Briggs 17.5 PROPER valve Adjustment method Debate

[Tinkerer200]

If you understand what you're doing, you don't have to follow any rote memory procedure.

http://wallaceracing.com/cambasics.htm

That is the point. You have no idea if the person you are talking to knows what he is doing or not. Right now there is a thread on another forum where the fellow says his engine cranks but it won't turn over.. I have seen many similar statements over the years and quit responding to them.

Walt Conner

 

[PTmowerMech]

That is the point. You have no idea if the person you are talking to knows what he is doing or not. Right now there is a thread on another forum where the fellow says his engine cranks but it won't turn over.. I have seen many similar statements over the years and quit responding to them.

Walt Conner

HA, I seen that. Termanology is a tricky thing sometimes.

 

[Scrubcadet10]

HA, I seen that. Termanology is a tricky thing sometimes.

To me crank and turnover are the same.
"It'll crank but won't fire"
" It'll turnover but won't fire"

 

[PTmowerMech]

To me crank and turnover are the same.
"It'll crank but won't fire"
" It'll turnover but won't fire"

I'll have to remember that. Turnover is just that. Crank, to me, means to start and run. But I can see what you're talking about. I've heard people say they "cranked and cranked and it just wouldn't start."

 

[bertsmobile1]

Crank comes from the pre starter motor era when you had to crank your engines with a crank handle to start them
So crank = turn over = spin
Fire = just that, fires once or twice but does not start
Start = runs for a few seconds or more but not necessarily all the time
Runs = you can mow

 

[ILENGINE]

Crank comes from the pre starter motor era when you had to crank your engines with a crank handle to start them
So crank = turn over = spin
Fire = just that, fires once or twice but does not start
Start = runs for a few seconds or more but not necessarily all the time
Runs = you can mow

My favorite is runs but won't start.

 

[Tinkerer200]

Crank comes from the pre starter motor era when you had to crank your engines with a crank handle to start them
So crank = turn over = spin
Fire = just that, fires once or twice but does not start
Start = runs for a few seconds or more but not necessarily all the time
Runs = you can mow

Yes, Above, "Crank, to me, means to start and run." No.

Walt Conner