Hsquad12
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Hello,
So I picked up a very clean Huskee chipper/shredder with a 6.5hp horizontal Briggs and Stratton from a guy who could not get it running.
He bought it from an old lady and it would run but not take throttle. He screwed around with it and gave up once he got to the point where it would not run at all.
I had hoped it was the flywheel key but this checked out fine.
I then cleaned the carb
Set the valve clearance 4" and 9" respectively (although the instructions are a bit confusing from the very poor instructions on the Briggs and Strattton site)
I set the governor linkage per the manual
And set the magneto air gap to 10"
The plug has spark although I think it's a bit on the weak side
The valve timing checks out and again when I revisit it
The exhaust is venting raw fuel and uncompetitive combustion.
I can feel the engine suck and blow powerfully through the exhaust and spark plug hole...
And now I am doing my head in trying to figure out what the heck I am missing.....
What I have noticed is that when I open the throttle lever from the stop position to the bunny nothing happens to the throttle butterfly I the carb linkage. Infact the linkage moves very little when I move the throttle lever and I would have expected it to move from the Idle position on the idle screw to the WOT condition when the bunny speed is selected on the main lever.
The engine is almost at the point of firing so does anyone have a suggestion to help me over the line?
I know the fix must be a simple one.
Thx
Es
So I picked up a very clean Huskee chipper/shredder with a 6.5hp horizontal Briggs and Stratton from a guy who could not get it running.
He bought it from an old lady and it would run but not take throttle. He screwed around with it and gave up once he got to the point where it would not run at all.
I had hoped it was the flywheel key but this checked out fine.
I then cleaned the carb
Set the valve clearance 4" and 9" respectively (although the instructions are a bit confusing from the very poor instructions on the Briggs and Strattton site)
I set the governor linkage per the manual
And set the magneto air gap to 10"
The plug has spark although I think it's a bit on the weak side
The valve timing checks out and again when I revisit it
The exhaust is venting raw fuel and uncompetitive combustion.
I can feel the engine suck and blow powerfully through the exhaust and spark plug hole...
And now I am doing my head in trying to figure out what the heck I am missing.....
What I have noticed is that when I open the throttle lever from the stop position to the bunny nothing happens to the throttle butterfly I the carb linkage. Infact the linkage moves very little when I move the throttle lever and I would have expected it to move from the Idle position on the idle screw to the WOT condition when the bunny speed is selected on the main lever.
The engine is almost at the point of firing so does anyone have a suggestion to help me over the line?
I know the fix must be a simple one.
Thx
Es