Recent content by Poodlehead

My frame was in the way for even a socket on my machine, but grinding/tweaking the 15/16" crowfoot worked real well for me... The pipe with the elbow and plug seems like a more robust solution.

I changed the oil recently in my newly acquired mower and I was able to unscrew that entire quick change assy. Not at all good! I cleaned it up, put Teflon tape on the threads, an aluminum washer that typically goes on oil drain plugs, and screwed it back in. That's when I discovered I...

I took the PTO belt tensioner assy apart and looked at it closer. On the main plate (62) there is significant wear at the pivot point so I'm going to get a new one. Items 22 are thick washers. I only have one and used 2 thinner washers before for the missing thick washer? Is there something...

I did have the belt on the correct side of the belt keepers, but good thought. I've done some stupid stuff lately... :( I'm hoping that possibly the return spring #48 missing caused the belt to engage enough to cause the slipping/burning problem. The only other thing I see is the play in the...

Well I haven't been able to find my #@!* return spring, so I ordered another one. :( The idler pulley bracket that tightens the PTO belt is loose enough where the entire bracket with pulley will move up and down a good quarter of an inch. Should it have that much play? Maybe that's an issue...

Sorry about that. The #s of the mower are: MN: 13AQ617H118 SN: 1A233H20280 S/N It looks like apparently some mowers did have both flat idlers. The other screw up I noticed is that I forgot to put the PTO return spring on it when I started the mower. Maybe that is my problem???? Thank you!

I just checked/replaced idler pulleys and belts and think I overlooked having a wrong idler pulley. I started it up and noticed a burning rubber smell without engaging the blades. Looking closer, even though the diagram shows the idler pulleys being the same, shouldn't one pulley be flat and...

That did the trick. I finally got it started! I set a pretty tight(I think) clearance of .004" and was/almost impossible to stick.006" in. Based on that 'description', what clearance would you all call that? Anyway, on to another issue. Thanks again!

I remember that option too. I'll give it a try. Thank you!

Hi, I read about valve adjustment to be done cold, on the compression stroke, TDC, 1/4" past TDC, etc so I finally just rotated the engine until there was the greatest gap. I tried to set the gap at .005"-.006", but I'm guessing that's not where they ended up. The engine turns over like it has...