Thought at first it may have been Carb. as original on it, however had a new one installed & doing same thing.
Whatever it is it's heating up to a certain point then shutting down till it cools off then will run again if left along for a while. i found the magneto coil to be damaged however upon...
If you're trying to tell me what's on it don't know as replace w/
Craftsman LTS2000/ 17 HP. OHV / Model 310707 / Type 0137-E1/ Code 0111162D Riding Mower
Yeah, your right on motor it was switch off another as original had blown motor / i did find the coil wire to spark plug was damage since did not have one i cut & wrapped the wire around tip seemed to of worked as started up but thinking once heated up may be failing so ordered a new one & see...
Have a LTS2000 bought used from backyard repair shop guy seem to know his business / however when i started using mower it ran fine for about 45 min. after that started running high & then low like running out of gas/ gov armature fluctuating repeatedly some back firing and stalling / choking...