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Bumping this thread. Anyone have any info or stories about this Billy Goat plug’r???

Hello, I have recently acquired a Plugr lawn aerator. I know next to nothing about the history of this machine. I have learned that these are sold by Billy Goat but I believe this one was manufactured before SourceOne was bought by Billy Goat in 2014. It has a Briggs and Stratton 3hp that was...

Yes, it’s the carb. I cleaned and soaked mine for a few days. New spark plug and exhaust gasket too. Mine actually had a very “good’n’loud” backfire when I began working on the motor. Scared my wife half to death. Lol

Your Snapper looks really good. You did an excellent job on her. I think so anyways. :)

I’ve been working on this “new to me” Snapper 3081. Having some fun fixing her up and bringing her back. The ride is a little rougher than what I’m used to but she is small enough to fit between my gates without taking the deck off. I date her about a ‘75. She does have a transmission problem...

Excellent, thank you for the response. One last question. After taking the cap off to visually inspect, would I have to purge the system of air? Like a brake system? Or just recap??

I have a hydro gear transmission, number 1713761, and I am trying to see if there is a way to check the fluid level of the unit. Anyone have any ideas?? Here’s a pic of the unit. It’s only a pic, the transmission is still installed on the mower.

Excellent !! Thank you so much bertsmobile1. I’ll give it a go with these adjustments.

The long spring up top is the brake spring.

Linkage to transmission

This is the linkage going to the transmission from behind.

The first pic is full reverse.

This is full forward

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