Recent content by mumptia

Hey there, I have one motor in my shop that has me stumped. Briggs 4 HP on a pressure washer mount. Found it at the dump and thinking maybe I should have left it there now haha. Simply won't start. Will occasionally fart, but no steady running. After you see the list you might wonder why I...

As the title says, I have an engine on my bench with spark but nothing to the sparkplug. Let me explain. Lucky for me I had my hand in the wrong spot close enought to the sparkplug wire) when my student pulled the cord:ashamed: and I recieved a real nice jolt up to the elbow. Job hazard when...

Have a model LV148EA Tecumseh mower engine on the bench. No problem. Cross the model over to a LEV90 no problem. Follow the specs for the LEV90 and stuff just doesnt line up. For example, the engine bore measures at 2.004 but the specs say should be 2.500 Would this be a production engine...

Doesn't look like I did my first post correctly ( meaning I can't open it) So hear it is again. I have a student who needs a con rod for a Wisconsin Robin EY18-3 engine. I have a quote from my local parts guys for $200 :eek: I found one on Ebay for $15 but I'm not sure if he can send it...

I have a student with a EY18-3W Wisconsin Robin apart on the bench and it looks like the con rod has been in a fight and lost to the heavy weight champion Mumhamed "crankshaft" Ali. With Ali's trainer being Tommy "Ran Low on Oil" Schratchny Having a heck of a time finding a decent price on a...

Found a 20hp (Kohler MV20S) yardman at the dump a while back. Owner said it threw a rod. Perfect project for my students. Checked it out and that wasnt the case at all. In fact it had great compression on both sides. The solonoid was ratched so we took it apart and re-soldered some joints...

Had a new one in the shop the other day. A couple of my students reconditioned a 3 1/2 Briggs from 3 other engines and got it running. And running smooth I might add. I was really impressed. They measured all of the specs as they went but the con rod at the wrist pin broke as I started to...

I'm probably in the wrong forum :biggrin: I just bought a 71 - 72 Sear LT 10 mower. I really dont need it so I figured i'd ask here if anyone needed parts for a restoration, but I can't find a buy and sell section on this forum. Is there a buy and sell section?

Had an 84 John Deere 160 with a 12 hp kawi (6 speed) that worked like a top. I had the engine super tuned. Valve lash was good, carb cleaned, new plugs etc.. The spindles and pulleys / sheaves were in great shape and all was great. But............ it was just too cotton picking slow and...

Well not new, but its new to the shop. A Cub Cadet with a 20 hp Kohler. Works great but no cutting deck. I'll start hunting for one soon Just put the finishing touches on a 74' Turf Pro (MTD) with a 93' 18hp Briggs. We supertuned it and fixed the deck with full intentions to sell it for...

Buddy of mine is looking for some help hooking up the gas lines on his new project. Instructions come with no pic or words explaining hoe to hook up fuel lines. Basically its a small fuel tank that has two barbs coming out of the side, a vent barb on top, a feed barb on the bottom and a nother...

I'm still working on the JD 185 in my shop. If I was repairing this for profit I would have lost my shirt a while ago. Fixing it is for my students so we've gone end to end on it. I thought we were done but now the hydro is giving me trouble. I'm not well versed in hydrostatic so here I am...

How the heck does an electric clutch work? I mean I know how it works, but when its doesn't, whet do you chek other than continuity on the leads? I just bought a used one that was advertised working. I have one eyebrow up now,:tongue: Its a plug in component so it grounds itself. It is...

The thread on oil starvation and slope percentage got me thinking about a fellow I know who was in a ride on mower accident a couple of years back because of too steep a slope. He was mowing a dugout bank and the machine barrel rolled. He was thrown down the bank and when the mower got to him...

I have a subscription to the the "Farm Show" magazine. (If you don't and you are on this board then take a look. Its by far the best do it yourself farm magazine around.) Back on topic now. In that magazine I often read about "Harbour Freight Tools". We don't have a HF in Canada. Are their...