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How are you possibly going to find a felpro gasket for a lawn mower engine? The most common one for these is going to be the Briggs which has not been approved at all and is the same old one they've been using for 20 years that certainly will blow out because of the bad design of the head and...

Ah, yes. I forgot or maybe missed that we were talking about a V-Twin here. Those hardly ever blow. In this case we should be looking at what year it is and what design of the air filter housing it has or more importantly if it's bypassing the air filter like so many did that destroyed the rings...

So if they adjusted it because the inside Governor had grenaded and had no Governor action and they were trying to compensate, they should have stopped right there because that is definitely not a proper way to operate an engine and a pain in the butt to try to operate it by a throttle control...

Glad you got it. I don't use any manuals for any of these engines. I just look at the way it's set up and how the throttle cable moves to figure out how it has to be adjusted or how it works in relation to the other parts. Some of these have a plate that has a lot of adjustment sliding that's...

I think you should be able to just to just remove the PTO and I think the pulley up top will stay in its place anyways because it's lined up with the other belt and drive pulleys and it's probably kind of rusted to the crankshaft anyways. Lol You could also take the wires off the PTO and fold...

So what we know so far doesn't make sense. You don't even have to take the flight will off to check the key just take the nut and the washer off and you can look right there to see if it's twisted or not or if the two rectangular slots are lined. The top plastic fingers are only there for The...

It is very rare and I do mean very rare to have one of these engines who are the valve guides that is going to create a problem with visually smoking. You might get a little increased or consumption but you're not going to see it so it's nothing to worry about. I have my doubts about the head...

Anytime you're dealing with a governor issue, you always need to stop everything else and do a static governor adjustment. You can't adjust these things a little bit here or a little bit there like many people think they can so they will loosen them and move them just a little bit and all of...

It really shouldn't be rocket science. Most of the time when a belt gets damaged quickly it is because it is routed improperly or going around the wrong side of a keeper etc or rubbing on something. You always need to thoroughly inspect the routing and reach underneath and move one or both of...

He needs to be careful about lumping them all into one category too. Even though at one time the Craftsman's were basically a Husqvarna even though the company they owned was called ayp at the time... Now, the majority of Craftsman riders are going to be made by MTD so people should not think...

No! It sounds like this guy is a car mechanic friend and not a lawn mower tech. Unfortunately auto mechanics often do a lot more harm than good on the small engines because they're simply too different. While I have heard of some odd things happening to the magnets on a flywheel that wasn't...

The cheapest I have ever seen a new vertical push mower engine like this was either 169 or 179 at a Rural King local store several years ago. Back then, before mower prices had skyrocketed and gone up $100 or more, it was not cost-effective at all to even consider replacing one of these. Now it...

Possibly but I think it would cost more than that just to get the rod and the gasket and the quart of oil. It might be better but I never find it's the most cost-effective way to repair an engine problem that's internal crankcase. People throw away so many mowers or you can buy one for 25 bucks...

It is NEVER cost-effective to have a new engine put on a mower especially a push mower.. It is not very cost effective to buy a new one yourself and put it on. The ONLY wait it's cost-effective is if you can buy a good used engine and transplant it. It is also hardly ever cost effective to...

It's really not about maintenance. It's more about not neglecting and or abusing it. The two often get mixed together though because if someone changes their oil once or even twice a year then they are fairly unlikely to run it low on oil which is actually abuse and or neglect from letting it...

I don't know how to respond other than to say you come across like you are obsessed with Trump and the hatred of him. Maybe not, maybe you just like to go down the rabbit hole and research a lot of stuff. Half of that stuff or maybe more than half of that stuff I've never even heard of or not...

Pretty much everything is open to corruption and especially in this day and age. With all that convenience and laziness that promotes it, you increase the greater likelihood. The two-party system we have... Absolutely is the biggest part of the problem!! People are sheep though and sheep like to...

I do believe a better word would have been elitism or snobbery etc because that word racism and racist is used far too often by too many people as a broad catch-all term when it's just not right. I can fully believe that the dumbest people you've worked with have been Americans because our...

And yet throughout history they have always or at least often turned into dictatorships. That is precisely why you had to point out that it's when they turn into dictatorships that there becomes a big problem. That goes back to your very accurate comment about human nature and humans being the...

Nikki Is the other common one.

I can't possibly imagine why you would choose to go this way! And for those badly corroded ones, lol... Sulfuric acid instead of a can of carb spray or Barrymans.... That's a really big straining a gnat and swallowing a camel situation. In that situation of cleaning that carburetor, carb...

Unfortunately, these Kohler carb parts are overpriced and they don't sell just the two gaskets you need etc like Tecumseh does or individually like Briggs does. They only have like a minor, major, and complete kit. You're almost better off to buy an aftermarket carburetor online because you can...

No you shouldn't. Lol For some reason, in the past 15 or so years are you at handful of people have bought these and they kind of insist on using them to clean out carburetors when it's a lot more time and effort on their part plus the expensive buying the cleaner. Then there's the big...

There was nothing racist about his statement at all. Opinionated- yes. Negative and derogatory towards a public school system (US I'm assuming)..... but not racist. If we're going to be accurate and specific in our discussions about parts, specifications, belt size etc then we also should be...

I think the simplest way to put but an actual reason to it is that in the us, the problem is the people, well certain people and a number of the people. Lol I'm serious. Enough bad decisions or going down and staying down the wrong path long enough can screw up anything. Frankly, it's amazing...

I think it's pathetic that we have to keep cutting it. We should have artificial maybe even stuff that goes you and down to simulate growth and you push a button to retract (mow) it. Lol Maybe a spray that once you get it joining his you want.... It stays that way. I don't care ONE BIT what my...

Yes, but when you say -all the issues of gas tools- it already sounds like you have quite a preference towards battery ones. Lol Of the many gas handheld tools like this I have owned and used over the decades, I don't find there to be a lot of issues as at all. The only thing that would be...

I've been using that belt measuring device since at least 1988 but I got a part-time job in an Autoworks. It does work quite well for measuring but unfortunately it's the quality of the belts that I have more of a problem with so I stopped using anything but OEM unless it's just like on a...

I have seen too many Pix that that just work good quality as far as longevity. The OEM belts would last for well over a decade and sometimes two and the Pix about would work well enough but wouldn't even last 2 to 3 years. Probably by design. This is quite long enough to make the average...

Who cares! We're just sitting around talking as some of us always do. Lol We'll cover some more stuff later. Sit back and relax...

The engineer in me is far outweighed by the mechanical inclination and that efficiency and many of the theoretical advantages are outweighed by real-world experience. I will always relate my experience with RC cars in the late 70s and early '80s. They had cheap toy ones and then they had...

I've even had problems the couple of the Green Gates belts so even though Gates make some of the best automotive belts in the industry, I would never choose their belts for a lawn mower clutching application over an oem belt.

You said convenience that outweigh the advantages of gas. This will probably be true for some of these professionals you mentioned. I'm assuming you meant white collar professional people in that and certainly not lawn care professionals who cut grass for a living because you covered that in...

I WILL NOT have any of them! I'll keep used and if they try to outlaw using that... THEY can come cut the damn stuff as I only do it so the city won't come put a sign in the yard! They actually put a bright green 5x11 sticker on the front door or garage door(if facing the street) and then it you...

Exactly! One of these days they might improve them or at least the battery situation to where they wouldn't be such a sacrifice but for now, for most consumers, there are far too many sacrifices to switch over to a battery powered mower. I'm just not willing to change to a new way of doing...

I think I remember seeing dune Briggs 31xxxxx aftermarket gaskets with a fire ring around the combustion chamber. Regardless, the Briggs one is so terrible that it would be hard to do worse. Kohler greatly improved their command twin gaskets after a recall.

Well, I was hoping we wouldn't get into the pedantics and the nitpicky of everything down too 33 cents of carb cleaner spray and the shop cloth and even the wear and tear on your work pants or your work shoes. Lol Remember, I never suggested doing it and I turn Sears down three different...

It seems we agree on many points. Doesn't matter much what brand you buy as all the mowers today are just a combination of their parts which are made by somebody else - at least the important parts and that's the transmission and the engine. Unless they're buying used they're not going to get a...

Not if you buy oem. Buying any aftermarket replacement, even stands, gates, etc is a crapshoot because I have had brand new gates belts that I bought from the local auto parts store with their green coating for a clutched application for outdoor power equipment that did not work properly on the...

John Deere doesn't make their own belts but whoever makes it for them makes the best belt I've ever seen in the industry. I have seen 30-year-old belts that were used for that whole time that were still good! MTD is the number two belts. Just 2 years ago I had a 17-year-old Troy-Bilt come in...

I was thoroughly tracking these for a number of years and it seems that all the ones up until around 2003 have already blown up. LOL It was all about those front five bolts and the potential to be loose. Especially this ones in the front left when you're looking at it from the valve cover. They...

I'm sorry but you are falling for the absolute ludicrous marketing of these machines. That wash Port is used on mini machines, even standard small push mowers and you should never have a garden hose near your equipment! That is the general rule of thumb. There are a few specific times, kind of...

No. This was not mobile or on-site at all. They contacted me at least three times but I think the following two I simply turn them down so I didn't get there sales. The one that I have is probably from the first contact and was only about carr in handheld items such as strain trimmers, blowers...

Yes, different strokes for different folks and different power sources for different uses. Too many people get hung up on and all are none situation I want to push their ideas on to everybody. I was super excited back in the '80s when they rechargeable drills came out even though the first ones...

Kevlar is just a word to these manufacturers -at least some. Aramid is another. The quality and even correct size and cut angles on sides etc varies a lot by brands. The longevity also varies greatly. -- A 5/8 x 102 Kevlar belt is not the same as every other 5/8 x 102 Kevlar belt.

I have an email from Sears somewhere. They would provide all parts and wanted be to do the handheld items trimmers, blowers, chainsaws for flat rate of $48 each. Not terrible for someone on a hobby basis but I have people lined up waiting for me to fix their stuff as do most all other shops...

I have been asked by several companies to do warranty work and I turned them all down. I think Sears wanted flat rate or $48 per repair but they provided any parts you needed. You "could" ever up with a lot of parts (new and used) in stock but still not worth it when I have people lined up and...

And not a one of them are as good as an MTD belt. Don't like the company but they have great belts. John Deere even better. Craftsman/Husqvarna are decent but not as good. They 4000 was probably made by AYP/Husqvarna with a 917.....model number so you probably can't find a MTD to meet size spec.

There will always be an occasional outlier in the statistics but snapped rods with oil level above the add mark are not a common occurrence. You had a single so you prob had a 42 inch deck. I prefer the singles to the twins as you can get a twin on some 42s but as you go larger deck size...

The only remotely typical way these engines snap rods are if they are low on oil. They have plenty of other issues but none catastrophic like a snapped connecting rod and the associated crankshaft scoring. SAE 30 conventional oil is the thing to use and keep it on or even slightly above the...