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I was curious about how you determine what ratio to use in various piece of equipment. You mentioned 100, 80 and 66 to one

That would be a little too big and heavy for a lawn mower. I put a 3-71 Detroit in a chevy crewcab and it was very heavy in the front. Later I swapped in a 4-53T with a 5 speed and 3 speed auxilary. Currently I'm running an F150 with a 4BT Cummin and that is perfect.

Thanks for the informative replies gentlemen. I have another engine I'll use till I get this one torn apart and fixed. It makes sense to me that you are probably right that it has a broken ring.

Same here, that's all I use too. When I'm done for the season I start it up and close off the fuel line and when it starts to run out of gas I close the choke and that draws even more gas out of the bowl. I have never had a problem starting any of my stuff in the spring.

I made a log splitter back in the 1990's and it has an old 11HP Briggs with a 16HP V twin carb on it. I bought the engine without a carb and used what I had. It has run for years with no problems till today. The crankcase vent isn't attached to the card and when I finished splitting wood today I...

This American has NO interest in an electric mower OR car!

I built this log splitter about 25 years ago and it has split may tons of wood during that time. I changed the oil about a month ago and a few days ago I started it and it had a knock. I've started it several times and it knocks every time. The engine numbers are 252417 5526 01 and I assume this...

If the parking brake wasn't the problem it could be the safety switch on the mower deck has malfunctioned.

I have never used any fuel additive and have never had any problems starting in the spring. I shut the fuel off and run the engine till it starts to die out then I apply the choke and let it run till it dies and that probably gets all of the gas out of the bowl. I have unplugged a lot of...

Whether you weld it or plate it you are going to have to take some stuff off in order to get to the break. In my opinion I don't think a one inch strip of metal on each side of the break would be enough. You would have to use some small bolts and I don't think they could handle the pounding of...

If the hole is 7/16 of an inch or smaller you can use a plug-n-patch. It's a patch with a stem on it. You have to take the tire off and you pull the plug thru the hole then the patch attaches to the inside of the tire. Being a lawn mower tire the hole could be bigger than 7/16 because you only...

I'd say your needle valve isn't closing. The float could be full of gas or have a hole in it or stuck and it could be that something is between the seat and the needle valve. Was there a lot of crap in the bowl when you took it off and cleaned it?

I had an engine with a bad coil and found one that fit but was originally matched to a smaller flywheel. I put it on and it ran. I never did put it to use so I don't know how long it would last.

I had that problem with my Khroler engine. It had an oil leak and puked oil all over it and then dust and grass collected on the cooling fins and it would over heat. I took the engine out and fixed the leak and cleaned the engine and then it would shut down when the key was turned off. So my...

LOL. I never knew the family dog produced more pollution than a lawn mower. I probably push more pollution out my donkey every day.LOL!