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Make sure you release the pressure on the wand before trying to start. Most consumer pressure washers don't have an easy start feature therefore you are pulling over the engine and the pressure that is being held in the pump.

If built after 2012 then fuel cap is non-vented style. Should have separate rollover valve tank vent system.

Everybody from the manufacturer to the consumer is to blame for this trend. When the average pushmower is ran 12 hours/year and replaced every 3.5 years, and riders are ran on average 38 hours/yr and replaced every 4.5 years. The manufacturers are only biulding to what has become consumer...

Will need the actual model and specification number and in some cases the engine serial number from the engine tag

A partialy sheared flywheel key will effect spark timing and cause hard to start and kickback.

For me the last few years it is moving less around repairs on the actual engine outside of maintenance.. All the repairs are focusing on everything around them.

Have you seen what appears to be an uptick in the repairs required on what would be normally a uneventful spring service

Those charts are about garbage. The temp rating varies depending on which owners manual or in some cases what brand of oil you choose to use. Take 30w for instance. Some charts will show the minimum temp at 50*F and others will show 40*F Your chart shows the maximum operating temp of all...

The Delvac doesn't have a gas engine SAE rating. Only diesel engines.

I don't use the red filter on anything Always white or even finer. Too many logs and boulders get through the red filter causing carb issueTo the point of preventing the float valve from sealing. I use to use the Briggs 40 micron on everything up to 2012 with the new tank vent systems that...

Remove the deck drive belt from the pto clutch pulley and then try to engage the deck. If it keeps running then the problem is in the deck. If it still dies then need to start looking closer for electrical issues.

A week or 2 is quick service this time of year. Due to the lack of repair shops and even more lack of OPE techs 3-4 weeks this time of year is more the normal than the exception. I have been running a 3-4 week backlog since February. Have talked to my local Honda powersports dealer and as of...

Get us the full model,type,and code from the engine, and sometimes we can backtrack the item model number by searching year of engine and other features of the item in the MTD dealer site.

Sounds like the parking brake is stuck in the on position some of the Toro's use a tooth style brake wheel with a arm with opposing teeth that interlock for braking. I have seen that small arm stick and not release the brakes. So need to look down around the transmission. Normally located on...

Item 36 on this diagram appears to be the clutch anti spin bracket https://www.partstree.com/models/rzt-l50-kh-17afcacp056-cub-cadet-50-rzt-zero-turn-mower-kohler-2013/drive-system-3/ Here is a picture of that rod/bracket https://www.amazon.com/CUB-CADET-747-06070-Clutch-Keeper/dp/B0198RGLIU