Recent content by semimechanicman

Take the carb off and it would be the thing that looks like this on the bottom of the fuel bowl

Most likely just needs carb cleaning edit: Or also the fuel cap could be clogged and/or there is debris inside of gas tank

I think the issue is that he is trying to mulch grass that is too thick

I feel like something is wrong with the fuel solenoid and it isn’t closing or opening properly, try to see if it is clean or maybe just replace it if you want.

I’ve had a couple of riding mowers, which all have been MTD mowers. (Troy Bilt, Cub Cadet etc) It wasn’t all of them but some of them had to have the blades engaged at highest throttle or else the engine would die by itself. When it first happened to me it was with a 2009 Troy Bilt Bronco with...

You said it yourself, the grass is too tall. Grass that is too tall is going to be really hard for the mower to mulch it. Dry or not it is still a tough job. You could try to side discharge it first and then mulch it or just double pass the grass two times with the mulch cover on.

Ok its been a while but I kind of forgot about this cub cadet ltx because I was busy with some other mowers. I found the issue and it was the engine mounting bolts! 3 were loose but like 1/16th of a turn haha. I started it up and it doesnt make any more noises and runs pretty quite now. Thanks

31R977-0027-G1 I have a 17.5 HP b&s that surges badly and occiasonally makes popping noises. I switched out the carb with a new one to see if it was that but it also surges (it is chinese) and pops. The old carb also surges and pops. It surges a lot more when the blades arent off, when I turn...

Apart from that, you should lower the back tires air pressure. It will help a lot, so if it is at 10 PSI, lower to less.

I dont have a shop but I have a fairly large garage that slowly turned into something of a mechanic shop over the last years. (kind of lol) I usually find my mowers that I sell by using facebook marketplace, craigslist and offerup. Ive had pretty good luck with the mowers I buy (or free...

Maybe the gas line got old and it bent by itself. Try putting in a screwdriver and placing it in the bottom or maybe just replace the line, should be pretty simple.

Maybe I worded it wrongly but it still smokes at idle but not as much as when you rev it up.

I bought that echo blower for fix but it is the same gas oil mix I use in my weed eater and my other blower and they run perfectly fine

I have an echo back pack blower that smokes a lot. I cleaned the carb and it starts and sounds fairly nice, but it smokes a lot and more when I rev it up. Don’t know what the problem is and I’m 99% sure the gas and oil is mixed well because I put it new. Any ideas?

Make the engine run for a little bit and then let it cool for a minute or so and then touch both cylinder head and/or valve covers to see if they are both hot. If one of them isnt hot, then it is not working

Ok first of all, go to the mower and lift up the mower deck with your hands, if there is play and it goes up a little that means that you can adjust it to go higher. If it doesnt go any higher then you cant.

I have a toro which works perfectly fine but it makes a sort of grinding noise the more i put the rear wheels up. There is no sound coming when I am in the middle of the wheel adjustment but when it goes to the two highest wheel levels it starts to do the noise. It is rear wheel drive and the...

Have you checked the transmission release lever is on the on position, it could be that simple problem.

Its the same exact non branded chinese carb that you can find for 15 dollars, except it is actually 50 bucks.

Try to run it again until it shuts off and then take off the fuel cap or unscrew it a little. Maybe it is the cap that is blocking from air from flowing inside.

Check the bottom of the deck and see if it has a bunch of grass that is stuck on it. Or maybe it is that the grass is very dry or it has a bunch of sand or something like that

I have an echo gt-225 and it bogs down when I try to trim grass with it, it does not matter if the grass is thick or not. It idles fairly good and the fuel is pretty good. It does have a Chinese Carburator in it but it used to work good until like a week ago and the problem started. Don’t know...

Check for any debris on the deck maybe there is something like a stick that is preventing it from engaging.

I’ve had a cub Cadet XT1 with a mulching kit on it and it does shoot a little bit of grass out of the side but I put some black tape on the parts that the grass shot out of and then worked perfectly. If you do consider a John Deere make sure to not get the one with the plastic transmission don’t...

I have a b&s 150 CC engine. It has no compression so I checked the valves and every thing seemed alright. I couldnt figure out what it was so I took the head off and saw that the piston would not move. I pushed the piston in with my finger and turned the engine over and it got pushed out a...