Recent content by Grousemansav

Happy ending. Found some 115 o-rings at a local machine shop. Nice guy gave them to me and I gave him $5 for coffee. Installed red one which I now think may be Viton. Problem solved. Thanks for the input especially from Doug for the o-ring size and info on Viton. Grouseman P.S. Mike's Small...

Happy ending. Found some 115 o-rings at a local machine shop. Nice guy gave them to me and I gave him $5 for coffee. Installed red one which I now think may be Viton. Problem solved. Thanks for the input especially from Doug for the o-ring size and info on Viton. Grouseman P.S. Mike's Small...

I'll bet the existing red one is high temp silicone but still a good idea.

Stay tuned.

Thanks but with shipping it still comes to $24 for a simple $3 O-ring

Hi Folks. Looks like I have oil leaking at the bottom end of the dipstick tube. I've wiped it off and will run the mower again to confirm it is the seal. I'm in Sarnia Canada and it looks like a replacement seal (part # 692296) is a whopping $25 which sticks in my craw. Briggs and Stratton sell...

OK so now the plot thickens and I am totally confused. Yesterday I disconnected the kill switch wire and put everything back together. Low and behold it started right up. I had to pull the plug wire to stop it. This is really baffling!! Now I'm thinking it's got to be the kill switch but why is...

I checked the kill switch itself thoroughly and it is functioning properly. The insulating sandwich where the wire attaches is working fine. Grouseman

Hi Rivets. I'm confused about testing the magneto. If you go to this you tube video it shows how to test the coil (). The fellow really seems to know what he is talking about. I just tested my coil and got 0 ohms from the base to the kill wire (ie shorted to ground). So I figure my coil is bad...

Ok so my Craftsman lawn mower was working fine until this morning. It is a 2002 mower with a 6 ½ HP Briggs & Stratton Model123K02-02260E1 engine. I used my spark tester hooked up to the spark plug and there was no spark. So then I hooked the tester directly to the block and there was spark. I...