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Well I finally had a chance to get back to this. Per above suggestion I took the valve covers off to inspect the lifters. the first side looked fine and the moved easily. Whn I did the other side the problem was obvious. The rocker arm bolt had come loose and the rocker arm was no longer on the...

I verified that the flywheel is installed correctly and the key did not fall out during install. I also checked the compression in each cyclinder and I have right at 150 LBS in each. Any ideas what else could cause backfire when trying to start?

i think rather spend much time troubleshooting it, I am going to replace it. It shoudl be fairly easy so I am good for several years at least. The rest of the mower is in really good condition. It is one where everything is heavy guage metal, no plastic.

I will check those over the weekend. I amalso going to verify the key didn't fall out when I put the flywheel back on.

I have a Turf Tiger from 1999 with a Kohler CH25S engine. Unit has about 1900 Hrs. When cutting the grass the other day it started to run rough and stopped. When I tired to restart , it only backfired. I check the spark and was getting minimal spark on both cylinders. I replaced the plugs and...