Recent content by dixiebonsai

Hello, I have a Garden Way Tiller with a reliable Kohler K161 7hp engine on it.I truly enjoy tinkering with and using it.Unfortunately the spark plug threads recently gave it up.I bought a used head off of eBay that was advertised as a K161 head.When it arrived I noticed that although it looks...

Anyone know what this might be? I start my old workhorse 1976 Troy Bilt Garden Way Horse Tiller with Kohler k161 engine, she idles and runs fine for a few minutes , then dies.She fires right back up.We do that 20 times until it gets warm then it runs fine.I have noticed that she is prone to...

Please excuse stupid question.I need clarification.Working on meticulously putting back together a Briggs LMS Carb Model 125 Carb..Part Number 633 just sits in between carburetor body and throttle shaft?I did not find this part when I disassembled it.It sits on top of carburetor body and does...

Anyone ever tried to helicoil insert in a briggs block? I was trying to get rid of the dreaded "new and improved" autochoke on a Briggs Quantum. Why do they always want to "new and improve" reliable , proven systems?My friend gave me the mower because thermostat on autochoke was sticking ...

My YTH20K46 eats Mandrel Pulleys like there is no tommorow. May not be the pulleys fault though, I have aftermarket spindles.I put two pulleys on in four weeks earlier this summer.Parked it and jumped on another mower for a while, got fed up.The teeth are so fine on these pulleys, they round out...

Hi, Im a shadetree muscle car mechanic who has started to tinker with lawnmowers some because I have a big yard and keeping a mower going these days is a real challenge.They just dont build them like they did in years past.They build a lot of planned obselesence junk.I tinker mostly with push...