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raise the wheel off the ground The run the engine at the lowest speed it will run smoothly Work the control arm 20 to 50 times slowly in both directions You should see the wheel eventually start to pick up speed then it will be impossible to stop it with your foot You have now purged the air...

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Engine oil soaked rags will compost quite happily Engine oil soaked rags do not spontaneously combust Vegetable soaked rags are the ones that can spontaneously combust and it is quite rare . This is due to the bacteria that produce methane gas Same story with oily rags in a metal shop they sit...

The alternator just recharges the battery & runs the lights & fuel solenoid Most mowers will run fine without a battery installed at all if the fuel solenoid is clipped . The red wire sends pulsed DC to the battery to recharge it and the black wire provides AC to the headlights only . So the...

try loosening the fuel cap Sounds like a fuel starvation problem Would help if we got the make model & serial number of the engine

Is there a dent in the rocker cover ? Common problem is running into some thing , denting the cover with prevents a valve from fully closing thus no compression Also do the pencil down the plug hole trick to make sure the piston is going up & down . LEt us know what you find .

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Apply nickel high temperature anti sieze to the bolt before fitting as they are notorious for corroding solid into the head And note they are socket headed allen bolts not std hex heads because you can not get a socket or wrench onto a hex head

The cheap & nasty check for blown head gaskets is to run the engine for 5 minutes, turn it off then pull the dipstick out If you get white smoke coming out of the tube the head gasket is gone As Illingne said, a very common problem with all intek singles I do about 6 or so a year. No specific...

Well Trev it is dead so you have to make up your mind if it is worth putting a new engine in it A new B & S will set you back around $ 2,000 ( Aus ) a Kawasaki around $ 1,500 for Kohler you will need to auction of one of your children A Loncin will be a little under $ 1,000 A B & S short block...

IF you post the numbers from the tag under the seat then we should be able to pull up a wiring diagram Two things easy to check is the main fuse & the battery connections at the mower I am assuming you did all the normal things like make sure the blades were off , parking brake was on & mower...

Remove the carburettor turn it sideways , hang it on some wire and see where the fuel is coming from What usually happens is the float needle clags up and does not shut off the fuel with then overfills the carb and leaks out of the air vent for the bowl which is usually between the carb & the...

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At this time of year in the USA mice chewing through wiring is the usual cause

you do not need zinc in a mower engine that has single valve springs that you an compress with your old fella High zinc is needed for engines with double valve springs and high lift cams I really wish idiots who know nothing about oils would stop crossing between NASCAR requirements and mower...