Recent content by mark abby

never heard of that before, but it's worth a try....thanks!

well, i removed the heads and replaced valve seals and cleaned any carbon off the valves. one side was so bad the exhaust valve wasn't even seating. Once i put it all together i checked the compression....both sides were at about 50psi...lol...i squirted a little oil in and they went up over...

you're probably 100% right. It was bought brand new anyways and this is the first time i had to do anything to it. but.....i looked closely at the parts, and i'm ashamed to say the O ring part i was talking about was just the piece of the inside of the seal for the intake valve. Somehow it came...

that makes sense, i guess. So, the guides i've been looking at (without the rubber O ring) should be the correct ones. As for the piston movement, you're right. I read that when it's at the top of the cylinder it will move back and forth slightly. thanks for the feed back!! I really appreciate...

ok, but my question is the exhaust guide I removed had a rubber insert in it, and all the ones I have found don't seem to have that. I understand what you're saying, but, was this a design change for that motor? I even emailed B&S and asked, but they were of no help. The intake seal was easy to...

I pulled the left side head off. it was loaded with thick carbon and the exhaust valve appeared to not be seating fully. I did a compression test on the opposite cylinder and my gage showed a steady 120 psi and held it there. so, i cleaned the head of all carbon and i want to replace the valve...

so.....bermuda grass....zoysia....or kentucky blue?

27hp Twin B&S #446777 2441 i read some posts in here about engines smoking on a hill, and mine was doing that...so i thought. The suggestions given were that thee head gaskets were probably bad. So, I began the %$#@%$@# of removing one of them, and thee head gasket was great. However, i brought...

ha....moving down here from NYS was like getting out of prison and being FREE!! yea, we love it here and i agree, the people are friendly, unlike NYS. Also, in the last 4 years, we just got the most snow ever here...4" lol. Back in NYS that would be nothing. Anyway, i've saved all the ideas...

thanks for all the suggestions! i'll start in the early spring with a soil test (if they have a place around here)

damn...nice set up!!! you gave me ideas for my zero turn.

grounds are used as part of the safety features on riders...if this is a rider. When the key is urned ON, it will show grounds, but when you begin to start it, the grounds go OFF until a safety switch grounds the machine out. ( hope i explained the right) You can test this by putting a meter to...

gees....you're right....pricey grass seed.

I'm about in the middle south of Kentucky...Monticello. We tried that Kentucky 31 which seemed ok, but in many areas, it just wouldn't grow.

i guess i'll get it analyzed at a local co-op. the True Green guy claimed to know what it needed, but that didn't pan out too well either. Strange because our soil is hard red/yellow clay. I'm in the Monticello KY area, so, not that far from Tennessee.