Recent content by jdtm

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Old head gasket or new one, this thread, while interesting, is becoming tangential to helping Paul's Toro get his mower running smoothly. On that front, while checking the the governor by manually operating the throttle valve as I had suggested...

I was trying to pass along what I considered good advice, not start a war. The L-head B&S engine seems very tolerant of used head gaskets, and as someone mentioned, the bolts usually work loose. I have never had a reused head gasket fail, but you need to use a little common sense when deciding...

If it is working OK under load, that would make valve and ignition issues less likely. On the other hand, it is not that hard to get to the valves on this engine, and it never hurts to make sure they are moving freely, lap them, and adjust the clearances (0.005"-0.007" intake and 0.007"-0.009"...

Get and installpaint.net (https://www.getpaint.net/download.html) and then open and save the picture file using a lower resolution to reduce the size of the picture. Check basic things like a clogged air filter and valve clearances. Make sure you are getting good fuel flow. Do a compression...