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I have seen an old troy bilt (garden way) mower use 2 flat idlers and no V idler.

High octane fuels are harder to ignite BUT once ignited they burn slightly slower than lower octane rated fuels. In a 4 stroke engine running 3600 RPM the difference is negligible if even measurable. In hopped up 2 stroke chainsaws running 13000+ RPM doing max pulls in wood guys have seen a...

The burn rate difference between 87 and 92 is negligible in stock small engines. We are not doing max HP pulls on a dyno. Has anyone seen a small engine damaged from preignition?

All the saw mfgrs say to use 90+ rated fuel or it will damage the saw. I don't think so. I have serviced over a hundred customer saws run on regular 87 E10 gas. Never seen one damaged from preignition. I have 5 saws that all run on regular E10. Two of them are stihl clones a 361 and a 660. Both...

Rescued from going to the dump. Front spindles and steering gear froze. Got that fixed so I thing I am going restore it and put in the town farm day parade. Have to see if I have the smallest JD tractor.

Yes. The choke is on a solenoid. As the engine cranks it will open and close every few seconds on a timer. If the engine does not start after a certain amount of cranking time it logs an over crank code. One of the reasons generators auto run once a month is to keep the regulator diaphragm...

The propane and natural gas generac generators are famous for hard starting if the valve lash is not dead on because there is not enough vacum to activate the regulator diaphragm. The 2 finger salute in the carb is the test. Seen it a few times myself. Not sure if the gas engines are that...

I change those all the time. There are kits on ebay to change to ball bearings. https://www.ebay.com/itm/123773594353 https://www.ebay.com/itm/124810180231

The one to the lower left of the pivot screw

Loosen the black hex head screw

I don't care what oil I use as long as it is better than the oil Scrub uses. 😜

Carb work, belt, front tires. Easy one this time.

Have you changed the fuel filter(s)?

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Some go cart classes run straight alcohol. They can get more power than gas because alcohol has a high octane rating around 113 plus it runs cooler than gas but you need something like a 14:1 compression ratio to take advantage of the octane rating. So running high alcohol content fuel in an...

No wait. You mean having a cell phone doesn't make Cecil B DeMille? Well, at least YouTube makes me an expert on everything. Says some random guy on the internet. 🤣🤣🎥🤣🤣

Mower engines are jetted totally wrong for straight ethanol plus the stuff will eat rubber and gaskets and rust steel and must be stored in air tight containers. Gasoline is a solvent but not corrosive. Alcohols are corrosive.

Gee. I have a cell phone camera now all I have to do is start a YouTube channel and I will be an expert mechanic. Having a YouTube channel makes you an expert.

Look at the end of the "adjuster" for a small hole. That is the low speed jet. Make sure it is open and clean.

Pic of carb?

99% of the batteries used in push mowers are a standard SLA battery. If the old one is still on the mower it will have info printed on it. You can use that to find a new battery.

I find it ironic I went to a friends house to look at his 1957 evinrude outboard engine and the guy can't drive his Nissan Leaf because the regular lead acid car battery that powers the electronics is dead. The car needs a battery to tell the car to use the big battery.

Yeah, condensation. Rehabbing horses? I got a horse in the shop right now for leaking seals. Imagine that LOL. Tapered bearings on the tine shaft gone too.

If you look at a briggs flathead engine the mist must travel through a hole about 3/8"" to get into the valve spring chamber to lube the valve guides.

Briggs engines with solid lifters oil the valvetrain by mist oiling. The oil in the crankcase is whipped onto a mist, not vapor, by the crankshaft that lubricates the valvetrain. Engines with oil pumps push oil to the crank for the con rod and upper bearing but not the valvetrain. So engines...

Engine numbers?

Have you removed the deck and checked all the bearings? If the engine is a twin confirmed both cylinders are working (spark)? Belt routing ok? PTO switch won't cause engine to bog down.

Start at the battery. Remove and Clean BOTH ends of the cables and the terminals. Even if they "look good" clean them. Look for fuses. Remove any you find and look for any corrosion or heat damage. Do a general inspection of the wiring looking for anything melted or corroded connections. Sounds...

Are you saying that when it dies it will not crank the engine when you try to start it but after a few mins it will crank and start?

This may clear things up a little

Swisher has done some weird shi..... stuff. So I wouldn't put it past them.

I am confused..... you say it has a pulley on the top of the engine to drive the front wheel. Does it have a pull rope start or electric? I don't understand how it has a belt pulley and a rope recoil on the engine.

What does the underside of the recoil housing look like? Does it use the ratchet (square hole) ?

If he didn't care about the old clutch housing a chisel and a hammer and about 30 seconds and problem solved

You might get the briggs 19114 wrench to fit. It is out of production. You could get a piece of flat stock and drill 2 holes in it and use a couple grade 5 or 8 bolts and use it like a pin spanner to remove the clutch.

I heard alcohol kills germs. I am doing my best to prevent the flu. 😉

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145100565881 I have used quite a few aftermarket carb solenoids. They are just as crappy as OEM when you leave gas in them too long.

This?

Where is SWO?

I wonder how well the blades with star holes balance on a nail 🤣🤣🤣

Seems everyone with a utube channel is an expert. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Those get bent all the time. Bend it back close to straight a be careful hitting the deck on the right side. Just a poor design.

Be sure to install NEW plugs.

Try this. Install NEW spark plugs. Disconnect the coil kill wires. Remove air cleaner and spray about a 2 second shot of starting fluid into carb. Don't choke it. Try to start engine. If engine fires up and runs for a few seconds you have spark on at least one cylinder and valves are close...

If you read the BS post #6 a link to a robot mower is there. It all smells like bad fish.

What you are doing is just fine.

You're fine. Just no long periods idling and always mow at full throttle.

When someone brings in a ryobi or the like I used to replace fuel lines if that was all it needed. Not any more. I don't work on them at all anymore.

Reads like a canned PR statement