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The intake valve guide is out towards the rocker about 1/2 inch and the exhaust guide is nearly flush, maybe up 1/8 inch or so. Guess I will see if it runs like that. Motor only has 100 hours on it and already blew the cam comp release and shattered the governor to boot.

Can Black permatex be used in place of the sump gasket on a briggs 19hp or should I go back with a gasket?

what are the signs of valve seat coming out and signs of valve guide slipping loose? Just put in the new cam and governor and same no start issues

FOLLOW UP $$$$$$$ So, I ended up getting a new OEM carb which did no good. After much grief and suffering I ripped the engine out and autopsied it. As I originally suspected the awesome design of the cam compression release flew apart and broke the governor to boot. I should have known after I...

Wondering if it's a valve problem, haven't checked the mechanic's handy work on setting the valves yet

yes choke butterfly and throttle still working right

New air filter too

Hello, new kid here. I am sure somebody has addressed this issue already, but here it is---- Bought a 12 month old JD E110 from a guy several weeks ago. Mower ran fine until I reached about 100 hours on the motor. I stopped the mower for fuel up, sat about 15 minutes, then no start. 1. Initial...