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Most ladies behind the counter have never worked on a small engine, which is a bad start right off the bat! They are trained by the owner who doesn't want to pay a decent wage for an experienced technician. He just reaches her what websites to look up parts on and puts her behind the counter...

sounds like your exhaust valve needs adjusting. if it is closed and not opening to relieve compression pressure, it will be hard to pull. check the engine brake first. if the engine brake is working properly, take the valve cover off, remove the spark plug, turn the engine over and visually...

I'be already figured it out. It was the carb. I took it apart, cleaned it, and it runs fine. That was a type error. Ilooked up the lash and it was .06- .08 ,so i set them at .07.

it dosen't take much to plug the main fuet jet. if that has happened, you will hae to take the carb apart and clean the main jet and imulsion tube.

I have a john deere mower la140 with a brighs 23 hp motor model 445577 v twin. I replaced a defective head with a new one, set thelash at .007 1/4 past top dead centerif i pull the plug wire while running on the new head tjere's no change in rpms. if i pull the plug wire on the opposite head it...

It looks like the float is on upside down. The part of the float that the needle fits into is the bottom of the float. The bottom of the float should face the carb. The picture shows it backwards.

Sometimes after trying time and time again to start the engine on choke, the fuel washes the cylinder clean of the oil film it needs for proper compression. I've sprayed oil into the cylinder with the spark plug out and pulled repeatedly until the oil is pushed out of the spark plug opening. Be...

I would bet your carbs main jet is clogged wit ethenol goop

I worked on a troybuilt power drive push mower and on the shield on top of the engine, says add oil, butdont change? I change the oil on all my mowers each spring. Has anyone seen any mower that tells you don't change the oil???

I bought another coil from the same company as the first i replaced, and it runs fine and the kill wire kills both coils as it should. Problem solved, but when replacing one coil in the future, I will change both. I guess it's like changing a headlite on a car, you might as well change both...

I'm working on a cub cadet zero turn with a 25hp kholer twin engine. When i engage deck the mower loses power. I checked the coils, and one was not firing. I bought an after market coil, put it on the engine and hooked up the kill wore that goes from the key swotch to both coils. One coil cuts...

If you have some grass not being lifted up to be cut, or it looks like yourbeating the grass not cutting it smoothly, it could be that one ormore blades are installed wrong. On the blade at one end you have your cutting edge, on the other end there is a tab that is bent upward. That tab should...

It sounds like the problem is in the plug itself. It could be shorted out within the plug. Cut the wires before the plug, instal a new plug. The solenoid either works or dosent. when you repair the wires and plug, remove the solenoid from the carb and watch the nedle valve on the end of the...

I've been using Farm and Fleet brand 30w oil for the last 20 years and have had no issues with it. I use it in my mowers and customers mowers also and it gives good protection against wear.

Sounds like your gears inside the transaxle are a little stripped. There should be no grinding noise coming from the transaxle.

I've used Stens belts when I cannot get an OEM belt and have had good luck with them. OEM, is usually the best, but you pay more for them, so look at it this way, Stens belts are a little cheaper than an OEM belt, in fact you a can buy 3 Stens belts for the price of 2 OEM belts. You get what you...

Make sure you have good fuel flow. Take off the bolt onthe bottom of the carb bowl, see if when the float is down if there is good flow of fuel. If you raise the float is pushed up to where it is horizontally level with the carb and the fuel shuts off completely your float is operating...

When tipping a push mower on it's side, if you go through this process first, no oil will enter the cylinder. First take ith pull rope in your hand and pull on it slowly, you will feel differences in resistance as you pull on the rope. When you get to the point of most resistance, the engine...

The float in the carb may need adjusting. If the float in the car b does not shut off the fuel when the bowl is full it will enter the cylinder and drain down past the rings into the crankcase. Itcould also be your needle valve and seat, which are the parts that close the fuel port to the bowl...

Swapping the plugs is just going to carbon up the good plug. However looking at the clean plug, youdefinately have an issue with the right bank. Take it back to the dealer, now! When you get it back, mow and check your plugs after each mowing to make sure they didn't justput 2 new plugs in your...

Make sure choke baffle is closed when throtle is in choke position. Your throtle cable could have slipped.

Sthil chainsaws are the best saws on the market !!! All sthil chainsaws, are easy to flood if you don't listen for that little poof( small ignition hit). Put the saw on full choke (lever all the way down, you have to pull on throtle trigger to get it down the last knotch, which is choke...

I've been working on mowers for 30 years or more and have had no problems using Fram oil filters and farm and fleet 30 weight motor oil. With the Fram filter you need the room for a longer filter and a little more oil for the larger filter. I have never had any issues with the Fram filters or...

Some tanks have a filter in the stem coming out. If that is plugged, fuel flow will be comprimised. or if a leaf or debris pushes op against it it to can reduce fuel flow. It's always a good idea to clean out the fuel tank and make sure you have good fuel flow. Another possibility is a coil...

I would tend to go after a coil issue, but one other thing you can chek. Sometimes the fuel lines will swell up inside and will look fine from the outside. The same problem occured on the short rubber brake lines on cars. It's not the gas that will break down the rubber on the inside of the...

I could guarantee your coil surfaces are totally rusted. Cleaning the coil surfaces and the magnet on the flywheel will increase your spark and allow for a cleaner burn in the cylinder. When i do a tune-up i always clean the coil and magnet . This eliminates poor spark.

iI replaced the small kholer oil filters with a Fram filter. They are half the price of a Kholer filter and they are a twice the length and have more filtering capacity. If you have the room for a filter twice the length of the Kholer filter, use a Fram filter. I've been using Fram filters on...

More than likely on the dead cylinder one of the valve guides moved up on you and bent your push rod. I just changed a head on my neighbors john deere, that had that issue. It runs fine now. I hope this helps.

The float in the carb will overflow the carb, will enter the cylinder and end up in the oil. I put a gas shut-off valve on all my riders and never have to worry about that issue. It also helps when putting it away for the season. I leave the fuel shut off and run the engine until it dies. I then...

Check the routing of the belt. Many times an idler pulley or even the main pulley on the bottom of the engine, there will be a bolt or bar next to the pulley to keep the belt from jumping off the pulley. If it's in a place that's hard to see, you might have put the belt on the outside of the...

I had the same kick-back problem with a 9hp briggs, on a log splitter. Mine pulled back so hard, i thought itbroke something in my hand. Not fun at all !! I adjusted the valve setting at 1/4" past top dead center, and that fixed my problem. However, after using it a few times the valve setting...

check fuel hoses to make sure they are not swelled up inside them.

The owner of the machine was having problems starting it, so he put a new coil, carb, plugs, and new head gasket on one cylinder, then he said it ran fine. The last two times he used it ,it was getting hard to start, then he brought it to me. i thought the float in the carb was stuck and know...

Onan 24 hp twin cylinder verticle shaft. Gas spitting out top of carb when cranking to start. New carb, so float is not stuck. What can cause this?

i bought a cylinder and piston with the rings kit for $50.00 and repaired a Sthil 026 chainsaw, and i'm still usingit 4 years later.

you have fuel restriction. check your fuel pump, and make sure when cranking your getting a good fuel supply. If you're getting good fuel supply it's the carb. Many aftermarket carbs are made in China, and they do not have qualoty control. They do not check carbs before they are sold, so a brand...

check your valve lash and possible bent push rod.

on the convertable mower what is the blue wire from the key switch for?