In my opinion, you may be able to get 300 - 400 for it running. It's up to you. It depends on if you find any other issues

 

Thank you Eric. I appreciate your thoughts

 

The L100 is a rarity in that it is about the only lawn tractor with a 5 speed manual transaxle. You can put just about any Briggs and Stratton engine from the John Deere 100 series on it. I had a farmer give me an L111 because the mower deck was shot. The engine only had 350 hours on it so I took the 2 cylinder engine, muffler and choke cable from the L111 and installed them on my L100 which had 1500 hours on it at the time. I saved the original 17 hp single for a spare. I put another 300 hours on the L111 engine in my old L100 and it is still running strong.

 

Thanks dmeswi. Is there a hour meter on the L100? Owner didn't think so and battery needs a charge. So instead of the single 17hp Intec any engine from the L1xx would plug and play?

 

The L100 did not come with an hour meter but there is a cutout for it on the dash which has a plug in it and the wiring with the correct plug for it is there too under the dash. It was easy to add. Any engine in the series will fit but you will need the appropriate muffler and the appropriate throttle and choke cables and plate, so if you get an engine from another machine, get those parts too. For instance, the L100 doesn't have a separate choke lever but the L111 does. The second slot for the choke is there on the L100, it's just covered over by the laminated L100 dashboard cover. It's easy to cut the slot and add the choke lever if you get those parts.

 

Just joined with the same scenario. 10yr old barely used 100 series with a busted motor and snowblower that my cousin is giving me for free. I'm mechanically inclined and I see V twins forsale for decent prices all over. Doesn't seem too much of a headache to add an extra cylinder.

 

I don't think there's much of a market out there for these machines. If you want to fix it up and keep it, then it might be worth the effort. I think you'd have a hard time selling it and and doing any better than breaking even if you're planning on flipping it.

 

You're right about that. The good thing about these machines is getting parts. When a transaxle or engine fails a lot of people dump them so you can get a good engine or transaxle for little or nothing.