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That first answer did answer your question but your questions were not the only ones that needed answered. Cutting tall grass is not just about engine power. It's mostly about discharging the grass out the side with a side discharge option that many have AND using the discharge deflector...

It's been a while since I've looked at a cv Kohler. I haven't seen many with the DSAM system etc. I don't see the big deal with them it the train they even did it. I know some kits come with flywheel so I guess some are different but why can't you use the standard coil that doesn't have or need...

Yes, the old horsepower wars and all the lies.. People worry about getting a 19 or 20.5 horsepower single engine for their repower when we have been using the exact same mowers with a 12 to 15 power for decades to cut the same lawns.. It's very odd that in Australia you have that type of...

All of my single cylinder lawn mower engines only have one piston in the engine. Some of them are also underpowered. 😂 Bahahahah

The facts are that all things being equal, you will have more fuel related problems with e10 ethanol fuel anywhere with pure fuel but - all things aren't equal for everyone and with all people. Lol I have found that using one ounce of fuel stabilizer with every gallon of fuel makes the e10...

An RPM reduction doesn't mean it's misfiring 100%. I guess we could get specific on how the definition of misfiring but it normally means when something is running fine on all cylinders some are most of the time but occasionally or every few seconds etc one of those cylinders stops firing either...

This is why I also like to keep an old sooty plug around for spark testing or at least pull one out of something else that I've just watched run because it's even harder to see the spark on a brand new shiny plug.

It's just not that big of a deal. I don't think I have used any gas that was ethanol free since 1998 or so. Everything in my area has been 10% ethanol since then. Prior to that even Meijer department store gas station had three grades and two of the three were ethanol free from what I remember...

Yep. More like barely over 7 to 1 compression ratio and 2900 RPMs for most things today. Lol You are so right though. People read something on the Internet and if it's conveyed to them in just a certain way they accept it as the gospel truth. SMH There's also a lot of information over the...

Okay, first of all stop taking heads off of engine to decarbonize anything because it's just a waste of time. Lol Secondly, always diagnose a problem before you do anything to it or change any parts. First thing you should determine when this happens is whether it doesn't have fuel or spark...

You hit the nail on the head when you talked about long-term storage and the fact that most people don't have these best conditions. We all hate these newer and the vast variety of these EPA nozzles but the only thing they do better is they keep the can airtight and keep the gas fresher longer...

I haven't found any of the premium fuels to store any better than the standard 87. I think most feelings that it is is just confirmational bias or some type of bias or wishful thinking. While some of those fuels, especially shell v power are probably excellent at keeping things clean when...

They are wrong. I would venture to say that even an extreme cases they are still wrong! There's a lot of crap on the internet and a lot of people that think things are true and then they say it and other people believe them. I'm not going to claim this next statement is absolute fact but I think...

My first response to him about this was to cancel out cylinders so that would quickly be determined. Lol

Well, the first thing I would probably do is grab the engine and try to twist it left and right to see if the mounting bolts are loose.. If everything is nice and tight I would put it at a medium speed and running on each cylinder by canceling out the other cylinder by removing the plug wire...

All this talk of safety switches and arguing back and forth.. Who cares at this point. The first thing to do is to test your coil and see if it's good or not. I gave the method of doing that in my first post. Also, keep the ohm meter put away because that test is worthless for a coil and it's...

The most surefire way to test a coil is to take the shroud off to get to it and unhook the small push on wire from it which is the kill switch. Note that this disables always of turning off the engine so if it does start be ready with a glove or a towel to pull the coil wire off the plug to stop...

Yes! The experience is worth a whole lot.. Just make sure you remember all that for next time you have a problem with something because many people don't and they just start replacing things. Lol I personally despise YouTube videos because about 90% of them do things either the hard way or the...

Toro actually does one of the better jobs of the residential grade ZTRs out there. They also seem to have some of the highest blade speed I've seen for residential mowers or maybe it's just deck design but they have a lot of vacuum and noise and do a very good job of being powerful and cutting...

About the only purpose removing both cables can do is the fact that it gives you a chance to inspect both cables for corrosion and taking them apart and putting them back on is liable too knock some corrosion off if there's any there and make a better connection than if it just sat there forever...

This is exactly why people really need to focus on the diagnostic skills when there is a problem with a piece of equipment. All too often people end up trying this or trying that which is basically throwing parts at a piece of equipment and typically on the 3rd or 4th time they luck out and get...

Not necessary at all for the gas. Riders are much more forgiving than smaller engine push mowers. I have found is better to store them full of fresh stabilized fuel than to run them dry as it's better for rubber parts and inlet needle valve in carb. Just don't use old gas that you've had in...

Have to be careful how we state the things about Toro and lawn tractors... While it is true that Toro does not currently (and hasn't for some time) their own lawn tractor style mowers BUT they do make all of their zero turns and there walk behind mowers. We're not really talking about the 21 and...

To be honest, if I were the neighbor to the OP and we had identical lots. He could go out and buy whichever new one he wanted and I can get on Craigslist or market price and buy a used 42 or 48-in rider. We could go 15 years or 20 into the future if you want to and I very well might be on my...

I've cut 48-in deck riding lawn mowers in a standard Chevy 8-ft pickup bed many times. It's not convenient and you have to pull the deck up above one side onto the wheel well but it can be done.

A classic example of making something over complicated that didn't need to be that way. We turn these mowers into a complicated bi-directional computer system a fuel management etc which makes them far harder to troubleshoot and makes the parts far more expensive and more of them. I'll pass. I...

The prices of batteries are going absolutely the wrong way of what the market should be doing but that must just be greed. Instead of getting a replacement battery for a walk behind mower for 50 to 80 bucks they are now at least $150 if not 250. I don't ever want to have any of the battery...

This is for experience and seeing thousands of plugs comes in. You described the plugs as being wet and dark but ever used plug that comes out of a mower is dark if not black and wet is a matter of opinion. It obviously wasn't actually wet or not wet enough and not fouled or it wouldn't have run...

Also, I have to laugh at your last line about the future is here. Like battery powered or electric mowers and or tools are anything new. Same with cars as we're on about the fourth rendition of battery powered cars in this world. Lol In fact, a friend of mine had a Black & Decker battery...

I was also correct with everything else I stated. Lol Correct for now because I used words like "currently". You have to watch statistics and numbers and see exactly what number you're looking at because while your stated number of 25% of annual push more sales quite accurate (and in fact the...

Only a fairly small percentage of people in many parts are even most parts of the country have taken the plunge or chance let's say with a battery powered mower. Just wait until it becomes more and more mainstream with some of these stupid stores actually pushing it and giving numbers and dates...

I am happy to see that there are better frame options out there in battery mowers than the flimsy plastic stuff and wimpy blades the early ones were and many still are. There is no reason not to have uniformity with the deck, wheels, handle etc. Just swap the engine for the electric motor and...

Man! I see a lot of blind loyalty here or loyalty from previous experiences that is not accurate with the equipment you can buy today. Toro has been my favorite lawn mower company for a long time but that certainly doesn't mean they make the best mowers or that they don't make mistakes etc. The...

You are literally recommending a mower with one of the worst Briggs & Stratton engines ever built! I have already had three or four of these engines self-destruct because the plastic camshaft literally melts and wipes the teeth off of the gear. Now, having said this, they have already revised...

They all pretty much suck for the past 10 years or so...

I think this is what most people do. If they come out in the spring and the mower doesn't start because of what seems to be a week or discharge battery, they choose some method of trying to get it to crank faster. Charging the battery or replace the battery are two common ones. Unfortunately...

Correct, if you go out in the spring and you're mower cranks at normal speed and starts up then the battery is close to fully charged anyways and obviously doing its job so you don't need to put it on any type of additional charger.

Well, manufacturers and some people recommend a lot of things that are unnecessary. Like John Deere in there official service manual tell their techs to do some things at the start of a repair that is simply a waste of time and effort. Lol It gets well below the 30s in my climate with each...

I don't even drain anything. I have had generators sit for 3 years and still start right up and run fine that only had fresh 87 10% ethanol fuel with 1 oz of stable stabilizer per gallon put in them the last time they were used before they were stored. It's a better idea to start them at least...

You can tell yourself that, or think it, or tell as many people as you want but it won't be true. Balancing a 22 inch lawn mower blade on a nail hanging in the wall is more than accurate enough for this type of equipment!!! These mowers are used in often quite poor conditions and abused and the...

Everybody has strong opinions on this and lots of people like to present what they do as fact or the only way to do it or the best way. This is not really the case as there are many ways to obtain the desired results. I would never touch that can fuel because it's ridiculously overpriced I've...

You should always at least try to charge it before replacing it or take it out and take it to one of the auto parts stores and they will test it and charge it and retest it for you. If you do need one though I wouldn't buy one from there because you can usually get them cheaper at Walmart or...

You're going to get a whole lot of opinions on this, even more so than the correct way to sharpen a blade or whether new blades should be sharpened. LOL I have done thousands of these mowers and I can tell you it's irrelevant what the spec is from the factory or what they claim they set them at...

Looks like you have a nice facility. I think you said you've been doing the 16 years. I opened my shop in April of 2011 and currently have 204 reviews. I have no employees as I am a one man show. Your reviews read a lot like mine. Those people say I'm the best thing since sliced bread. More...

Okay but you still didn't answer my question. I was just trying to get your opinion on how many items a year the average mower repair shop does. It's obvious you have a typical average repair shop that's open to the public and not just some guy who happens to work on things 3 or 4 days a week in...

Yes, starting easily and running properly is what the customer is looking for but I have used at least a few but let's just say a handful of these cheap carburetors that did work just fine. I was quite impressed with the one I put on the Kawasaki engine on the John Deere walk behind mower. I was...

Oh, I get it now. You are the one that said in your 16 years you have "never" had an engine run properly with a cheap Chinese junk carburetor. Never is a very specific word. I get it, you were offended that I somehow disagreed with what you said even though I wasn't being critical of you or...

Lol.. "right" is very subjective. I would prefer a shop that gives customers options instead of doing it one way, their way and charging top dollar for it. But I guess everybody does what they want to do. You're going to have to clarify though what caught your attention so much in my post and...

I have been working on these engines a good bit longer than 16 years but started doing it professionally with high volumes of numbers in 2011. I have seen plenty of these cheap Chinese carburetors since then that ran just perfectly. I have seen a lot of problems with the small cube carburetors...

As I mentioned in the post, some commercial mowers did set to 3600 and I've seen some models spec for 3650 or 3700 etc.