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I have a craftsman mower with a B&S engine with the star shaped blade guide. Mower model#: 917.370430 Engine model #: 126M021525-F1 11110858 I took the blade off this a.m. and the star shape has sheared off so the end of the drive shaft is now flat. I assume if the blade is not on dead center...

I have read a number of places and multiples times that a main reason for a mower running poorly or "knocking" or "pulsating" or hard to start is that the valves need servicing. Most of the people in my area have the Briggs 6.75hp motors. I have one here now that is hard to start. I looked for...

I have a Craftsman self propelled mower with a 6.75hp Briggs & Stratton engine. I was mowing last week and after about 1/2 hr. it 'popped' and died. It had started to rain so I finished up with a neighbors mower. I took it out today and gave it a couple of pulls. After a pull or two it...

My neighbor asked me to see if I could get his mower to run for him and I said yes. He said the mower would fire up if he put a bit of gas in the carb then it would die. Sounded like a dirty carb to me and I proceeded to pull it off and clean it up. Sure enough the gas had started to turn to...

I have a craftsman self propelled mower with a briggs and stratton 6.5 hp motor. The other day when I was starting it, it would run for a second or two and quit. Pump the primer again 3-10 times and retry...same thing. Eventually I kept pressing the primer bulb and the mower ran and I mowed...