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Thanks slomo on it! Also The B&S 690971 gasket had note stating that if engine was not originally equipped with gaskets, to use silicone gasket sealant. Is this religion? as why would pros take all the labor time of cleaning up both the valve cover & head .vs using gaskets? Also if you are...

Update: Looks like the wooden dowel bonehead move was a disguised debug tool. Gasket looks wet on the right and it explains why plug was a little wet. Engine burns very little oil, but the visual explains what I could not see. At TDC compression valves were at .005 so they are within spec...

Thanks Star! :) :)

Star this engine head has 5 bolts (4 outside and 1 bolt inside rocker cover) I assume by pattern you mean top left, bottom right, top right, bottom left) Should I do the 5th bolt after doing the 1st 4 in a criss cross pattern?

Thanks slomo, I have the the crank ones (must always return to 0) before next setting. Wished I had the old tools, made right just like old lawn equipment. :)

Thanks StarTech for all the fastener torque specs I have a 1/4 inch torque wrench that goes up to 200 in lbs. which will cover all of the above except head bolts. Will use the 3/8 torque wrench in ft lbs and set it to 25 ft lbs (300 in lbs / 12) = 25 ft lbs.

Yeah I already tested the intake & exhaust manifold bolts and they moved easily. Will use anti seize for ones I loosen and yes exhaust should just lift right out of muffler while attached to head. I have a 1/4 torque wrench in inch lbs. and a 3/8 in ft lbs. As a retired engineer (who...

OK Star old school is fine by me especially if you have done many, many, many times. If the spec is .004/.006 for both intake and exhaust (44000 series spec) would you set the adjustment to .005? Thanks again

OK bertsmobile I got a decent bore-o-scope $100 US and did a 350 view of piston and no wood dowel seen. Suspect she may be up by cylinder head (above spark plug hole). The gizmo has a little mirror that I'll try next to see if I can pick up in scope. I ordered b&s head gasket, valve cover...

Thanks Star gave both coils a good wire brushing including blower magnet (very rusty & gap way off) set gap to business card. Are you suggesting that the most foolproof way for a DIYer to adjust valves is to just do TDC of each valve independently regardless of the stroke: compression, power...

@Tinker200 BTW your email address bounced, checked it twice. Thanks

@Tinkerer200 Attached is what if found on the B&S Website, maybe I did not explain well. I'll send you email as well. Thanks

Thanks Bertsmobile1, you have helped me out in the past! You think flooding the cylinder with gas might get it to float to grab? Trying to think of some clever way to grab it, while I have the engine head horizontal. If I go the head gasket route, will I need any special tools to compress the...

Thanks Star, wish I had pulled the blower housing 1st instead of being a bonehead! :)

2009 Craftsman model 917.289250 with 24HP B&S 445677-1188-B1 OHV Twin engine. 180 hrs on it and the past few seasons was beginning to hard start (8-10 secs) before turnover. When measuring 1/4" backoff from TDC on compression stroke-- a 1/4" wooden dowel sliver (~1/2") split diagonally and...

(y) If you are handy get an OEM rebuild kit, if not you can roll the dice on cheap carb at prob 50:50 odds. All depends if tinkering is fun for you.

You got a bunch of great suggestions. If you have the time basically shopping around can be beneficial. I needed a set of mulching blades for my 42 inch Craftsman. Was ordering a bunch of stuff online for annual lawn and garden stuff: checked out what Home Depot had online (not in the store)...

I think bertsmobile1 hits the cause of most of the problems with ethanol gas. Many many variables as cited in the thread, but root cause is ethanol gas draws water. If your tank/container is full/topped off and sealed (no loose caps) air (H2O) can't condense into water (H2O). I always keep...

:ROFLMAO: poison ivy, mouse ear hawkweed, cinquefoil, etc.

Maybe instead of a fence you could create a little flower island strip and put up some nice tall ornamental grasses which look nice and give you some privacy as well given you mentioned small lots.

Maybe you have already done this since you stated this mower needs some maintenance. Have you dropped the deck from the mower to get at the blades? It is much easier to flip the deck over, use about 6" of a 2x4 to wedge blade against deck wall as you use 1 hand on bolt socket and other hand...

2nd the Stabile Storage & Techron. Maybe ancedotal with my small sample set of equipment. I've been burnt by the moisture in gas on both 2 & 4 stroke carbs. I use about 15 gallons of gas every 6 months (winter/summer), so here is what I use: 92 octane with both Stabil Storage & Techron...

Second sgkent. A restart is always better than a shut down. Shutdown preserves some stuff so power on is faster. However a restart does not preserve stuff previously in main memory. It's good hygiene to restart your computer, mobile phone, router etc. Now on the other hand if your...

Looks like he's got the deck set pretty low to the ground and cutting very overgrown grass and/or he's going over big patches of bone dry aggregate. Signs of sand, pebbles and dirt by the wear marks on lift area. Jeez the wear on the blade edge isn't from just grass IMHO.

I'd 2nd what StarTech says. A few years ago I had tranny problems and it was one of the idler pulleys made of PVC not metal. It was shredded as you can imagine with friction over time. Bearing could be shot as well.

I've found the hard way up here in the U.S. Northeast; when you are getting ready to store the rider mower for the winter in the old shed: 1. after last use, make sure you leave the mower outside the shed with hood open and let the engine cool to *cold* again 2. then push the mower in the shed...

Yeah she probably will work, however I was referring to she may not give you that 1200 psi or whatever rating the pump claims. Good luck I hope you get the power washer back in service. :)

@Smurfy76 I'm with bertsmobile1. I have a Honda pressure washer that is sitting in my shed as a future project. The engine is fine while the pump (#2) never has been the same on a nice engine. I'm pretty sure it's the pump for you as he suggested a few times. I have a Suzuki pressure...

If you are handy I'd vote for repair. As long as the deck is fully functional, rust is OK looks aside. Also, hopefully you store (shed, garage, etc.) the mower rather than keep outside.

Maybe another option, not sure how suitable for you-- how about treating those weeds with a herbicide option then you can be all good again with with your current battery pack mower? Maybe point out to the Mrs. that you are storing gas in the garage if you have car(s) parked in it. :)...

If you are handy you may want to consider getting a used older (better built) model and working on it. See if you can connect with locals in the repair/commercial space. An acre is not that big so don't think you need a commercial grade & price mower. Good luck.

I'm with Mparr here. I had a similar issue about 8 years ago where it was getting gradually more difficult to engage the deck to the point that I cracked the mower clutch. Also make sure you have the right clutch cable for your mower, not a cheap substitute. Maybe you can keep deck on the...

Dunno you'd be surprised how little (parts not labor) is required to get a discarded piece of equipment running again. Based on what you have described, (assuming good compression) I'd still give it a go. I've found Poulan easy to work on and the older ones are repairable. If the primer bulb...

Kudos for weed eating your whole yard! Hang in there. I think you have to decide who you want in the drivers seat. In other words, do you want to drive the troubleshooting and ask for forum advice/feedback or do you want the forum here to drive the troubleshooting and you are carrying out the...

My view is your 1st point caveated by the etiquette of the OPer and their willingness to learn & do with forum help on their time, their effort, their added research, their $ etc. If intent is to "do it all for me" then that is usually where posts can go sideways. I have yet to see lack of...

DIY stiff here with my U.S. $.02 (actually $.01 cuz of transitory inflation :ROFLMAO: what a joke) In my few years this site gets the full analog spectrum of OPers from various expertise level DIYers willing to slog the sweat & details and LEARN, LEARN, LEARN (rinse & repeat) all the way to...

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The cylinder replacement for my Homelite came untapped as well. You may want to try self taping with original screws (steel into aluminum). I was successful in assembly all with original screws and they self tapped successfully. Went nice and slow especially for coil mounts and handle...

Yes this 12 min clip from SSES is very good for say a 100 level-- with limiter caps, your original saw, etc. 101 level would be say if you did a carb rebuild and/or picked up a used saw and previous owner messed with the jets. How would you tune from square 1 using initial settings etc. as I...

StarTech curious as to what's your tuning ballpark for us DIYers wrt the typical 33cc - 46cc home saws. I've been at it for a year now as a hobby; rebuilding some dead saws and through a lot of trial and error and help on this forum from the pros have pieced together (maybe incorrectly) that...

(y) yup I used the 530031112 clutch tool as a DIY non professional... Few pros would consider a full 2-stroke rebuild fun :cool: If these threads can help the read-only DIY members in their repairs that's great. The knowledge provided by the pros and advanced DIYers certainly has helped me...

Do you have a clutch removal tool? I did this on a 46cc Homelite Pro. It was a lot of fun and leaning for me as well. Make sure you use new piston retainer rings (don't reuse old ones, hopefully part of your rebuild kit). Given this is a complete teardown (nothing left to take apart :) you...

Nice job!!!

If your a twit what does that make the rest of us? I was fine calling myself a stiff... :ROFLMAO: We are all grasshoppers next to you Caine and I ain't blowing any smoke your way. ?

I agree with slomo and bertsmobile1. You are rolling the dice with that BeeBay carb and adding another variable. What the seller tells you and what is reality are usually 2 different things. Maybe you got lucky for $12.99, but a genuine Walbro C1 carb tested and ready to go is worth more than...

I did see that some C1 17-02A carbs were sold on EmptyBay where you always roll the dice, however you are correct none are available. My previous reply did mention the recommend Zama starting point. Seat both jets gently, then turn out counter-clockwise 2 turns each. So L jet on 2 and H jet on...

You might want to see if u can get another genuine carb and or a suitable substitute for a C1. By run do you mean it fired twice and died? You didn't mention what settings you had on your L and H jets. After seating, Zama recommends you start both on 2 and go from there. A year ago I bought a...

Very good points StarTech; the Husqvarna mandrels came with a paper insert instructing to not use the spacer from originals as the spacer is built in. I'm keeping originals as backups and experimenting just in case. The original mandrels on my mower did not have zerks, but if I knew I could...

I just replaced this Friday both mandrels on my 42" deck because they basically were out of balance (when spinning new blade you could see 1/2" variation from blade tip to tip and yes over the years crunched a few blades when in a hurry before kids had practice...). I think you are on the right...