Bad Boy Maverick HD right tank not flowing

Now that manual has the info. The other site didn't have that parts section, Thank you.

Bookmarking that site. Again Thank you.
 
BigBlueEdge said:
So what do you do, mow until you run out of fuel and then switch the valve and start it back up? How does your fuel gauge work then? Or are there individual gauges for each tank?
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Each tank has an individual gauge. I often mow till one tank is out of fuel. It doesn't hurt anything. Besides, most of those fuel gauges don't last very long.
 
Sounds like common sense left the building when it came to verifying the repair. LOL

That is happening more than ever because anyone with genuine repair skills is leaving the trade. The pay is insulting, no benefits, no training, but everyone places the blame.
 
Or you work for a company two years repairing equipment before they even send you to school on the equipment. Then you probably know more about the equipment then the guy teaching the class. I have just went to sleep during the classes and still pass the tests.
 
StarTech said:
Or you work for a company two years repairing equipment before they even send you to school on the equipment. Then you probably know more about the equipment then the guy teaching the class. I have just went to sleep during the classes and still pass the tests.
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I just took the test and didn't go to the class, My first time taking,and passing the Briggs MST test back when it was a 4.5 hour 300 and some question test with a 80% first time failure rate. That test got me out of the 4 day Briggs school. And a nasty Briggs field rep that didn't give me any crap after that.
 
The tank selector valve should have 3 nipples to connect fuel lines to. One is right tank, the other is left tank and the only one left goes to the fuel pulse pump.

Remove and disconnect the fuel selector valve, confirm there is fuel flow from each tank feed line with selector valve removed.

These valves often had the ability to turn a full 360 degrees on the center stem when not bolted down. It needs to be unbolted too "clock' the center stem, so the middle is the off position. Place the end of the fuel line going to the pulse pump into a clear jar to check for fuel flow.

From there move the tank selector valve stem to determine where right tank flows, then back to where the left tank flows. Off should be in the middle.
 
Finally got it fixed without taking it to the dealer. I backed the mower up to my shop and left it running. I grabbed my air hose with the blow gun attachment. Got an old T-shirt and stuffed it into the mouth of the filler neck around the nozzle and blasted the tank with air with the mower running at half throttle. Whatever had it stopped up was flushed out. Surprisingly, the fuel level has equalized in both tanks.
 
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