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I finally mowed my lawn yesterday. Decided what the heck, had ordered new blades, the old ones looked like the surface of the moon with gouges and bent spots. It's still surging somewhat but putting the mower deck down loads the engine more and the surging stops. The white smoke episodes are...

Ok, it starts and runs now. I followed the procedures step by step from the manual. I need to get a better tach, the one from chinazon is a piece of junk. readings all over the map. I should have paid attention to the fact that it has only the plug wire pickup and no ground. It's probably ground...

it's true there is no substitute for reading the manual. i think it's a 310000 series. I searched the number and looked at all the associated pics. having never dealt with a governor before I was mystified. I think I get it now. It's an analog cruise control of sorts. The g shaft is trying to...

I guess I'll need to open up the exhaust clearance a bit more, I still can't tell which 'model' I have other than it's a vertical drive, and get it to .005-.007 which looks common across vertical shaft engines.

Got the manual off the web. I have all the numbers off the valve cover, which is good. Worked their decoder ring for 31C707..but I don't see a cross reference to the model numbers they use in the book (91000, 97700, etc) so that is irritating. Winging it from the pictures. Read about setting...

Thanks for the response. The ACR was on the lobe closest to the cam gear, which when I think about it means it's on the bottom, and I was adjusting the top valve which is clearly the exhaust, I can see that top valve (tube) in the exhaust port. It is the closest to the flywheel, not the...

Hi All, My kidlet was interested in getting our 2000 era Yard Machines riding mower running properly so we started in on it last week. He's fascinated by engines and I've been training him up on our Datsun fleet, which is pretty good for learning the basics. Neither one of us had ever messed...