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Does this have a right and left drive motor unit? Please provide the model number information on your machine manufacturer label...

You can fabricate one out of fiber material or some nylon plastic such as a Gatorade jug cap. It is basically there to keep dirt and...

Hello Hayward51 On these small single and V-twin engines, coils do not often totally fail totally open circuit, but the resin insulated...

A quick method is with a spray bottle and shoot a stream of water on each exhaust outlet near the head to see if the water instantly...

Have you broken in the engine and changed the oil yet? The new rings have to wear in properly. Next question is: Are you sure the...

You don't want the actual throttle to go to full wide open; the engine will exceed the maximum safe RPM of 3600 RPM and blow itself apart.

These hydrostatic transmissions are great units, but they do wear with age and use. The internal brass swash plates gradually wear, and...

With the age of the machine, I do not advise pulling much of anything with it. This unit has a sealed hydrostatic transmission that has...

Look at the clutch control linkage and tensioner pulley arm carefully. Some designs had an adjustment that needed to be made with the...

Does the control plate have a top speed limiting screw?

Most have an Allen head screw to lock them on the shaft. You need to loosen that screw if it has one. If the old engine crankshaft is...

Have you adjusted the governor? There are some good videos online about how to do this properly. When you rebuilt it the sump gasket...

Pull behind finish mowers are designed that way. As for your ground, it sounds like it needs to be tilled, then leveled with a box blade.

Thanks, ILENGINE, I work in the industry like you do, but many people here don't, so terminology and acronyms can be confusing for them.

Even if the key is sheared, it will still spark