Recent content by Flyingdog

Save yourself from present & future headaches and get a solid (cast aluminum) valve cover and a "real" gasket. Cover- Cylinder Head 12311-Z2A-000 Manufactured by: Honda...

All good advice. My particular vice is "extras". Meaning: finding a reputable online parts dealer and stock up on the consumables. Granted you don't usually have spare heads, carbs, cranks etc etc etc lying on your shelves, but the small things are the ones that will give up the ghost at...

Looks like someone over did it with the honda bond (or whatever) and it oozed out when it was inserted. If it still works, just get another one and replace it when needed. You can never go wrong with spare consumables.

Ya..close the rear chute, cut a hole in the side of deck. https://www.amazon.com/toro-side-chute/s?k=toro side chute

Coarse this filter isn't needed. Maybe I shoulda stuck an egr valve there.;) Rivets wrote: "If you didn’t plug the hole in the back of the air filter housing, you are allowing unfiltered dirty air to flow directly into the cylinder." Re-read my thread.

Few years' ago, while doing some maintenance, noticed the crankcase breather tube was plugged into the "backside" of the air cleaner housing..."after" the filter element. This didn't make much sense. So... capped off the nipple and give the breather hose it's own filter, instead of venting...

Yikes..snowed yest. Two days after this pic. Still runs like a champ for a 18-year-old-machine.

Even though I have a HRX, I'm sure this relates to other Hondas'. Something one can check if all else fails. I was getting a lotta lock-up on "one" side. Took things apart and noticed, the slot that the ratcheting key & spring sits in didn't have square edges, anymore. Over time, apparently...