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We are 60hz countrywide if you're hooked to the grid

We are 60hz here in Canada LOL

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Yup, unless they are using equipment to make money, they see the value in preventative maintenance.

Yearly maintenance prevents 90% of problems. Read your owners manual and follow the recommended maintenance schedules. Valve adjustment is just one of many maintenance items that is required after a certain amount of hours (which is listed in your owner's manual) This is no different than...

Also time to check and adjust valve clearances if necessary. Only adjust valve clearances on a stone cold engine.

When we had our VW aircooled shop we used tons of helicoils for spark plugs/exhaust studs. Always a success. Used red loctite when installing. As a shop, we would buy starter kits for what was required and then just ordered extra inserts kits as required. Slowly built up to having all the...

Thanks for reporting on your progress and success!

Yeah except they are referencing the part # in description

Hi there, working on neighbour's Self Propelled Lawnboy. The cogged belt was broken and the drive belt is worn & cracked. We ordered both belts from Amazon and the cogged belt was a perfect match & installed. The drive belt is another issue. Part # for the new drive belt according to the pdf...

Buy or make your own cork/neoprene gaskets, they will be reusable at least once if you don't overtighten the valve cover. I would use the 1/16"- 1/8" thick material. You can buy sheets of it at auto supply stores or probably Harbor Freight.

Can that gear be flipped over or does it only go on one way? Just curious.

It could be your new airfilter element is not correct for venting the engine. I know the video attached applies to Kawasaki, but the same theory could apply to your B&S

LOL, "they had locktite on the bolts from the factory but I'm not gonna put any on because I've never seen one come loose"

I like to buy the 75 micron clear ones so I can see whats going on in the filter if there is debris coming from the tank