Recent content by kc27

Android or iPhone? Looks like you got your photos online, but if the need arises again here is an overview of the process. I use Photo & Picture Resizer on an Android phone. I select the photo I want to resize and choose a width of 1024 pixels. The app then makes a reduced size copy and leaves...

Thanks. I ordered a small engine tachometer to help sort this out.

Could a low idle speed setting cause the governor to hunt? The replacement carburetor is new from Briggs & Stratton. It is hard to tell from the photo, but the spring is in loop.

Found the RPM specifications for my mower: Engine Speed 3000 ± 150 RPM. For anyone else with a Toro product, look up the parts and manuals page for your model number on the Toro website. Scroll down on that page to a link for "Specifications". The RPM info is there. I did not find it within any...

I started with the parts manual from the Toro site. The drawing shows the part, but now where it attaches (see below). Thanks for the links. The Briggs & Stratton parts manual has a similar illustration. The operator's manual has useful info, but doesn't address the governor linkage. OK, so if...

Where does the governor spring attach on a Toro Super Recycler mower, model no. 20042, powered by a Briggs & Stratton 12H802-1767-E1 engine? This engine had been jury-rigged with an incorrect carburetor. I installed the correct carburetor, but am not sure where the carburetor side of the...

I have not been part of the boating scene for years. Is the outboard advantage that maintenance is easier on an externally mounted engine?

This is interesting. Like Ohioguy, I also pumped oil out of an inboard marine engine and wondered what I was leaving in the oil pan. I read on an automotive forum that extracting crankcase oil is becoming more common at service facilities when doing vehicle oil changes. One reason given was...

I have a Tecumseh 4.5 hp LEV105-347001A engine that has a very uneven idle, that I believe I somehow caused. Here is what I've done A couple of weeks ago I had discovered the carburetor float wasn't working correctly, the engine was flooding. Rather than rebuild, I replaced the carburetor and...