Listen, I didn't watch a YouTube video then decide to work on my equipment. I've been repairing small engines since I was a kid for 15years now. The fucking flywheel had a layer of rust that I had never seen in my 15 years. It's like the fucker sat at the bottom of a salt water lake. And...
Ok. It doesn't seem like it. It seems like it runs through the housing and there is a square cutout for the linkage to run through.
There was a small grey sheet steel bracket or guard that protects the flywheel that I never put back on bc the magnetic pull from the flywheel bent it out of...
I put a replacement carb on, and I noticed it was a little different from the original. The original had a set screw on the top to adjust the rpms for lack of a better term. The new one doesnt have it and I think that may have something to do with it.
I knew I should have just rebuilt the...
Craftsman 917.377550
Serial- 042398M 023210
Briggs and Stratton 12H802-2675-E1
Well that's what it says on the housing. I'm not sure if it's original to motor, but I'm assuming it is bc we've owned it since we bought new
Hi,
I'm having this issue, I cleaned the flywheel with a wire brush on a drill and now I noticed the magnets on the flywheel are pulling the Carb to Governor linkage everytime around.
Is there a way I can stop this ?
when I was cleaning the rust off I noticed the flywheel magnets sparking...