Recent content by Jones136

Okay, well if anyone is interested, this is the story. Guy came to me with a 4 year old Honda Izy & said it regularly tried to rip his arm off when starting it. (He'd had professional repairs done on it 2 years ago & this problem started shortly afterwards. He told the repair people there was an...

I wouldn't bother with a carb kit, replacement carbs are cheap enough for an aftermarket copy & it saves a lot of time, especially if you go down the full rebuild (welch plugs etc) route. The original carb will undoubtedly be a superior quality, but for the time saved you can almost count the...

Answering my own question...It looks like it might be part of the governor assembly.

Couldn't upload a pic originally, had to go via Flickr to get them off phone & onto PC. The rectangular hole may well be caused by wear, so probably ignore that.

No problem. Good luck.

It will have sheared the woodruff key & thrown the timing out. You'll need to remove the flywheel & replace the woodruff key.

Hi All. I've just found a strange plastic bit in a Honda GCV160 engine & I'm trying to figure out if it's a complete alien or has come adrift from somewhere! It's top hat shaped, off-white plastic. About 20mm long & 8mm external diameter, with an internal diameter of around 6mm. The thin end is...