John Deere - Briggs & Stratton Oil leak

[Neil B 1997 JD]

I have proceeded to put the tractor all back together and put it away for the winter. When I started it today it did smoke a little on start up, but not as much as yesterday. I let it run long enough to get up to operating temperature and did not see any more smoke and am not seeing in oil leaks, though time will tell on that issue. I really am not sure what to think about the smoking on start up, as I said before it wasn't doing that prior to my tearing the engine down and I don't know what I could have done that would be causing it. I will just have to wait until next spring to see how it runs and performs over time.

Thanks for your help on this project!

Neil