Recent content by George K

I appreciate the help. Give me a couple days to break it all down. It’s cold and raining for the next couple days. I will let y’all know when I get back to it.

I’m going to go pull the sump cover. Do you know what gasket should go on this. There are 3 to choose from. What thickness should I get.

I had them torqued to 190. But even when I give them just a firm tightening, they bind. At 190, it took a lot of force to turn them

I’m learning slowly. No, I got off brand rings. But just to see if it was the rings, I took them off and put back the old ones. Still binding. So I don’t think the rings are the issue.

With rods disconnected, the crank turns easily. Briggs and Stratton Model 422707-1214-01 I also put in some off brand oil seals. That may be causing the improper end play. I just got 2 new B&S seals. Let me take off sump cover and I will let you know if it turns freely.

Crank case cover is off. Sump cover is on.

I was having issues with the governor so I opened the engine. Since I had it open, I decided to change out the piston rings. When reattaching the connecting rods as per the repair manual instructions, I found that they are binding on the Crankshaft. I applied oiil and it still takes a wrench to...