stock parts. There's zero stock parts on mine. Nothing is original lol.

I mean... it's not really a competition. But whatever, haha.


So the adjustable main jet is gonna get swapped over to the carb on MUTT? That should be handy to have for sure.

Idk, sometime in the next whenever i feel like it days

Seems the adjustment screw actually threads into the carb rather than a plug that threads into the carb. I think I might just swap the carbs between these, or maybe I'll find a different adjustment screw

So I did decide that i'm just putting the adjustable carb on Mutt. Just gotta get off my lazy arse and rebuild it and put it on and adjust it.

Man, I need some motivation to work on this thing anymore.

That’s what football does to ya

Nah i think it's more the guitar lol. Plus nothing really interesting has been happening with her. I'd be a lot more into her if i had a new car battery, I think. Pull starts every time kinda sucks.

Huh. Pull start isn't fun but is effective.

I literally dont have any battery that will start this thing lmao.

Well, actually maybe i do on the craftsman mtd we have. I could swap the batterys between mutt and that. Mutts battery should do fine to start a 31ci single.

Finally put the carb together, now to get it back on

Shweet. So that's the one with the adjustable main jet?

Buy a car battery. Should be worth the money

Nice. With a clean rebuilt carb mutt should run much better

I'd buy one if i had that kinda money

Oh, and this carb still seems to be dirty. Think I'll get a can of carb clean to use this time lol

Got some carb clean and a pair of valve stems for the right Exec. Now to get off my arse and use them i cant wait to have a reliable machine again.

Put a welch plug in, there wasnt one before


Made a new choke linkage. This older carb is a bit different than a typical 3 screw, a bit smaller i think, and the port you'd drill for an external fuel pump isn't there. The old linkage was a bit long and made the arm go too far. It was usable but i didnt like it.



Well cleaning the carb didnt help. She ran for a bit then died out. Pulled her over a bit more and nothing happened so i pulled the plugs. Bottom cylinder was wet and the top was dry. She still has spark on both plugs when i pull them out. I think I'll try switching them, and if that doesn't change anything I'll try a different coil.