Posting in this section because Lesco is re-branded John Deere.
Long story short I now have a Lesco 48" belt drive walk behind and the engine that came on it was blown up. There is a large hole in the crank case so I'd say that it was run without oil till it blew. It came with a single cylinder 14hp Kawasaki engine.
I picked up a 2 cylinder 23hp (Kawasaki FH680v-bs21-r) engine off of craigslist since that's all that was available with the same bolt pattern and output shaft dimensions at the time I was searching. Adding a battery tray and push to start button would also be nicer than a pull start. The problem is that the engine did not come with an exhaust and I'm having a hard time figuring out what will work and where is a good place to pick up a cheap new or used one.
The engine was off of a rid on zero turn mower, I cannot recall the brand.
-Alex
Long story short I now have a Lesco 48" belt drive walk behind and the engine that came on it was blown up. There is a large hole in the crank case so I'd say that it was run without oil till it blew. It came with a single cylinder 14hp Kawasaki engine.
I picked up a 2 cylinder 23hp (Kawasaki FH680v-bs21-r) engine off of craigslist since that's all that was available with the same bolt pattern and output shaft dimensions at the time I was searching. Adding a battery tray and push to start button would also be nicer than a pull start. The problem is that the engine did not come with an exhaust and I'm having a hard time figuring out what will work and where is a good place to pick up a cheap new or used one.
The engine was off of a rid on zero turn mower, I cannot recall the brand.
-Alex