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I am attempting to repair a BR700 backpack blower for a friend. My friend brought it to me saying he had it looked at by a local Stihl dealer..who told him it was tied up and needing major engine repair. I removed the spark plug and put an oz. of ATF and a little gas in the spark plug...

I have a PB-500T. Serial P31212136027 I can get it to start if I pour a small quantity of gas into the carb. After it starts it runs great full throttle and low idle. If I do not pour gas into the carb I can prime the carb ( a dozen pumps or more..full choke and pull, pull and pull some more...

I am working on a 1987 Ex mark 32 inch walk behind commercial mower. It is a model number 32-12.5kd5. The Koehler engine number is illegible. I can read a Spec of 7275. 390 cc and a serial number 2611504544. Anyway it is a pull start and starter would not pull. I took the starter off and...

I was gifted a 9 hp craftsman snow thrower A model number 536.886260. It has a Craftsman /Tecumseh made engine model 143.019003. I got it running and starting with the recoil starter. I examined the starter and found numerous teeth broken off of the starter gear (bendix). It is a 16 tooth...

I am quite confused. I am working on a FG110 mini tiller. It was not running it is now running but as I begin to install the air filter cover it will slow down and stall. This happens with or without the sponge air cleaner element being in place. Just putting the cover on stalls the engine...

I am wondering if anyone has any success with hot staple welding cracked Honda plastic decks. I have a unit with a couple of cracks and I am considering trying a hot staple plastic welder. Would love to know what anybody’s experience has been CFS

Primer/carb question I am working on an old Ariens lawn mower model 911014 with a Tecumseh TVS120 63096F engine. Customer brought it to me with a broken remote mounted primer. Snaps into the blower housing (2 legs and a center fitting the hose gos to) Like the ones you see on snowblowers...

I have a full set?? of carb adjustment tools for 2 cycle carbs. But I have started to see some new configurations. Recently on a Chinese made engine and on a Stihl bower. The adjustment screws are centered in another screw. So that the actual low speed or high speed screw sits below a halo...

I was 'gifted' an old edger. Made by a company called Trim Rite from Weatherford TX. It is a 1993 model 3.5 HP. I have it running but would like to install a new blade. I am trying to verify the lengthof the blade as well as the diameter of the hole in the blade. The diameter of the shaft...

I have a junk Honda engine a gv160 run without out oil and the top bearing surface is all scored up on both the housing and the crankshaft. I have looked at a parts breakdown and it appears that there is not a replaceable bearing. The aluminum casting has been ruined and the only fix is a...

I have been given a Sears Craftsman 2 stage snow thrower 24 inch 177 cc engine. It is a model 247.889571 This machine was made for Sears by MTD and has a MTD Chinese made engine model 265SU. It has a broken connecting rod. It was run low on oil and the rod seized on the crankshaft. I...

Does anyone know about the 2 different sump gaskets that are packaged with the 594101 sump kit. The shape of the gaskets are identical but one is a thinner black paper, the other white thicker paper with a brown rubbery seal on the inner edge. My engine had the black gasket and that seems like...

I was gifted a 1999-2000 Troy-Bilt 33 inch wide cut walk behind mower. It is a model 332342 8.5 HP Briggs with a recoil starter. I am hoping someone can help me with an issue that I am having with shifting gears. This unit has a Peerless Transaxle a part number/model 915-027 is assigned to it...

I have a Scotts (made by Murray) self propelled mower circa 2002. it has a Tecumseh OHV engine with a power take off for the self propelled it is aprox 6 HP. sorry I do not have the model number. Getting a strong pull back on the rope when starting. I have changed the flywheel key (the old...

Out of the blue yesterday, I started to have problems with self propelled on this mower. I checked the driven key and gears on the wheel and all seems well there It seemed like the handle that I pull to engage the drive had little or no spring back when I let go of the handle. Then the unit...