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Thanks for your reply. I took the starter apart and the armature is definitely bad I can get a aftermarket on Amazon. I way sell it as pull start only and install a starter if whoever wants to buy it wants a an electric starter

I was gifted a 9 hp craftsman snow thrower A model number 536.886260. It has a Craftsman /Tecumseh made engine model 143.019003. I got it running and starting with the recoil starter. I examined the starter and found numerous teeth broken off of the starter gear (bendix). It is a 16 tooth...

So I am having the same problem with a fg110 tiller. I am enlightened by the illustration and explanation of the oil distribution. I am confused as to why the oil goes into the air filter box rather than returning to the oil sump. Is there a passage that might be blocked that I can clean? Is...

I would try putting a mix of 50/50 ATF and acetone in to the spark plug hole. Let it set in the engine for a few hours … you can also remove the muffler to get access to the exhaust side and add some of the ATF mix there too. After it sits a few hours try moving the blade a little to the...

There are numerous safety switches in these electric mowers. I would look at the switch that engages when the handle is fully extended and locked. There may be a switch that prevents the blade from turning if a catcher bag is not in place or the discharge plate is locked down. Spit

No it makes no contact to the carb whatsoever. If I move my hand in front of the carb while it is running it will begin to stall, so it may well have to do with the vacuum and drawing air in somewhere other than through the carb throat. I am going to check the gaskets on the carb where it...

There is a throttle screw. But I don’t think it could be the cause of this issue. It runs at high speed and idle until the air filter cover begins to close over the carb and then it cuts out. I have never seen anything quite like this. There is a hose I assume an oil breather hose, that runs...

I am quite confused. I am working on a FG110 mini tiller. It was not running it is now running but as I begin to install the air filter cover it will slow down and stall. This happens with or without the sponge air cleaner element being in place. Just putting the cover on stalls the engine...

So your thoughts on using staples to fix a mower deck is that it won’t hold up Would you use a hot air welder? What plastic welding rod material would you use for a Honda deck? From memory it seems like there are 4 or more different formulas of plastic rods.

Bert The process I am referring to uses a gun that heats a staple that melts into the plastic bridging the crack. Sort of like a series of sutures over an incision. Do a Google, Youtube or Amazon search for HOT STAPLE PLASTIC WELDER and get a look at what these things do. The staples are...

I am wondering if anyone has any success with hot staple welding cracked Honda plastic decks. I have a unit with a couple of cracks and I am considering trying a hot staple plastic welder. Would love to know what anybody’s experience has been CFS

The Tecumseh Primer arrived today and I installed it and then he mower is running properly now. I never knew that the primer with a hole in it was not a sub for one without a hole in it. Thank you to everyone who offered me help. I am still scratching my head as to why the Tecumseh illustrated...

I did not identify a Tecumseh part number for a primer without a hole in it until late Sunday night searching Google. That is when I first saw and got a part number. I have always seen lots of Tecumseh Snow Kings with the red primers with a hole in the center in fact that is all that I have...

I have ordered the Tecunseh primer. I honestly thought that the ones I gave with a hole in them were replacements for all primers. I think the closed primer is going to fix it. Thanks to everyone who assisted me. I will report back when I have installed the part CFS

I was will have to ask the customer. Thing is the guy who brought me the mower is the father of the guy and his wife that use the mower. I will see what I can find out and post it

I am a work in progress… it turns out that. It is not positive pressure blowing out of the carb up into the primer… it is in fact vacuum. Negative pressure is drawing air into the carb through the hole in the primer back to the fitting on the carb. I got the engine running and quickly...

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I am unable to upload photos ‘essage says my files are too big. The original primer was black and did not have a center hole in the top of it. I see that the Tecumseh used a black primer that did not have a hole in it part number 34814 superseded to 35769. Does anyone know if it incorporated...

It is the original engine, the Ariens owners manual I downloaded clearly shows the remote primer mounted on to the engine shroud. The casting of the carb body has the location for a carb mounted primer but it does not appear to be drilled with the passages necessary for a carb mounted bulb. I...

I know this is an old thread. But I have a similar problem with a TVS 120.,,I replaced the primer ( the old one broke off) with a primer with a hole in the center. Now it starts and dies I figured out if if plug the hole in the primer right after starting it …it continues to run. Seems like...

My fat fingers It is a TVS120- 63096F not 86. Could there be some kind of an oil breather that is not venting pressure this seems to have the Tecumseh type breather not the Briggs style that bolts on over the valves Chuck

The model & serial number for the Ariens mower is 911014 serial 024589. mower. The Tecumseh engine has theses numbers on shroud/blower housing TVS120 63086F. Serial 8302B I have downloaded an owners manual a parts list and a Service manual for the mower from Ariens website. It clearly shows...

Primer/carb question I am working on an old Ariens lawn mower model 911014 with a Tecumseh TVS120 63096F engine. Customer brought it to me with a broken remote mounted primer. Snaps into the blower housing (2 legs and a center fitting the hose gos to) Like the ones you see on snowblowers...

Thanks fo Thanks for the idea what I am struggling with is what keeps the blade from spinning bushing? I other words a round shaft with a round bushing over it what makes the shaft grip the bushing that the blade would be attached to?

Still unrepaired and I am still pondering what to do with this unit. If I had a lathe I might consider turning a washer if so type

I had a situation similar to this. I put a carb that needed a choke cable onto a 6.5 hp Briggs. I changed the backside of the air filter box to one that has the primer built into it. Seems like it helped it start. Or am I hallucinating? Is the internal venting and such on a choke style carb...

Yes it is very counterproductive: I have 10 different sizes of tools but not one that’s fit this new style. Do you know if this style has a name?

I have a full set?? of carb adjustment tools for 2 cycle carbs. But I have started to see some new configurations. Recently on a Chinese made engine and on a Stihl bower. The adjustment screws are centered in another screw. So that the actual low speed or high speed screw sits below a halo...

I was 'gifted' an old edger. Made by a company called Trim Rite from Weatherford TX. It is a 1993 model 3.5 HP. I have it running but would like to install a new blade. I am trying to verify the lengthof the blade as well as the diameter of the hole in the blade. The diameter of the shaft...

I have a junk Honda engine a gv160 run without out oil and the top bearing surface is all scored up on both the housing and the crankshaft. I have looked at a parts breakdown and it appears that there is not a replaceable bearing. The aluminum casting has been ruined and the only fix is a...

Did you ever dispose of the Honda parts?

I finished the connecting rod replacement today. Happy to report that the engine fired on the 1st pull, running very smooth no smoke from the muffler. I am very grateful for the sage advice that I was given . It’s is a 24 inch 2 stage 177 cc MTD made Craftsman. Now that I have it running...

Thank you. I picked some up at Hone Depot and used it the other day. I worked great in removing the aluminum that was fused onto the crank journal. I am awaiting an order of wet-dry sandpaper from Amazon. The assortment I ordered has 200 to 1500 grit…8 grits at 200 or so at a step . Any...

Thank you for the reply. Do you have a brand of acid or a concentration recomendation? Get it at Home Improvement store like Lowe’s or Home Depot I am looking for technical info on the engine. Things like the torque specs on the crankcase bolts and a tightening pattern and the torque spec on...

I have been given a Sears Craftsman 2 stage snow thrower 24 inch 177 cc engine. It is a model 247.889571 This machine was made for Sears by MTD and has a MTD Chinese made engine model 265SU. It has a broken connecting rod. It was run low on oil and the rod seized on the crankshaft. I...

I have a craftsman with a Briggs that is doing the same exact thing..shut it down hot and it dies not want to restart. Starter rope will not pull turn the blade underneath a few times and it frees up

Does anyone know about the 2 different sump gaskets that are packaged with the 594101 sump kit. The shape of the gaskets are identical but one is a thinner black paper, the other white thicker paper with a brown rubbery seal on the inner edge. My engine had the black gasket and that seems like...

I was gifted a 1999-2000 Troy-Bilt 33 inch wide cut walk behind mower. It is a model 332342 8.5 HP Briggs with a recoil starter. I am hoping someone can help me with an issue that I am having with shifting gears. This unit has a Peerless Transaxle a part number/model 915-027 is assigned to it...

I have a Scotts (made by Murray) self propelled mower circa 2002. it has a Tecumseh OHV engine with a power take off for the self propelled it is aprox 6 HP. sorry I do not have the model number. Getting a strong pull back on the rope when starting. I have changed the flywheel key (the old...

Out of the blue yesterday, I started to have problems with self propelled on this mower. I checked the driven key and gears on the wheel and all seems well there It seemed like the handle that I pull to engage the drive had little or no spring back when I let go of the handle. Then the unit...