Recent content by JimP2014

I just inspected around the breather tube and the fuel filter and going back towards where the steering wheel is and I noticed dirt particles that had oil on them. I am confused as to what this means I am to do next. This is from before, meaning I am not sure if I fixed this in the short 10...

Briggs & Stratton recently changed to a new design cylinder head bolt for model 210000, 310000, and 330000 OHV engines. The new bolts require a higher torque during installation. At the same time, we have modified the bolt tightening sequence to reduce chances of head warpage at the higher...

So this is the engine running there was major smoke and it was most likely coming from when I took the valve cover gasket off so I ran it on say idle for about 10 minutes it seems to be okay but this is the part that I just can't predict what'll happen when the machines actually in use + it's...

So I think this video shows that little bump and that would prove the compression mechanism is working. The video was upside down the intake valve is really on the bottom.

But the one thing that I really should mention because to figure something out you have to know all the background or the problem what was going on is it it was smoking like white smoke coming out of the muffler area and then when I shut down the engine there would be smoke coming out of the...

Thank you for the reply dark here now but tomorrow morning I can get going on that flywheel is torqued down to I think 90 90 foot pounds and it's entirely possible because that rocker arm was extremely loose then when I started the engine it was because of that and not so much because of that...

One thing I forgot to ask am I focusing the video on where those springs are or on the other side where those push rods are? Thanks,

I will make a video of this bump or non bump, I am leaning more towards no bump ( bad ) but I do not know for sure.

Bentrim I do know what you speak, and I was wondering that. A few years ago I watched a video by FNGuitar player ( something like that ) and he called it a bump. I was trying to figure this out earlier. I had no conclusion either way. I am taking your instructions "outside" I am not getting it...

This is the video of that rocker arm shaking here is the video of the rocker arm shaking I'm not sure if when it's not under tension it should shake this violently?

So I checked all the linkages + they seem fine I took off the valve cover gasket the exhaust valve specifically that hex nut and that torx screw they were very loose so that means the exhaust valve was always open I guess and maybe that explains why the engine went into this high Rev situation...

Wow good points. I am on autopilot with this thing and not paying attention - Thanks! "lower valve while turning the engine over you should see a small movement " <-- will check that out too. One thing I failed to mention here was one of those head bolts ended up with a rounded hex head. So...

So the latest is it runs so erratically as soon as you start the engine it seems like after ruling out the flywheel key it has to be a carburetor issue Or I messed up with the valve clearances but I'm including a picture of the flywheel and the key and based on what I see I'm going to say I'm...

The noise it was rattling that had to do with a belt guide that has been fixed. So I took apart the cylinder head portion of the engine cleaned everything put in a new head gasket set the gap for the intake at 0.004 and for the exhaust 0.006. I basically put the rest of the engine the top...

Yeah now that I know what it is and I'm reading what you're saying that's the noise it's a scraping noise it's not that easy to bend that belt guide back away from the pulley I just don't want to break anything with heavier equipment let's say.