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thanks but the parts would not retrofit so not worth looking it up. it is not a real big deal i was just curious to see if that option was available then i would look into a retrofit on that troy built machine. thanks

ok that answers that question. how ever the sears i have also is a solid axle and that steers on the output end of that axle. they used some type of clutch system on the sears. so i was curious if the troy built had that also as a upgrade. anyway we will have to deal with it, it still is better...

i have this troy built model 2410 and i would like to add steering to it. now the steering that you pull a trigger on the bar and it disengages that wheel so you can turn in that direction easier with the help of the wheel that is still driving. i looked on the troy built site and of course that...

i did not see that type at lowes and home depo had something similar but not the exact mix. lowes is like 2 miles away and home depo about 14 miles but i may have to pay them a visit if i do find that exact mix in there online site. it looks like Lowes does have it so i will stop and see. it...

thanks i wonder if lowes has that? i can look on there site and see. i want to get this done soon as i have leaves now on the grass and i can over seed by hand or use my spreader and get it mostly covered before the leave fully cover the grass. thanks i found this at lowes what do you think of...

the yard is good but you know if i patch just those spots the dogs will move to other places so re seeding the yard would help prevent the new spots if i can find a grass seed that i can toss on the lawn and have it manage to work its way to the dirt and the sprout. but i have to find a grass...

i live in muskegon mi. and i have a fenced in yard that the 2 small dogs use for ther duties. and as you guessed i have the normal spots starting. what i would like to do is reseed over those spots or even the complete backyard with a grass the is just dog pee proof. i water 2 times a week for...

i did say my location in the last part but muskeon michigan. i also stated scotts turf builder grass seed tall fescue is the local stores choice and also for the scotts website, however there may be a better choice. i did watch a YT for zoisa grass but that may not do well as it take a long...

yes i can water the dickens out of the areas but that becomes high maintenance. so much that turning the back yard into sand would be better. that is why i'm looking for grass that can take this abuse. thanks

ok it seems i have spots from the dogs peeing in the yard. is there a grass that is tolerant to this? if so what type and can t be spread over the existing lawn or will ihave to till the lawn under and start over? it is pointless to just reseed the spots because as soon as i do they will just...

\[ i will see tomorrow. it is possible the battery i think i miss stated the battery size it is a 230 cca battery i guess i can get a 340 cca for it that should do a much better job of it. tomorrow morning i will try it again and see if it cranks over hard. it is possible it was discharged a...

ok i do not think the 10 volt drop is accurate because my other mower a twin with the same size battery drops to under 10 volts and that starts perfectly. anyway i took the ground and it was good and the solenoid and starter wires off and they looked good but i cleaned them and tightened them...

thanks i did not think of taking a reading on the battery as it cranks. i figured if the load test show the battery tested good that would be plenty and it's not that high for cranking amps. i did check the ground and it tight but i will just take it off and make sure it is not rusted and i...

ihave this craftsman rider the 917.273350 with the 16 hp ohv engine. it is hard to crank over. once it starts cranking it will start hot of cold but it just does not want to start to crank. i load tested the battery it is a 200cca battery and i let the test run for 30 seconds and it did not drop...

thanks i got the intake done and will do the exhaust when the part gets here. the cylinder honed out good the rod is in good shape the crank is in good shape. so i do not want to take a chance on a used engine as that may be in the same condition. so based on what i have in front of me i got...

yep i know but i did have proper clearance on them so they did now stretch to much this time. but is you saw the seat there is a hairline area about halfway around the block seat that is there this valve was hitting. and because of the wobble it had i do not think the valve had time to...

your correct but what you going to do they run in the winter. but tecumseh might have made the guide hard and the valve to be the wear point so that you replace the valve and your done. it is far easier to change out a valve than to punch out the seat. but it is what it is. at this time i have...

if you look close at these valves you see the intake has a brighter ring on the face that is the seal but the exhaust is all full of crud that is not sealing. i could re grind it and lap it in but because of the wobble i believe it would become this way again real fast.

thanks i can't tell if the guide is worn out equally all around but if i get a ne oversize valve i may be able to ream it out if not it will be better than the wobble i now have. thanks

ok i found out from my former son in law that has a repair shop that i can't get even the case for this engine. so he found me a nos oversize valve and so i will just rebuild this engine. i posted the dia gram just in case some here know of other valves that are similar. but for now i'm...

yes i know but the guy that need this has no money to pay for a new or rebuilt engine. so i will get this going one way or the other. i measured the guides and the intake is good but the exhause is 5/16 so now i'm looking for a car valve that is the same or close for the head size and the stem...

i have both but the one under the flywheel is for the generator. and it works the light the mag is on the outside. tell me it seems that the loss of power he is having may be do to the valves.the intake is seating completely around the seat but the exhaust is only a hisr think shinny ring that...

yes i can turn the valves by hand, the exhaust has maybe 1/16" side wobble the piston is 3.009 dia the bore is 3.12 dia the top ring has the end gap at .020 thecenter at .024 the oil ring is at .034 i have not measure the valve stem dia yet but they do not look worn or scratched up the intake...

no the head was not lose. the gasket was sealing perfect all around and i had to scrape it off and there is no valve adjustment on this engine. it is just a horizontal lawn mower type engine. although the exhaust valve guide is wobbly but in the parts listing i do not see valve guides. the cam...

my brother dragged his poulan pro 8.5 hp flathead engine snowblower over the other day with what the repair shop said was low compression. i put a gage on it and it has 30 psi using the rope. he was complaining of it not having the power it used to have and he said it sounds like the engine is...

say does anyone happen to know if there is a sprinkler controller that will let you run more that one zone at a time? i have 2 and 3 heads per zone and my pump can run 4 to 5 heads but if i was to just setup the system for 2 zones then ask were talking my well will drop and then i have to...

all it was, was a dirty carb. nothing else. i figured it was based on it having power and when i pulled one plug wire at a time it did not reduce rpm's much for each side. it did not smoke or sputter. and i did not get a poke from the wires when grabbing them so the wires are ok. but because i...

no not yet but i will check it tomorrow. but as clean as it is i'm not expectiong anything in the shroud area, but if i find something i sure will clean that out. but after watching those videos i'm really leaning on the carb being dirty. thanks

so i managed to find a few YT videos and discover the issue may be a dirty carb. tomorrow i will take it off and clean it and see if that helps. if so i will stop back and let you know. thanks

i just got this mower the other day, the guy claims it has a misfire on the left cylinder looking at the front of the engine. however, i can pull the plug wires off one at a time and the engine still runs so that tells me there is no misfire. but it stumbles kind of like it may have a dirty...

thanks i took it back and he jsut tossed it out. he got it free at a yard sale and did ot want to put any money into it. thanks all for the great help.

ok rerouted the primer and now i see it pulls gas and does not flood out but i got like 2 sputters out of it and put it back together and i'm done. because i do not think he will put money into it i'm not wasting anymore time on it when it is like 100 deg out. i will take to him and if he says...

ok looks like he has the line wrong. he has them from the tank lower section to the bottom part of the primer then from the top part of the primer to the top left of the carb and then from the right lower part of the carb back to the top section of the tank. see photos. also i blew out the...

wow thanks for all this great info. i did not test the compression but like i said the saw ran great just before he installed a new primer bulb. so today i will remove the carb and clean it and them make sure the lines are all good and then make sure they are installed to the correct ports. and...

ok i will double check. it did run before he changed out the primer bulb so maybe he got them installed wrong. however it does have good compression, or at least from my past experiences with chain saws. i did put in a known good plug and still will not rum. another thing that i do not...

my neighbor brought me a poulan chainsaw to try and get running. it is model p4018wt and he said it ran until he put in a new primer bulb. well i clamped it in the vice and pushed the primer and i can see it put gas in the bottom part of the carb. but it will not start. so tell me i tried...

ok final update the belt i just got 34.4" 90cm long by 1/2" wide works like a champ. i went out yearterday and blowed out the back drive section about as big as a 40 x 80 barn 12" deep compressed for a week and it blew the snow liek a champ. so for those looking for a belt the 1/2" x 35 1/4"...

ok update i got the belts it is working this one came from husqvarna at one time and i got it from ebay original part number on the cover is 581-832401 like the book says. so maybe when the part was picked the incorrect belts were in the wrong bins. even after 3 tries. anyway like i said if you...

if you just cut the belt it will still be the same length it it is worn that will not change the length if it is broke cut off the jagged [arts off and measure with a tape you can to the in a bathroom thanks

well i just do not know how to advise you on that. like i said i was a machine repairman for 40 years and i use the shop floor to measure long belts. and for long belts if i needed hep i found help to hold them. for long belts i would just lay them sideways and run them along the wall. but then...

i guess it depends on how you actually measure them. in my 40 years as a machine repairman and in on stint i worked in the shops apint line and i had to maintain maybe 4 sets of belted machines, all fans a few for the chain drive. and in my time on that job i measured then the same way i...

we will see tomorrow. if it turns out to be the wrong length i will stop back and let you all know. and then i will go the the auto parts store and get one. i could not before as i did not have the length. thanks bp

i know about how belts work this is from the husqvarna. some belts need to be cogged also to be able to take a sharper bend. and this is not a serpentine belt it only uses the back side for getting the tension for grabbing the drive sheave. belts have done that way before serpentine belts came...

may have been as these are not the same size belts the drive belts is 1/2 x 38.2" and the impeller belts it 1/2 x 34.4" just an fyi i have 3 of the 3501 belts and they fit the drive and are lose as a goose on th impeller see that photo i posted. i ordered on from poulan one form husqvarna...

ok i got the belt size it is a 1/2x35 1/4" belt for those that need to find one local in a hurry. i sent out a bunch of questions to online v-belt sites and most came back to me with that size. the husqvarna dealer told me they have an error and some place send out the same size as the drive...

ok but i'm saying they are 2 different sizes. i have 3 of the drive belts now and when i compare them the difference i like 2" when holding them in your hands and i tried using one on the impeller and it was loose as a goose. so if you ever had to do one and get that belt i'm betting your going...

the model is pr271 (96192007301) according to my owners manual t different size belt. like i said i got the 4L x 38.2 belt one time from the parts store, one time form lowes and one time from poulan website and they all are for the drive belt i tried the poulan one on the impeller and i...

i see tht but my belt is 35.2 i measured it. that number 581832401 is not correct for my machine i got 3 of that number and i tried them and they are as loose as a goose. 2 different belts 2 different numbers. the 4l x 38.2 belt is 584 83 2401 the one i need is 581 83 2401 thanks

thanks they are 2 different widths according to the poulan pro website. the drive belt is the 4L x 38.2 the impeller belt is 3/8" x 35.4 long and yes you can get kevlar belts at the auto parts store i have got lots of them over the years but they may not have the 35.2" belt but they do have...

i have the poulan pro snowblower model pr271 and the impeller belt finally gave up. the book calls it a 581 83 24-01 it turns out to be 35.4" long. so has anyone figured out the normal size of this belt so i may get on at the autoparts store or maybe lowes? the drive bel they crossed in the book...