Recent content by Levi_88

Carburetor came in today, put it on, took out the manual fuel shut off and my baby fired on up! Was able to mow the front yard with no trouble! Might have to mess around with some things, before I turned it on, I moved the throttle up and down and the governor spring and pin wasn’t moving. There...

i removed the carburetor, wasn’t super bad but was definitely dirty. The gasket, o rings, manifold top were eroding. I cut gaskets, replaced o rings. I took the bowl off, cleaned it real good. I didn’t have gas in my line or in the bowl when I took it apart and I came across a video saying the...

Update: Today was first day I’ve had off work, so I spent the day making 15 trips to lowes for parts they didn’t have. I removed the fender deck, thanks for the seamless instructions, went super smooth. The fuel tank had tons of debris in it, so I emptied gas and flushed it, checked all my...

Appreciate your response! Sorry I didn’t specify, it’s the LX188. I’ve been looking into Manual, assuming the service repair manual is one I need to pick up. Any advice on where to start troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated. I’m just now kinda getting into fixing things on my own...

I have a John Deere water cooled riding lawnmower. It’s an older mower that was left with the house we bought. I’ve mowed twice and both times it’s done great in the back yard which is flat, but when I start going up the hill to the front yard the mower dies. Once it dies, it won’t start up...