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On many zero turn mowers, after starting your mower you have to release the parking brake before moving the steering levers or it will kill the engine.

check all bolts on the muffler. I just had one doing the same thing when shutting down the engine. and loose bolt holding the muffler to the frame was loose and when the engine wound down it would cause a rattling sound.

I've sprayed carb cleaner all around intake manifold while running and no changes in ram. valves are working and are set at .005 at top dead center. can a warped head cause this problem? I checked it when I replaced the head gasket with a straight edge and it looked good, and I now have 150 lbs...

i checked the exhaust with water, it's cold and spark plug wet. I bought an oem walbro carb. I tried 2 different aftermarket carbs and it surged so I bought an oem walbro carb, the exact same one as the original and it still surges. 2 new aftermarket coils. right side fires the left doesn't. I...

head gasket not headmaster. my spell checker is at it again.

headmaster not master.

also I have cleaned the fins on the heads now they were clogged enough to blow the head gasket on that cylinder, but I replaced the headmaster and that cylinder still will not fire.

if the diode was blown the coil would not fire. I have put spark testers on both coils and both coils are firing. I also took the kill wires off both coils which would eliminate all wiring and still no fire on the one cylinder.

I've already swapped coils new spark plugs twice i even took kill wires off coils, it still won't fire. I'm at a loss for anything now .I have to get this mower fixed. I don't give up, but I've exhausted all my known options. I am at a loss but cannot give up.

I've put new plugs in twice. when I took the head it was slightly warped but I used emery cloth to sand the high points then used a straight edge to check it an it was fine. if that was a problem I wouldn't have 150lbs of pressure. I wonder if this could be a cam issue?

there can be no fire in that cylinder if the plug is wet with gas and the pipe is cold. I put an oem walbro carb on. it. the problems started with a fire. the customer had an oil. leak, and one day when he was finished mowing he shut it off .soon after a fire started at the back of the motor. he...

I have a cub cadet zero turn mower with a kholer kt735 spec 3013 motor which, I've just changed the head gasket on. the cylinder now has 150 lbs of compression. the other cylinder has 125lbs of compression. I've set the valve clearance at 5 thousands at top dead center. the 125lb cylinder plug...

I have a kt735 spec 0005g1 that is surging bad. I've set the valve clearance, new plugs, new oem (walbro) carb. I checked compression and one cylinder has 125 lbs and the other has 97 lbs of compression. does this indicate a blown head gasget? can there be any other issues?

Most ladies behind the counter have never worked on a small engine, which is a bad start right off the bat! They are trained by the owner who doesn't want to pay a decent wage for an experienced technician. He just reaches her what websites to look up parts on and puts her behind the counter...