Remove the head, take a straight edge Across both head and block. Use a feeler gauge and see if you and put it between the straight edge and the head and also between straight efce and block.
I have a 1997 616 grasshopper that when I mower with it in about an hour it starts to lug down. I disengage the blades and it runs good. When I disengage and then try to engage the blades again the clutch will not work. I let it set over night and when I go back out the next day it works good...
I have I 18 hp Vanguard engine. I need to know what the compression should be. I have checked the compression and I show 135 on the left side facing the flywheel and 120 on the right. I have to replace the dip stick tube seal every once in a while and was wanting to know if this could cause...
I have A 18 hp Vanguard engine on a 616 Grasshopper mower that I would know what the compression should be. I have checked the compression and have found that on the left side facing the flywheel I have 135 lbs. on the right I have 120 lbs. I would like to know if the right could be putting...
I have a problem with the dip stick tube seal on my Briggs Vanguard 18 HP engine. I have replaced it 4 times once when I overhauled the engine and 3 times since then. 2 times I could not find any of the seal where they went I do not know. The last time the seal was there but was split. I...