Recent content by jimvw57

Well, second round of cutting grass and it seems to be working great! I may have gotten lucky and got a good carb, or it may run for awhile and have issues like the last one. We shall see. for now, I am happy.

Carb arrived today, hopefully get it installed tomorrow, drain the fuel and put fresh fuel in (just a good idea) and see how it works. I am thinking the carb I installed before said it would work, but it also said it was for a 18 HP motor instead of a 19 HP. This one says 18-20HP motor. but...

Carb arrived today, hopefully get it installed tomorrow, drain the fuel and put fresh fuel in (just a good idea) and see how it works. I am thinking the carb I installed before said it would work, but it also said it was for a 18 HP motor instead of a 19 HP. This one says 18-20HP motor. but...

update: I pulled the air filter and replaced it, the old one felt quite a bit heavier than the new one. ???? also put a new spark plug on. Hopefully trying it out later today... Son cut the grass and it still seems to bog down when making turns with the blades engaged. The throttle lever acts...

I believe it is a B&S 19 hp # 31Q677 0134 B1 according to the valve cover no stickers on the motor, looks like they were removed before I got it. carb is this from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JFWZCTX?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details Part number on carb was from an engine website...

Last year when I got this, it wouldn't run at fast idle unless choke was on. I replaced the carb, fuel, filter, etc and it ran great for the rest of the year. This year it ran fin until about a month or so ago and now to run at fast idle, it runs rich, with a bit of black smoke out the exhaust...