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Yes, strange malfunctions can cause a lot of consternation! Are you Australian?

A few years back I had a similar issue with my B & S on a lawn tractor. The key was distorted (not sheared) in the keyway causing...

Probably true, but it happened. If you do not know it is a possibility how will you know to check for it?

That is why it was such a mystery. It didn't hit anything. Might have been a backfire when shutting down.

I see questions about starting all the time. Here is a mystery that had me baffled. The B&S engine on our rider was not starting. It...

I might get some naysayers but the first thing I might have done is jump it from my car battery.

You have never said if u tried jumping it with cables to full out bad battery. Could be electrical or could be mechanical. U need to...

You need to test every component. Put a hot battery cable directly to the starter hot terminal momentarily and see if the starter is...

I've more than once had the experience of "It wasn't broke UNTIL I fixed it" :)

Before adjusting the valves, loosen the adjustment and rotate them some to clean off any accumulated carbon. Also, a light tap with a...

Proper valve adjustment on the tight side of in-tolerance would be advised. See what you get after with a compression gauge FOR SMALL...