Richard hopkins
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Craftsman LT 1000 New Gas line shut off valve and new filter.
I bought my mower new in 2004 it’s given me 14 years of good service, until one day this year I went to plow snow, the garage where I store the mower/plow was filled with gasoline I thought my gas can was leaking it wasn’t, checked the mini bike , motorcycles and the scouter , come to find out it was the mower the plastic shut off valve cracked leaked all the gas out of the tank (1.25gallons) on to the floor soaked the carpet under the motorcycles, my tool boxes quite a mess and I have an attach garage to my house, it could have been bad! Anyways, I replaced the plastic one with a brass one and installed a new gas filter attached is two pitchers of the new setup. Just want to warn people who have plastic shut off valves when they get old they get brittle and crack and you won’t know it.
I bought my mower new in 2004 it’s given me 14 years of good service, until one day this year I went to plow snow, the garage where I store the mower/plow was filled with gasoline I thought my gas can was leaking it wasn’t, checked the mini bike , motorcycles and the scouter , come to find out it was the mower the plastic shut off valve cracked leaked all the gas out of the tank (1.25gallons) on to the floor soaked the carpet under the motorcycles, my tool boxes quite a mess and I have an attach garage to my house, it could have been bad! Anyways, I replaced the plastic one with a brass one and installed a new gas filter attached is two pitchers of the new setup. Just want to warn people who have plastic shut off valves when they get old they get brittle and crack and you won’t know it.