Recent content by macguy59

18 HP Kaw engine air cooled. I've attached some illustrations to show the governor and how it works. The engine will start surging about 15 min into mowing. I suspect the governor internally is bad. I set the throttle level to a little over half throttle to limit the over revving but of course...

Looks new and drives/cuts well. 2010 model. I can buy this for $875. Good deal ?

Everyone seems to obsess over the hours on a tractor. With that in mind, when bagging a large 3 acre property is it better to let the engine idle while emptying the bags (8 or 9 times for grass (more for leaves)) or turn the tractor off each time ? Turning the tractor off each time would save a...

Tractor has 1,400 hrs on it. It does smoke a little a startup. It started up like normal/fine this morning. I pulled it up on my trailer (to go mow a friends place) and shut it off. Get to the friends place and start the tractor to back it off the trailer. It was slightly sluggish starting but...