Recent content by billuke

Ok,I officially give up.I tried everything I could to get this going. I'm taking the hit on the replacement parts but maybe some will fit my 160 engine if needed. Thanks to everyone but this is a lost cause.

How do you know you're on the top dead center of the compression stroke,and not the exhaust stroke?

I will 2x check it again but I definetly have spark in the start position on the throttle lever. Also will check valves again. Can't get to it untill this weekend.

No I did not do an actual compression test and if your talking about the arms that sit at the ends of the valves, I just checked to see if they were working. All I can say is I have another mower with a gvc 160 honda engine, which works great and the engine of the 190 sounds/feels about the...

I got the Amazon carb and as far as valves I went with these specs Intake 0.15 +- 0.04mm Exhaust 0.20 +- 0.04 mm

Ok gentleman, I replaced: New plug (Gapped) New Carb and Gaskets New Coil (getting good spark) New Air Filter New pull cord assembly Checked Kill Switch OK Checked Valves and clearance OK Fresh oil change Fresh gas ... Will not start,tried starter fluid and got a couple farts out of it. What am...

Hi,new member here and hello everyone! Got HRX 217 that a guy was throwing away because he couldn't get it started. Well I'm troubleshooting it and curious about the coil which is extremely rusty. I can't find this exact model and wondering is this an oddball ? I can find 217 k1,k2,k3 etc,but no...