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The new carburetor seems to have solved the stalling problem. Now I have to adjust it to eliminate the throbbing that is evident especially when the mower deck is not running. At least I am now able to mow the entire lawn.

Thank you. I have since reinstalled it with both ends in the same holes as the linkage.

I installed the cheap carburetor and, while I haven't mowed for an extended period of time, the engine has not yet quit on me. I may be noticing a very little "throbbing" and I question whether I have connected the spring that surrounds the governor linkage properly. The young service guy at...

I got a couple of in-line spark testers and installed them. I didn't get the bright white light that some reference, but a steady red glow. The engine did not fail during my test, but did falter when on a slight incline near the edge of my lawn. I saw no significant decrease in the red glow...

I have not done so, buy will do. Thank you.

Thank you for your quick response. These are new ignition coils. I forgot to mention that new plugs were supposedly installed by the John Deere dealer during my last "winter tune up". I have just ordered two in line spark testers that should arrive on Thursday. I will install both and try to...

I have a John Deere LX188 lawn tractor with a Kawasaki FD501V water-cooled engine. It starts OK after a little cranking and appears to run fine for a while before it just stalls out. If I wait for a minute or so, I can start it again, but it will stall again after very little cutting. I have...