Recent content by TobyU

Even with the walk behind smaller battery powered mowers, they are a major sacrifice for most people causing them to severely modify their long-term mowing behavior. There is simply no way the current batteries on the market will last as long as a gasoline engine will last. I'll keep in...

Even with the walk behind smaller battery powered mowers, they are a major sacrifice for most people causing them to severely modify their long-term mowing behavior. There is simply no way the current batteries on the market will last as long as a gasoline engine will last. I'll keep in...

Well you've got a cable that when you push your top lever down and then go to pull it up will be under tension so if that still feels normal then it's likely your belt or the pulley in The idler assembly underneath. Just take the plastic cover off from underneath but try to soak the bolts well...

Spending all that money for a Briggs & Stratton OEM head that puts you right back to where you started from with a head that is -barely adequate to do the job is not what I call the correct way. Lol It may be an okay way and it could even be correct by briggs standards or others but it...

I completely agree with you. I have no problem with people refusing to work on pulsar mowers or the other off brands. There is also a trend going around by some of these companies that don't have real dealers and don't network to get stuff done or they will tell the customer to get it fixed...

There are several different types of items out there where filters are not readily available or stuff that's so old where filters are no longer available and you just have to make your own. Every time I run across a good piece of foam rubber that looks acceptable to me that's over 3/4 of an inch...

Your assumption is correct that it really doesn't take that long to seat everything in or the rings and such but the bigger risk is leaving the metal shavings and contaminants and all the grit in there for too long. I'm happy some engine manufacturers still tell people to do this the proper way...

I would wait till it was dry enough to ride my zero turn or whatever mower I was using up along fairly close to the middle discharging grass one way, basically cutting half of the ditch then I would come back the other way blowing the grass the other way and then I'd probably have to blow a...

But you took the topic away from where the question was asked and took it into tractor trailers, and automobile engines of the diesel variety. Some of the things you said that are absolute fact like diesels almost always outlive their gasoline counterparts, wow true, that is because these diesel...

I find the whole oil discussion to be a real waste of time and fairly comical went involves lawn mower engines. People running around arguing over and over about which one is best and a lot of people have a lot of bad information but wholeheartedly believe it. I am certain I am guilty of some of...

Good luck finding oil with those levels of zinc. Maybe 1000-1200 or even 1400 if you get lucky but where are you going to find virgin oil out of the bottle with 1500-1800 ppm zinc?

Cool, upon jumping to the latest I see you found the straw and they're holding the valve open and everything is good to go now. Congratulations. It's a shame you had to take the head off but oh well it still will be a good machine for you.

I haven't read the whole thread but of course the first thing you do is to remove the spark plug and look inside to see if the piston is going up and down.. I haven't seen any of these engines with any internal catastrophic failures but it's always possible. If the piston is going up and down...

I have found the best way to find a leak is to take the tire off and submerge it into a body of water. When I had my pool, I would often do this even though it looked kind of funny. Regardless, I don't worry about finding the leaks now. I just use some of the green slime the thick stuff in the...

I haven't read this entire thread but it sounds like you're talking about the evap hose that the wonderful EPA mandated a few years ago which is just a waste of time and money but anyways it goes from the top of the tank and finagles its way to the carburetor and there is a small port on the...