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My bad.I remembered the distance wrong. I found it funny being on the news while in school in UIUC.

That's my title!! I will sue you and use the court precidence how a man in central Illinois has a family restaurant named Burger King. The chain cannot open a store within 100 miles from his resteraunt. :p

Keakar - of the ones I've seen, they don't have the fuel shut-off like hondas. 7383ski - did u clean out the screw from the bottom of the float bowl? I can't say what the problem was, but i went through 3x to finally getting it to purr. Clean out the small holes in the float bowl screw with...

Yeah. briggs has been making the whole product(mowers, generators, edgers, etc) the last few years after buying up several brands. They said this month they will sell off the brands and only supplying engines in the future.

This is old news. It was a few weeks ago when they mentioned that Briggs owes a few $million in interest payment this month. It doesn't take much for people who follow stock to know their cash on hand is no where close to what they owe. Paying the high ups confirmed it. Now to wait for the...

Rivets' quote reflects my experience. Being Sears is like Levi's vs Gucci jeans - most everyone buys them for utilitarian reason where people buy a "green mower" at least partially for its name. There was a shop where i lived in Chi that had a row of sears riders to be scrapped. I talked to the...

Yeah being Stanley owns Craftsman now, if it-from sears that is breaks(I read they would honor all sears tools), u have to pay postage to send it to them before they will send u a replacement. That cost alone defeats the purpose.

The only parts I recall I replaced on my Sears rider were the spindles-from hitting rocks in my new Tx. yard, and the brake parts. There was a vocational school in Missouri that had a small engine class and they sold parts also. That's where i got them but looking lately,i think they are out of...

FYI: You press the primer to squirt some gas from the bowl below up into the air passage. When the motor is running, the vacuum of the air the engine is pulling in does this. So yes, when u press the primer you should expect to see a little gas come out. So long as u see gas come out, a torn...

look under the right rear wheel. That is where the brake is. There is a stopper on the shaft that moves fwd and back as you press the pedal. Have someone press and release to find what is stopping. Maybe the stopper is way back so there is very little travel to press the brake. On mine, the...

Bought it for $10 in 90's

Mine(86) has the same deck and a 12hp briggs also. Keep it!! It is the last years before sears started going downhill using cheap plastic parts like screwing together pieces instead of the single solid frame that doesn't flex-again like current mowers.

You could but you shouldn't have to. I would clean it out first. I say this because the spring doesn't push very hard to keep the needle closed. -BUT- being a hacker that i am, you could try it but that means you can toss the general rule of thumb of 1.5\1.75 turns of the fuel mix screws, etc...

Look down on the shaft on to the disk. the horizontal shaft should be exactly over the center of the vertical disk's shaft. Is the rubber wheel shaft a hair forward? If Y, take a large flat screwdriver and wedge it into the bracket that holds the shaft the variable speed slides in and bend it...

Kerryn, When you changed the air filter, was it pretty dirty?? I ask because maybe if pretty dirty, it was working as your choke. If the carb needs cleaning, when the auto choke is open(aka motor is warm) maybe the old filter was choking it enough that it started warm. Try clean out the carb...

Right when it dies, if u manually add\spray gas\starter fluid when it dies does it run? If no but it still sparks, I would check the valve tappet gaps when it is cold.

my "vent" leaked(thus no pressure) so i removed it and plugged it with a golf tee.

From all the hondas that people toss(for misc reasons) and the nearby shop(for the same reasons), I have a trans sitting around if u r interested. "Anyone have any experience with this?" NEVER buy the honda that has variable speed. It works using friction plates that wear out. According to the...

Rivets, this is a tecumseh 4cycle motor not the LB 2cycle. lacrosse, did u confirm there is a spark?

No offense but it could be several noises from loose valve train(minor) to piston slap(not good!!) to who knows what. Uploading a video would help tell you what your problem is.

I don't know how much trouble it would take with this particular application, but remember - so long as the engine gets the proper ratio of air and fuel, it can run. On that note, on my 70's FS80s, Echo SRM2301, BG75, etc. (also partly because of my being cheap) the carb that fits the latest...

Joea, while the trimmer is making that noise, slowly pull the starting cord about 2inches - maybe a little more or less and hold it there. Does it go away?

It looks like your "new" flywheel does not have the magnets on the outside so no, it won't work on your original engine. All you can do is keep looking. Your motor does have the holes on the block to bolt on the starter motor right??

I recall it is LH thread.

While i can't help you with a model #, gas cap wise, i just drilled a 1/32" hole near the center of the gas cap and not top off the gas any more when it happened to me. for your brake cable there is this...

Before buying a new carb, if it was me, i would get a spray bottle of soapy water and spray where the fuel hoses connect to the carb, where they go into the tank, and the gas cap itself to find if it is blowing bubbles(which it is NOT supposed to be doing) when u prime it. At lease that would...

I had a HR215 (free curb shopping) I didn't have it long until it threw the rod. I opened the engine out of curiousity. It is like the Wisconsin(subaru??) motor on my snapper in that ball bearings top and bottom or else nothing to write home to mom about. If u need parts, i might still have some...

I haven't fiddled with that in a while but it should be 3/8" pipe thread. I put a plumbing shutoff valve when i added pipe to my rider and 0 turn.

Yeah. I was responding to the post of the habitual honda shaft locking up.

Don't bet on it. They have been selling this setup since the 90's.

I would try a locking nut. It won't come off even with the bouncing around. I've had good and bad experience wtih Loctite.

No offense but you never saw grass packed under that shield?? It always accumulates there - include this owners mower as seen in his pic, just not so bad yet.

If it is running at the correct speed, true. Let the owner decide that. "cant really be adjusted" It is sheet metal, not a block of steel. it can be adjusted.

No. That's normal. My Ariens has one. It is just that the motor has a fixed speed. The old H60's and the like with vary speed would be screwed down to the 2 vertical holes in your pic. When u get it running, bend this tab in or out to adjust the engine speed.

Thanks guys. Call it a fettish - I like old stuff with nice paint job.

no. it is only pull start. R u looking at the spark test tool? I took the pic while i was testing.

Oh yeah!!! I got it with the connector cut off. to test it, i just used the wire u see and i never did find a plug cable and connector to properly finish it. It actually does run. I'll get around to finish it sooner or later. :-P

uttitanfan, I looked at a Bush Hog when i was looking for a zero turn. BH is better known for its large mowers being pulled with tractors to cut large fields such as commonly seen cutting the sides of highways. They looked pretty solid. Comparable construction to other commercial zero turns. I...

Out of curiousity, where was the LB factory in Galesburg?

If it works out, please post the part #\where u got it. Someday I'll replace mine.

I could understand u want to talk to a dealer but if u have no luck, HomeDepot is supposed to carry it. It is plenty over the minimum for free home delivery but with its size, i don't know if the same rule applies.

Yeah, someone in my area put a honda motor on a old(er) school LB deck. It is listed in CL for sale. I thought the LB motor had different mount holes but i guess the person could have just drilled new holes if so.

Next to the vertical spring is the cable which activates the self propel. You can adjust the nut to shorten the cabel thus tighten the disk but yeah, it looks pretty worn. The last time i tried this shortcut is when my 70's Case skid steer was worn out like your situation(before case sold...

My favorite is 'The Far Side' comic of a classroom where the teacher is pointing to a drawing of a screw driver and screw on the board. The title is "class for the mechanically DEclined".

What is your definition of "expensive"? Ebay has the wheel for $29. I have a few honda wheels laying around but even shipping would probably be around $20. Also, honda wheels you can replace the tread only if that saves u anything...

As they say - Patience my son.... The best i did was 2 Snappers(70's, aluminum) for $20.

As said, a little rust will not stop the magnet from working but if u want to rustproof that and your ignition module, use linseed oil. Motor oil will fairly quickly dry up and it will rust in only a few months. I use linseed on alot of outdoor stuff like my metal wagons. After 3 years being...

I know china copied the honda motors. I know Predator is not the maker but the seller. I'm just saying if Kohler is going to make their own motor, they would make it different but u look at the Kohler and teh Predator among other brands they are sold as, they sure seem identical to me thus the...

Oh ok. Well, they must be cloning Predator motors then cuz it sure looks the same.

I had a Snowbird many moons ago that had the same problem. I did what u are considering - connected the cable straight to the throttle . I just needed to manually give it a little more gas when throwing snow. For your situation, i think if anything broke off it would be sitting at the bottom of...