Recent content by JStevenP

FYI, it's not uncommon for me to work 70 hour weeks, which makes it hard to be readily available to respond to this forum. I apologize for the delay and appreciate your continued advice. I was able to successfully pull and reattach the flange from/onto the spindle in order to add tension that...

That flange is on there.... It doesn't want to come off. I hesitate to give it a shot of WD40. Maybe if I remove the entire choke mechanism and then soak the end where the flange is attached in some boiling water?? I also took a closer look at that vacuum diaphragm that you mentioned earlier. I...

Yes, that diagram is accurate to my setup. So if I make the suggested adjustment, and I do so while the engine is cold, I should rotate the black flange just enough so that the tension is holding the butterfly closed, right? I mean, if the engine is cold, I would expect the tension to hold the...

From what I have read, it is a choke that contains an internal coiled spring (sealed closed with rivets), and the spring behaves like a thermostat. It is mounted to the muffler on the right side of the engine and the heat from the muffler is suppose to cause the internal spring to expand. There...

When I run the mower to operating temperature and shut if off, then remove the air filter, the butterfly is usually in a halfway open/closed position. Its only off for a few minutes when I try to restart the mower and it begins to flood. If I use a finger to fully open the butterfly, one yank of...

Can anyone tell me if this problem has something to do with the auto-choke? I am trying to fix an old (15+ years?) Husqvarna 6021P push mower that has a Kohler Courage XT-6 149cc engine. It had all original parts and was running poorly at the start of the summer. At that time, I discovered for...