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Would guess at the R1000 "Terminator" Mower was built to sling instead of bag. Don't know the type of blades you have on it now. Some blades are for bagging and some for slinging, high lift and low lift. Your deck looks like a low lift design to me. You definitely want high lift blades if you...

Good on you my friend. Sitting over the winter is old fuel. Pull the plug/s and clean them. Suck out the fuel tank then drain the carb fuel bowl as txmowman said. Blow out the fuel lines. Add fresh E-zero gas. Make sure the choke is working. Pull air filter looking for fuel flooding into the...

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You have to match the blade to the deck type.

Grass wet or cutting too much at one time. Speed too fast. Poor deck and blade match.

Sure, solvents/acids can eat the foam.

To me looks like one too many springs, installed wrong, over stretched and wrong hole as others said. Reduce spring tension to lower revs.

You can oil it as the others said, if done correctly. Saturate it in SAE 30W then gently wring it out inside a new clean red shop rag. Filter inside the rag trying to remove all excess oil. That is how Briggs says to do. Do what you can to stop all dirt and grit getting into the rings and bore.

Have to ask. Are the cooling fins clean and open? Little late now I guess.

Tank should be cleanable. Muratic acid or what ever you like to remove interior rust. Rust converter, motorcycle tank cream, nuts and bolts...... Vinegar will take a while. Acidic acid is nice and gentle. Make sure the fuel pick up tube is not cracked. Taryl has a video of how to make one out...

Grass chute might be clogged. Blades on upside down. RPM too low. Blades not spinning.

Don't think so. Just looking to improve the filter seal is all. Trying to stop grit passing the filter. What I am talking about mainly is that Briggs 491588S blue rectangle paper job. Common on Toro pushers and many more.

Used to run machines dry in the fall. Fuel lines would dry up, crack and leak. Replaced lines either yearly or bi-yearly. This is in 2 and 4 strokers. Now use Stabil year round. Leave fuel in the machines year round. Never have to worry "how old is this fuel" anymore. Fuel lines get replaced...

All I know is gasoline, insurance all types, groceries, toilet paper, medicine, cold beer, housing prices, spark plugs and so on are more expensive than the last guy in office. Realistically, we are all getting price jacked. They do it we pay it. Most are still on that fake covid scare company...

Thank Joe and Kam' la. Better get out and vote.

Did you get this ironed out yet? What was the fix action please?

Get an inline spark tester. See if she loses juice after 30 mins. Make sure the ignition coil has a good ground. Parts heat up and lose connections......

LOVE that body style.

Suggest buying a couple if you plan to keep that mower. Honda is out of the mower biz and dumping parts.

They are flying them in all over the place thanks to you and I. No house for them, we'll just throw them in a luxury hotel. Destroy the hotel, not a problem.

Trash in the fuel tank. Flush her out then blow both ways with shop air. Make sure you have good fuel flow as Craftsman Garage said.

Spray it down every day for a couple weeks. Use your favorite penetrating lube of choice. This is the only way these type lubes work. If that doesn't help, heat, air hammers and puller time.

New or old, you all better be wiring up an ignition kill switch, HIDDEN in the car. All these new Kamala/Biden "migrants" are stealing cars left and right here in OKC. Shootings are off the charts in the poorer side of town.

Flush fuel tank and lines slash filters. Make sure you have good fuel flow. Mower that old will have a ton of trash in the tank.

Bring back some Wisconsin Robins, Yamaha, Subaru and FJ-180's.

Look at cam, lifters and or ignition.

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No reason for RTV anymore. Use the OEM Briggs gasket and never look back. Polish the crank end. Little grease around the seal. Little grease on the crank. Don't roll it like Star Tech was saying. Take your time putting it on. Never use the bolts to force the cover on.

Most pushers use a paper filter. On one of my old Snapper pushers, has a round paper filter with a foam pre filter. I oiled (saturated) the pre filter and still had dirt past the filterS. Scalping is a filthy dirty job. Only thing I can do is try gluing the filter down. Grease doesn't seem to...

It's not about replacing anything. You must TEST what you have.

Just a home owner.

I mentioned a medium strength goo of some variety. Flimsy housings were thought about. Something to seal and be somewhat removable. Not talking about JB Weld type goo. See my thought on checking more often is when you are checking slash disturbing the seal or lack there of, you could allow...

Clear GE 100% silicone in the caulking tube is super tough when removing. Course once the filter is causing starting/running issues, time to change it anyway. Why I was asking about a medium strength goo. Something that sticks tight but, could be, removed with effort. Might try some GE...

Guessing most of these oil burner type engines are from poor air filters. Or not checking the oil prior to mowing. Talking about the first one. You pull an air filter, looks pretty clean. There is always grit and lawn debris PAST the air filter. Don't care if you buy OEM Briggs filters or...

Have to ask, out of gas? Battery needs LOAD tested. Auto parts store do this for free. All cables need cleaned and checked. Grounds are mostly overlooked. Pull the hose off AT the carb inlet. Should have gas filling up the inner diameter of the hose. Or on a fuel pump engine, gas will pulsate...

Verify choke is working proper. Every FJ engine I've had, carb linkage was all fouled up. Recommend downloading your engine manual and reading it. Could be's 1.valve adjustment 2.Clogged fuel tank. 3.Failed fuel lines. 4.Dirty carb, pilot circuit. 5.Clogged tank filter slash screen at tank...

Pull the fuel tank hose AT the carb inlet. Should flow and fill up the entire inner diameter of the hose. If you see half flow or less, flush tank and install all new lines.

Ever clean the cooling fins? Is this overheating? Ever pull the top engine shroud or engine cover?

I'm all ears. Please explain. A fluid is a fluid is a fluid. The additive pack in motor oil or even the base of it will reach the same temp in said system as regular hydro oil. What did I miss? Thin or viscous at 212F is just that.

Been preaching to clean yours, mine and everyone else's cooling fins for a while now. Shame taking about 3 minutes of not reading your engine manual killed a perfectly good engine. So what do you guys have? Valve issue or what?

Using it like you are, no wonder she has a drinking problem. Fix the oil issue before using it. Or as others said stop and add oil say at 30 minute intervals. Agree with hlw49, leak down and compression test. With the door open, fire it up in the garage. Should be able to smell it burning oil...

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What product do you guys use to raise your pH? Got 3 bags of Sta-Green Calcitic Lime from Lowes. Going to need about 15 more as this is not a one time treatment. Bought a cheap soil pH tester from Scamazon. Went from 7,6,5,4 then 3.0 then read LOW. No wonder my lawn struggles to grow. Half of...

Backpack blower into a pile. Feed your newly built worm composting box. Table scraps, greens and brown material and such. Then go fishing.

Most are a single nut and a washer. Nut is a locking type so replace it with a new one. And no don't screw it back on as it is a one time deal. Your wheels could come off when you hit the nitrous. Maybe try an air hammer?? Some are round axles and some are D types.

You pointed me to a nice picture of it over on that carb cleaning page.

That is the carb needle. Potato po'tat-o?? Now you have fuel dumping into the oil sump. It makes a difference how you put the needle back in. The pointed tip is supposed to seal off the "seat", cutting fuel to the carb. Float rises and falls depending on fuel demand like a toilet. Never heard...

I possibly forgot to take my medicine this morning. Or did I? :D

What first post? I'm slow so help me help you. Pictures please.