Mustie1 on KZfaq probably know all about the craftsman. His a wizard with those things. Love the variation in videos lately. Take care of your family Randy and take the time you need,videos can come later. Real followers understand your situation😉

I think personally it’s worth rebuilding because it’s such a clean mower. Had the same model craftsman mower and it was great.

Randy. I wanted to say first and foremost I know what your feeling right now. My step-up dad as I call him was diagnosed with early onset dementia and Alzimers at 46. And then Parkinson at 54. Watching him struggle and decline is the hardest thing I've had todo in my 42 years of life. He passed September 27th 2017 at 57 years old. My family and I will keep you and your family in our prayers. Keep making the awesome content that you do! God Bless.

Sorry to hear about your uncle . Been praying for him so I pray for the safety of your trip and just know that your family and you are in my prayers everyday . This was a very good one I was hoping it would work out . Thank you for taking time to do this video for us. 🙏🙏A

I'm sorry about your uncle man, i really hope the miracle happens and things go for the best but regardless, I'm glad he's receiving all the love possible and he's got all your support. That's really nice from you. Take care Randy, we're all distant people from the internet but i really feel you and i hope things go for the best.

That is a beautiful old craftsman. If I lived closer to you that Briggs & Stratton engine is very easy to fix. I would love to been able to come and help you rebuild that engine.

Sorry to here about your uncle. As for the tractor i am optimistic about its return to service. A pull of a runer from another is an option or a preditor repower from harbor fright or briggs and stratton are options. Would love to see this old school peice of iron back in service.

Im so sorry about your uncle and his situation. I pray for a miracle. Good luck and take whatever time you need man. Family comes first. Love ya.

Hello Randy. Let's see if this old 1993 Craftsman 600 lawnmower will run and mow. I'm sorry to hear about your uncle. I've got you and him in my prayers.

Randy! The fact that you give us a video every single day makes me so happy because the fact that you are going through a lot and you’re still able to give us Contant is amazing. And I would actually love to see a lawnmower project. Matter fact, my favorite videos were always the one where are you and Mike we’re on tours or in different state auctions. Hopefully one day soon down the road those collaboration videos will happen again. I don’t know why but both of you are amazing but when you are both in one video it’s a different story, it’s like a party every time.

That is definitely worth putting an engine in if you can find one. Great video

Very best wishes for your Uncle, remember to take care of yourself as well Randy. Hope everything goes well

Would absolutely love to see that mower live again! Thoughts are with you at this difficult time. Take all the time you need, we’ll all be waiting for you.

Yeah that is a fine mower, I had one just like it and she ran as long as i needed it.

Prayers for your family, randy. Would love to see you rebuild the engine. We did them in junior high school shop class in 7th grade, they're not really that difficult There should be somebody local to you that should be able to help you. I'm on the road and I'm out of Dallas or I would volunteer to come up and do it with you. Can't wait to see the content good luck.

For its age, that’s one clean lawn mower! It could still be interesting content to see it really get used again, I guess in the end it all comes down to time and money, especially as busy as you stay with other projects and walk around videos. Sorry to hear that about what you’re going through, I know I do enjoy and appreciate the content that you upload and as many as you do I can tell you work hard at it. Sweltering heat and all!

Randy, i get it. As a guy raised in a Baptist church i believe that by your actions speak louder than empty words often given by folks but when i was going on dialysis at the same time as your uncle you gave a heartfelt wish to me. Ever since then you meant more to my getting better. I don't know how to tell you but i know deep down that you done your uncle and grands proud. I couldn't be anymore proud too. God bless.

No need to apologize family is what life is all about, Love your content keep it up

Nothing like an old school boxy Craftsman mower from the 1980's-1990's era. That one looks so clean. Most were beat to snot and rusty. The original owner must have washed it down and kept it clean after each mow. I hope all will be well with your uncle. That Dialysis thing is something that needs to be kept up. My dad is on it. 3 times a week for about 4 hours, it then takes several hours to recover from it and he now cannot travel a lot of places he used to (like Canada).

I hope everything goes well for you and your uncle my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

It's definitely cool! My uncle has a 96 or 97 riding mower still uses it weekly he bought it new when I was high school it's kept in the garage and gets washed it works great

Randy I know what your going through I lost my wife in July to cancer and I still haven’t gotten over her passing yet it’s a tough thing to watch a loved one pass away in front of you chin up randy and your family

I had an uncle in hospice. He passed away in 2019. However death cannot kill what never dies--Love and I will add the memories our family shared together with him. God bless him and you. I send you and the family my prayers.

I learned on one just like this one in 1993. Great video! Praying for your Family!

My mom passed away just after Easter time this year and I miss her every minute. I had the chans to been with her to the very end ❤. Go visit your Onkel, buy the house if you can, we gonna be here, waiting for you. Family first, always! Take care and see you soon, Randy ❤❤

Praying for you Randy. Just lost my dad from cancer in July and spent a month in Missouri. when you coming back to the west coast we grab Rocky's and a few beers

Safe travels Randy, I for one would love to see your families house rehab I think it would be awesome

Keep pushing brother! God's gonna bless you and your family. We'll be here when you get back.

sorry to hear about your uncle, I've lost my mom this year. i really would love to see the lawn mower rehabbed and brought back

Don't give up. This mower is awesome. Rebuild or motor swap is a must. Don't forget about this one.

Sorry for your sadness right now Randy. Take care of yourself & your family! You’re a good man for doing what you can. Have a safe trip back home.

Keep your chin up mate our thoughts are with you at this time in your life as you said it’s the cycle of life but you know he is in the best place for your uncle so stay safe on your trip and will wait for updates soon

Could be as simple as valve seat, those engines are pretty easy to work on, you know enough people in the car biz that someone is bound to know a small engine guy. That mower is in excellent condition, you got a great $$ deal on it. You'd be surprised how big the used/refurbished lawn mower business is these days

Way to go Randy, you scored another winner. Love it. 😎🙏👍God be with your Uncle, I'm sure everyone will be praying for him. 🙏

My Junior and Senior year in High School I worked for Singer Motor Products, we made power tools and some electric lawn mowers for Sears, Drills, sanders, belt sanders. I worked in the Motors Dept making the motors for the tools, My late sister and use to run the test panel on some of the assembly lines.

First thing…. Iam praying for your uncle and you and your family.This is a very stressful and painful time and all of our thoughts and prayers are with you. I went thru the same thing with my granddad and will never forget it. So I hope and pray everything gets better very soon. Second thing is my granddad had the same exact mower and I mowed his yard with it when I was little and would love to have a mower like that. Hope you fix it and get it going or sell it to something will love it for what it is and means. Thank you for this video as well as all the others. God bless you.

Randy I find this content interesting I used to operate a tractor almost exactly like it in the late 80s working for an apartment complex of course we beat it to hell but it kept on chugging along

So sorry to hear about your uncle. My prayers go out to you and your family. You can still find those opposed twin engines readily available on Marketplace, craigslist etc... and from what I hear they're pretty good. If you do swap to a more modern v-twin engine. Couple things to keep in mind is the crankshaft size and orientation, big enough charging system that'll support the electric PTO/Clutch. BTW Love the content, keep up the great work!

Prayers with your uncle as well as you and your family in this hard time.

Bro my mom is getting open heart surgery this week and I totally understand your situation !! Love your channel keep god on your side !

I was given a old Murray riding mower I put Gas in it and jumped the battery it started right up

The lawnmower belongs in a museum. Like you said, those days are gone. 👍🏻👍🏻 I don’t doubt it at all it fired right up.

I hope your alright man and we would love to see a house remodel and I've been here since 36k subs and loved every video and hopefully there's a miracle out there for your uncle ❤️ keep your head up

Randy, it's funny as I typed out a comment on the last video but I never posted it. My grandfather had the smaller version of this mower the 12hp if memory serves me right and he taught me how to mow back in the 90s on it. My grandfather took excellent care of his mower but my father sold it and everything my grandfather owned when my grandfather died at the ripe old age of 99. Your video with this mower reminds me of my grandfather ALOT. Lifes short man and the ones we love are here and gone before we know it.

Wow Randy, sorry for the hard times you are going through right now. Hope things get better for you and your family. Praying that things get easier for you and your family.

Praying for your family Randy. My Grandpa has been in the hospital for a while now, so I completely understand what you're going through

I'm praying for you Randy I hope everything gets better my grandfather went through the same thing he died back in October 2020 due to Covid 19 and he had Demintia I feel your pain I'm praying for you God Bless You Randy keep up the great content

Love to see you get the lawn mower running

have a safe trip sry for your loss

My grandma had one of these when I was young and I loved it.

I love the idea of that lawn mower being fixed please continue with it and i wish you and your family best with your uncle

Sorry to hear about your uncle, man. Safe travels and we’ll see you when you get things sorted.

Rebuild. It's a classic and needs to be saved. Would enjoy watching the rebuild.

Take care Randy hope all goes well keep safe best wishes to you and your family I’m sure your grandparents are proud of you your a good guy

I'd be honored to help you repair the house.

Spark plugs that were installed were the wrong type . The treads are to long . Plug CJ6 should be suitable it will eliminate piston or valve hitting ..

Randy. As always, thank you for your great videos. Your content is always worth watching no matter what your working on that particular day. So very sorry about your uncle. I have lost my entire family to Cancer and can definitely relate to your pain. Please take time for yourself in the upcoming week(s) for heal from within. As for the tractor, I would like to see you get that thing running! Maybe a small engine repair shop in your area? Good luck!

Probably has a bent pushrod in it or bent rod connector easily fixed great machine I love working on small engines easy and cheap to repair just time consuming to pull it all apart and put it back together. Sorry to hear about your uncle buddy prayers for you and your family

Randy keep your head up I know what you are going through, family comes first take care of your self and your family.

I respect you for what you are doing. there is not alot of people out there like you.

I think my Grandpa had one of those. I rode with him when he mowed. Thinking of you and your Family Randy. 🙏💙

3:17 "I didn't get that. Could you try again?" lol

I'd go get a Harbor Fright 15.8HP engine and install that. It would make a cheap fix and would make make a good unit for AAR headquarters allowing you to keep the better one at the new house

It looks like a more modern version of the 1973 Sears ST 16 Twin garden tractor with 48” mower deck and Koehler engine that my family purchased when we moved from the city to the country - it was our first power mower as we always had push type reel mowers when we lived in the city. Finally sold that mower in 2012 - carburetor rebuild and fuel system clean out and it was mowing again for a neighbor - sold for $50, but not as pristine as yours as ours had mowed 7.5 acres 20 times per season all of the years that we owned it.

Randy I would not any miss any videos you make buddy see you soon

I have been loving these resent videos. If I won the lottery I would have a bunch of 80s, 90s, and early 00s cars

I remember you showed the mower but didn’t get into it yet in a previous video . I noticed how clean it was definitely would love it for myself. Great find! 👍

loved this video .... find out which spark plug is the correct one first off then drain the oil dump trans mission fluid in it ... crank it over a bit .... drain that then blow out the cylinders with an air gun with the plug open see what that does .... did this with my chevy capricfe that had a 262ci v6 and it gave me 2 more years of use and still ran mom just wanted it gone

yes i would love to see you bring this classic back take care all the best for you and your uncle

Mad love N Respect! Not many of us left. Real recognize real! Stay strong Randy

Definitely the wrong plugs and the cause for everything. Noise is from the bent intake valves slapping and most likely the cause of loss compression. Pull the heads and the jugs. Replace and lap the valves. Hone out the cylinder jug and replace rings on piston if damaged. Be willing to bet though with a good flushing they'll come back around after a couple heat cycles. A cheaper to fix than replace scenario for sure. Such a beautiful piece of machinery!! Would be awesome to see it live again! Awesome find man! Real talk, take care of you and yours first and foremost. Blessings and respect to the hustle and grind.

I just bought the exact same mower at an estate sale for $30. Sold as a non runner too. It has a blower attachment and everything. We will see what I find tomorrow.

Dang Randy, really brought out some feelings here. Thank you for the update

Can't wait to see the video on the house . Best of luck on all your projects

It's definitely worth fixing. Very rare to find such a beautiful garden tractor

Last year I bought a 1982 Central Park Central Hardware riding mower with an 18 HP B&S. Didn't look as good as yours, but it still runs

Just go do what you need to do Randy. Family comes first. Everything else is just life. We’ll all be there when you’re ready to come back.

So sorry to hear about your uncle, he will be in our prayers as will you also. Hang in there and enjoy your time with your uncle. As for the mower, you should harbor freight motor swap it.

Good luck randy. I really wish you luck. I really hope he makes it.

We’re all here for you Randy. Take time off if you need. We understand and we’ll be here to support you. Take care of yourself and your family. We’ll be thinking of you in hopes that things get better.

Best of luck with your Uncle. Stay strong my friend!

Can’t wait to see you rebuild your family home

Sorry to hear that you're having bad luck but I hope everything gets better my prayers are with you

Believe it or not i was looking forward to this one! So surprised how clean it is and how cheap you got it for! Oh damn Randy bummer!! 😯😯 like too see the old girl live again!! So sorry about your uncle!!😥😥😥 some good memories in your uncles house so happy you are able to save it and maybe make some content on you rebuilding it!!

Yes do it randy and I'm sorry to hear the bad news and keep positive 🙏

Keep your head Randy, you're an amazing human being!

I love to see you repair the mower. Sorry to hear about your Uncle. Stay strong 💪🏽.

Hey randy I hope your uncle gets better And hope he has a long time ahead of himself Still. I am praying for you And your uncle also I hope you can get to buy his house. Have a amazing day Randy.

My thoughts and prayers are with you. Family always comes first. God speed brother

Thats a clean mower for the age of it, it would be cool to see it rebuilt, when it comes to family go see them, help them if they need help with something take your time on the content its still gonna be great content no matter what speed you release them at

I'm sorry about your uncle Randy just know you have our support and I'll be praying for all of you I've lost so many people in my life so I understand

Since it’s one of the 6 speed tractors with the hi/low speed selector it should be easy for you to get the $100 out of it selling it. People on mytractorforum and other garden tractor sites would be all over that. About 6 years ago I got a hydrostatic Craftsman tractor for free and parted it out, making a little bit in the process. I only kept the rear tires and wheels.

18 hp Kolher motor is not that expensive. It's a wonderful mower. Excellent video.

I had a Craftsman riding mower once. Big Kohler engine, hydrostat drive. That's all that was good about it. The rest of it was crap. I broke and repaired every piece of linkage on the deck. I came to the conclusion that the name Craftsman meant you needed to be one to keep the thing functional.

Sorry to hear about your uncle have a safe trip and good luck with the house I know I would like seeing the house project

I've enjoyed all your videos it would be nice to see this old lawn mower come back to life put a new motor in something different on the channel along with your uncle's house that would be cool to watch buy it fix it up

Hopefully you can find a replacement engine for the lawnmower or maybe it is easy to rebuild and video it? Big Up!

These videos are always fun Sorry to hear about your uncle. Hoping for the best.

Sears used that same transmissions since the 70s. My 1973 Sears ST16 has that same transmission, just pray the brakes are in ok shape, cuz it’s a pain in the butt to replace the brake band. Basically u gotta drop the transmission, then for parts for that tractor, good luck cuz it’s hard to get parts at all since Sears sold out. Man that was way too easy. I’ve got a 116 that was like that, cleaned the carb, new starter, a decent battery, & it started right up.

Looks more like an '87-90 model, the '93+ ones had a different hood. It's no doubt worth rebuilding, it's in the best shape I've ever seen an old Craftsman mower like that.