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I have a Craftsman Pro Series garden tractor, with 54" deck and 27 hp Kohler Courage motor, that is 4 years old. I am a stickler for maintenace ,so this thing is still like new.
Just FYI ,I hate it. Worst weight distribution and center of gravity ,mower Ive ever owned.
Its a backup for certain places ,to my Gravely zero turn.
Yesterday while mowing up hill, it shut off.
Would not start , but sputtered as if it wanted to.
I pushed it down to flat ground , it started , I mowed flat ground 15 minutes , started up the hill ,it shut off at top of hill, pushed it around to point down hill, it started, mowed 15 minutes, tried up hill again, same thing.
So I got it to the shop, and bypassed the fuel filter.
Mowed 20 minutes, no problem on flat groumd, went up hill ,half way up it shut off. pushed it to point down hill, started it , and parked it in the shop.
The gas tank is gravity feed to fuel filter, then back up to fuel pump, so my best guess is the fuel pump is bad.
Any ideas?
Jim
Just FYI ,I hate it. Worst weight distribution and center of gravity ,mower Ive ever owned.
Its a backup for certain places ,to my Gravely zero turn.
Yesterday while mowing up hill, it shut off.
Would not start , but sputtered as if it wanted to.
I pushed it down to flat ground , it started , I mowed flat ground 15 minutes , started up the hill ,it shut off at top of hill, pushed it around to point down hill, it started, mowed 15 minutes, tried up hill again, same thing.
So I got it to the shop, and bypassed the fuel filter.
Mowed 20 minutes, no problem on flat groumd, went up hill ,half way up it shut off. pushed it to point down hill, started it , and parked it in the shop.
The gas tank is gravity feed to fuel filter, then back up to fuel pump, so my best guess is the fuel pump is bad.
Any ideas?
Jim