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I just love when people recommend coating electrical connections with non conductive grease.

Either you have a bad wire connector, most commonly at the battery, but could be were the ground wire connects to the frame, or the...

Very few shops rebuild small engines anymore, including me. It takes too long, too much liability, and not enough money for all the work.

Remove the bolt to the right of the fuel cap and the tank and carb should come off together than you can separate the carb from the tank.

Fuel tank is integral with the rear handle part number 525862104, subs to 537437906. And doesn't come with fuel lines, or any of the...

I think the port without anything connected is actually a bowl vent to atmosphere. Most have a simple hanging line coming off of them...

Carb not clean enough. Surging is almost related to a dirty carb, unusually in the idle circuit. Since carb engines run on the idle...

Mystery device is a vacuum operated fuel pump

Had a customer that I always said, if you could grow anvils in your yard, she would try to mow one.

And that is the most important thing, and the most neglected. And the people that are not maintaining the air filter are also not...

It doesn't really matter whether you use synthetic or conventional oils. Lots of commercial guys change their oil at 50 hours...

That is actually normal especially with the newer EPA mowers because they run too lean when they are cold.. I have seen several newer...

What I am seeing in my area is even the fixer uppers are going for stupid prices. Here is an example...

Personally I quit selling used equipment five years when all I got was insult offers. All I do now is part them out.

The fewer bells and whistles the better. Engineers have gone off the deep end with all the fancy electronics and push buttons. I still...