Recent content by Frozen001

I believe the issue stemmed from not tightening the set screw correctly. When I adjusted them both tappets were very free… about the only thing I could have done wrong is maybe on TDC of the exhaust stroke rather than the compression, but the keyway lined up like the service manual called out...

What you described is how I adjusted them. Seems to fall in line what the service manual as well. I used 0.005 for the adjustment, I tightened them until I just felt friction with the feeler guage.

Thanks, new push rods are on order, should be here this week. I can push the valves in by hand so hopefully nothing else is damaged.

Hi All, Sorry for the long post but I thought I should give a full history. I have a KT745-3001 26HP engine on a 2013 cub cadet tractor. Late last summer it got invaded by mice and the chewed up the engine wiring on the ignition coils. So, I ended up replacing both coils and the engine...