Recent content by svlawnmower

Lol! This forum is awesome!

Well I could get a tester. The fuel pump kit didn't make a difference. I guess maybe I need to clean the carburetor again maybe use a couple suggestions here.

Hi, the cap looks good.

To everyone commenting... Yeah, I agree, I prefer rebuilding the carburetor, which I did, but I was still having the same issue - and thought since I checked nearly everything, that the carb may be bad. I had cleaned the checked the fuel pump but didn't notice parts were missing at the time...

Thanks for the additional responses. I don't argue that it still might be the carburetor but when you put a brand new one on it and it does the same thing I'm not sure that it's the carburetor. However I was taking apart fuel pump and I was looking at a diagram and there are parts missing. Two...

Startech & Rivets, Thanks for the replies and I did order the correct part number and that is the picture of the one that I actually received. I guess I really wouldn't have known that it was Chinese. But when I received it I did think that was unusual and apparently I got burned on that since...

My problem: My engine surges on run, dies on 1/2 choke, runs smooth on full choke and I cannot figure out how to adjust the fuel mixture or whether I missed something. What appears to be a mixture screw does not stay locked in position (see brass screw in pic) and adjusting it didn't seem to...

bertsmobile1, Well, I did as you suggested it appears it is probably the fuel pump. I was able to fit a bottle around the output nozzle to the carburetor and nothing ever came out. Not even a trickle.

That makes sense! Thanks for the suggestion. Thankfully I'm working from home, so maybe I can try that quick and get back with the results.

Problem: My Cub Cadet Zero-Turn will briefly start and die if it sits for just a few minutes. What I "think" is that it is not getting fuel. If I spray starter fluid in it, it kicks over. If it sits for a few minutes, it will kick over but die. I think it is not getting fuel but could use some...

I did manage to figure it out on my own. The fuel and vacuum lines were switched on the fuel pump and my guess with the on-off switch was correct.

Mechanic Mark! Thanks, I will do that. A couple questions. I would think that information would be the engine manufacturer since it is a part of the engine? And the second part of my question is the fuel pump routing. I may be wrong but I wouldn't think that would be a Homelite question...

I have an old Homelite LR5500 generator with an 11HP Briggs and Stratton engine that I'm reconditioning to sell - it wasn't running before. This is not my first B&S engine reconditioning (e.g., rebuilding the carburetor, replacing the coil, cleaning up the flywheel, etc.). However, this is the...