Recent content by Tiger Small Engine

I have the funds, but probably won’t come visit you.

Use carburetor spray and a wire wheel on drill to remove RTV on head and valve cover. A John Deere Z225 has a single cylinder Briggs that does not require removing engine for head gaskets. However, the Z425 has a twin cylinder engine mounted sideways that does require engine removal. Just...

Use OEM Kawasaki ignition coils.

I run nothing but 87 octane 10% ethanol, and never have fuel related problems. One of the most over hyped controversies is ethanol in fuel for small engines.

Sounds like belt tension is not tight enough. Whether you go 5 minutes from your house, or one hour, you are going to have to get mower there, or have picked up. Lots of people with no truck or trailer have this issue. If you can’t figure it out, going to have to get it fixed. Have someone sit...

Concrete cutoff saws are exposed to dusty conditions. First thing I would do is a compression test, and visual check of piston, rings, and cylinder.

Springs won’t really help either. Most riding mowers, and zero turn mowers, ride like lumber wagons unless you have a suspension seat. I am not sure if you can get a suspension seat for this Husqvarna mower, but it is worth looking into. Suspension seats are real game changers when it comes to...

None of this is making sense. Can you send a couple of pictures of the deck underneath and the right hand side of deck?

Talk about worn camshaft lobes! That is ridiculous. As you said, how did the engine even run?

Noco battery charger has repair mode for sulfated batteries. It pulse charges from around 14 volts to 16.5 volts to burn off sulfates on lead in battery. Some other off brand chargers have this feature also. I have two chargers that will sometimes bring back a battery. Normally only works on...

Sounds like belt has been recently replaced. How good is the belt tension?

You have replaced a lot of parts. Try diagnosing the issue instead of throwing parts at it. List the problems and symptoms of the mower, then research online the possible causes of these symptoms. This focuses your efforts towards the possible solutions.

Ultrasonic cleaners work really well. I usually manually clean the jets and emulsion tube while the carburetor is cooking in the ultrasonic cleaner.

Remove a spark plug and install a piston stop, or take good nylon rope and stuff it into the spark plug hole until full. This will keep engine from turning so you can torque the PTO bolt properly.

The shop charged you $1500 to say they can’t fix it, or it would be $1500 to fix it?