Recent content by jsand1970ss

Thanks for the link to the manual. I ended up going to a lawn mower shop and asked for a different spring. One of the mechanics spent a good 10 minutes with me explaining how it works and suggested I loosen the bolt/spring combo in my picture next to the governor spring. Gave him a $10 tip for...

About 15 years ago I mistakenly ran my riding mower with a 20hp briggs & stratton engine without any oil, needless to say the engine was destroyed. I found a brand new short block on ebay but was never able to get it run correctly (revs to high). The short block was not an exact replacement and...