Recent content by crazyoldtractor

I have a kawi FD791D fuel injected v twin on a scag mower. It was working fine one day and the next nothing. It pops out the intake and backfires out the exhaust while cranking but never starts up, sounds like it wants to. Checked fuel pressure from the fuel pump by plugging the line with my...

Would anyone buy one of those really cheap chainsaws off of ebay. The look promising but I am wondering if anyone on here has any experience with one of them. Here are the two that I have been looking at: Timberpro 62cc Petrol Chainsaw 20" Bar 2X Saw Chain Alloy Assisted Start | eBay 52cc 22"...

I am going to assume you are talking about a 782D? And by ball joint you mean tie rod end, because the front axles on these use king pins. Anyway, to replace the tie rod end it just unscrews lefty loosey off the tie rod. I put a diagram off of a parts website that you can look at. The tire rod...

I have a cub cadet 1320 and the deck doesn't shut off when I release the engage lever. It just stays on all the time. I took off the deck and was very surprised to find that I couldn't even figure out how the tensioner system worked on this mower. When the lever is engaged it moves this pad...

I have a John Deere walk behind mower that has an intermittent issue that isn't so intermittent anymore. It used to only happen sometimes but now it wont go away and I cant mow. The thing starts and runs just fine, but when I put it into gear it just shuts off. I know it isn't a seat safety...

I want to remove the flywheel from a lawn tractor and I have seen people say that you should use "black impact" sockets and not chrome ones. Will I break the chrome socket? Are the black ones stronger? Whats the difference between black and chrome sockets?

I have a Kohler CV16S mounted on a wheel horse 252h and at the moment the engine is running without a muffler. I need to make a mount for a muffler, but until then. I was running it tonight and I saw it would spark and some flames would come out of the exhaust. Is this normal. Maybe when I mount...

I found a guy on craigslist selling a set of rear lug tread tires for a lawn tractor. They are the right size for my wheel horse. He wants $40 for them and will not budge on the price. Is this a good deal. I want the tires but only if im not getting ripped off. I don't know too much about lawn...

I just mounted a new engine om my wheel horse 252 h tractor. The engine is a Kohler cv16s 16.5hp. I took this engine off of a craftsman 917.271140 tractor. I got it mounted on the wheel horse but now I'm very confused with how to wire this engine. I took all the wires off the craftsman and...

A recent post about an ignition issue im having is what this post relates to. I read through the service manual for my kawasaki engine and it says I could be experiencing a demagnetized flywheel. Anyone know how to fix that?

I have a wheel horse 252h with a kawasaki FB460V engine. I just ordered a new ignition because there was no spark. The new ignition arrived, I just installed it and still no spark. I even unplugged the ground wire from the ignition and no spark. Does anyone know what is wrong? When I bought...

Does the spacing of the igntion from the flywheel have any effect on the timing of the engine or the strength of the spark?

I just got a new old tractor from someone down the road this weekend. It is in very nice condition except for the hydro drive. The lever will not go al the way forward in the forward position. I will in the reverse though. So the tractor cant reach its max speed going forward because the lever...