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if you look on the left side of the transmission like you were sitting on the seat, on the transmission that is a lever and a long rod that goes to the clutch/brake pedal, remove the clip and the rod at the point where it meets the lever on the transmission, then you remove the bolts that hold...

estebank don't want to be rude to you but you posted this (I found the issue and fixed it. If anyone is interested, I will post the solution, but it seems this issue is of not much interest to anyone.) why would no one be interested anymore as you said, I thought this Form was about question...

all your safety switches tested to show current going through them, Joe

I am sure you have a good reason to want to change like it might be a free motor but you're going to have issues, possible with the wiring, and the one I just finished for a customer was like that wanted a bigger shaft, can't imagine why, what will it do that the one inch won't do, I bet it was...

got it, I had seen somewhere that someone was selling a 7HP with a 25'' cut it was red, looks just like the old Toro that they called the 7-25, when I had the shop the salesperson says to me, they are a good seller, so I decided to get 4 of them, really thought they would be hard to sell, I was...

Packman88, people and the manufactory have become horsepower crazy, 8 HP will work fine, I used to have a mower shop years ago then they started the Horsepower race, customer paid more to still get the 3,200 RPM'S, blade tip was still the same no matter what the horsepower was, rear engine...

A fellow brought his Dixie Chopper a month "it was running yesterday" quick look without touching it, it had been sitting in the weather, no breather tube on the valve cover, the metal air filter cover had a 3/4" hole where if had been banging around the stud that held if in place without a...

looks like some duct tape and sharpen would not cure, that is an example of a person who should not won a mower.

StarTech, luck that shock did not fry you like chicken in deep grease, I actually removed the kill wire and tested one to fire on the last repair job and another engine the fire looks like a snake wiggling in the grass, and that was a john deere OEM Kawasaki, this has been the year of the coils...

airdriver, I have several Turf Tigers up to the 72" they are hard to break but what you have I would say if a clutch problem, I have a repair shop and just finished one on Scag Tiger Cat 61' cut he is a neighbor of mine, this is what he does so if you do that stop it and save money, he cuts all...

Hey you all this year has been a coil changing year and replacement coils are what I have noticed not what they used to be, I ordered from several places and the poor results are the same, even from John Deere down to Amazon, won't fire at all or skips, some last only few minutes, what kind of...

I am glad to hear I am not the only one that goes through that, this year it was starters and coils, some starters had to be change out twice being of low quality at a high price and working on a John Deere Gator 6X4 that probably from late 80's way to much work it had never been serviced, I am...

whynot, could you post a photo of the mower, even one maybe to routing of the deck belt on the mower, gosh there is enough of us skilled mechanics to be able to solve the problem if we had more information, if it was to come into our shop would be easy to diagnose, probably just by looking...

do you know the name brand of the mower and what is it called or a number of it, meaning like Cub Cadet, yellow horse, something to head us in somewhere of the right direction, the size of the deck, 48,54,60,61, and where is the strip being left, right, center, I have seen some that come from...

remove the valve covers check to see if the push roads are seated in the cam area in the block.

you say you have a leak, a leak from where it goes into the block where the rubber bushing is, threads around the cap on top of the tube, crack in the tube but if you remove the dip stick while it is running you are going to get a shower of oil, you cannot not remove it without out like you say...

Jim, I have several scags no starter problems, I found one thing that really helps is when you go to start it put it in the choke position, keeping your had on the level (Maybe Half throttle) when you turn the key soon as you hear it was to start pull it off of choke, if it has to turn much pull...

before you do all of that if it did not do that when you put if up for long term storage, I would guess that the fuel when by the needle and into the fuel thinning it and over filling it, it has no room to breathe, drain the oil for a day or so, when you add oil don't over fill, change the...

I would say that you not going with the original engine is a mistake, some reason why obvious the pulley for the transmission and the drive pulley for the deck will not fit, so now you have to start looking for tha if you have a electric clutch that won't fit, if that is an aftermarket engine or...

that is what it sounds like the small gear is backwards.

I would say that the engine valves (exhaust) are very hot that is where the gas explodes, make you a short wire or even string that you can slow it down just enough speed to keep it running but much lower RPM's that it was running, disconnect the power cords, this will get it time to cool down...

I do submerge them to find the leak, and if there are several sports leaking I just put a tube, cost a lot less than a tire, have found them with slight cracks, finish nails, side wall leaks, stem leak both valve and seal area, quick and easy answer and it ever there is another leak easy to find...

Randy you have the best machine on the market, they will last a lifetime and will still be good for the next fellow, I have three of them and three Turf Tigers (2-61" and 1 72" cut, and 2" (48") models, they are trouble free, do the Maintenace, you need to get a Operators manual or take the...

I live in SW Louisiana, I moved a few years ago about 50 miles west of where I was raised, that was in the flower bed and I caught the stem to remove it, if that is what you have and looks like it, it makes a very small sticker on it, when you get it stuck in your fingers, you will think you got...

Gravelier that is something to have to do all of that to cut grass, I still say we are moving backwards in that industry, been repairing mowers for more than 50 years, they were just the basic things needed, the rope pulled worked great, then Tecumseh came out with one turn the crank several...

Rick9, I have a mower repair shop at home, retired been in the repairs business, 50 years, that is a simple fix, I am also a machinist, gosh have to be to be able to save customers with machining and welding on them is a daily job, all that needs to be done is machine the top and bottom bushing...

Cheapoldfart, if you say that nothing has been changed and shape blades now causes it not to bag, I have two mowers that I bag with, course one is a Scag with the Squarrel blower on the end of the deck, very strong suction and an old toro rear engine rider with the easy empty catcher, the key to...

A local mower shop has gone up so high for now had to stop dealing with them, they used to be good people and honest a three-month dry spell selling no mowers and no repairs has turned them into robbers, needle and seat, sixty dollars, that white piece of plastic that the needle sets in $...

make sure the is making good contact

get your meter and start checking safety switches.

dustyboots that used not to be that big of a decision years ago but with the prices of Mowers today it is a big decision, I have Scags, 48' Tiger Cub, Turf tiger, have three of them 61" cut and a turf tiger with the 72" deck, when it comes to cutting the 5 acres here does not take long with that...

set the valve lash, that is why it is coughing.

that thing has been dead for a while, looks like he has spent more time eating cement than eating grass and another thing, run the machine wide open this extends the trimmer string in the straightest position, that way the end of the string is cutting not the curved part, if the line glues...

Tell your friend not to cut all the way to the roots of the grass, slow the froward speed down, that will lengthen the life of the clutch, they get to hot, slip, both of those build up head and then the problems start showing up, that clutch should last many years if used as designed.

Donb108: I seen where someone stated that they had never seen a Positive to ground, well that was the only way that the older farm equipment, cars, trucks and lawnmowers worked, that is when they used Generators, on the mowers it was a starter and generator that was a one-piece unit, I still...

I got a jump starter from Harbor Freight, I think it is the 650, any how these work well when I go to pick up a mower to work on I bring it and has enough power to also operate the winch to pull the mowers up, they have lasted me about 3 years, I am pleased with that, watch you can get them...

Moparjoe499, not being mean when I say this, is it the mower or is it you asking it something that it cannot do, meaning, is the field rough, wet, tall grass, cutting at a high speed, deck all the way to the ground, I have a repair shop and see these thing that will give all the mower a bad rap...

Rivets, I had done that the first time, with the poor results that I spoke of, I removed the heads, and the valves I was shocked at the amount of wear on the valve faces, I have a Sioux valve grinding machine and seat cutters, but if the valves are ground, they will have a very sharp edge, looks...

got a Kubota that come in for repairs, the fellow said that it started back firing and died and who not start, removed the plugs, checked for stark, good, checked valve clearance, terribly off, set them, started the engine ran for about 30 seconds, backfire, died, checked the valves again, way...

Triton192, that little shaft that you speak of on the right side of the transmission is the break, if it has been setting in the weather, or washed they sometimes get stuck but if your is turning you should be good, to make sure that the little buttons on it are not stuck give it a little spray...

balooba, I had one many years ago that was giving me much same problems that you are having, it would run farily good but when you moved it just the slightest bit it would start running terrible, similar to flooding, what I found was that they person that owned it had removed the rubber bushing...

Been repairing mowers about 60 years now never thought that I would see mowers sold and discarded only after a season or two, my home repair shop is very busy, two reasons the mower shops over here charge one hundred an hour, charge one hundred fifty to trouble shoot it and if you decide to fix...

good for you, that mower can't hang in there compared to a Scag, Joe

waynehughes, I have been repairing mower for many years, never seen the thievery from Lawnmower shop and dealers like I see now, the American business as a whole are robbing the working people, many of them have cut back on the number of employees, cut hours or low hourly pay but get ten times...

balooba, worked on them for years they are the best carburetor and are trouble free most of the time, just clean it and, pull the main jet them took inside where the jet come from and remove the insert ,it is brass the, the rubber pulses and picks up gas through the long up the gas in puts it...

Tiger Small Engine, I changed out recently but am going to rebuild it, it had 1,700 hours on it, have a local mower shop that gives me several when they change out ones for customers, I have found out that if I put the spacer sleave in the Lathe and machine sixty thousands off the spacer the...

That is probably the head lights wiriing,

POPs 52, start with the basics, put the key in the one position, all safety switches in the correct position, with the motor not running, pull up on the electric clutch, should hear a snap, if not the wire may have been pulled out of the clutch or not even connected, burnt fuse ,or a bad PTO...

Well it seems to be that I was not able to find a Metal Idler of that size, one is a "V" and the other a "flat back", if your going to leave the mower running when you are not cutting grass lock the clutch down, that will keep them from spinning, that is a poor design, if the would have put the...