Recent content by l008com

I pulled this mower out of the trash last summer. Physically it looked like it's in decent shape. And it has a bag. I tried to start it for the first time today. I'm not actually repairing it yet, I'll do that this summer. But I had it out so I figured let me give a few spins and see what...

Are you sure? Did you look at the timing? I don't see how an engine could possibly run with that valve timing. It's doing an intake stroke then immediately an exhaust stroke, THEN with no possible air and fuel, it's doing a combustion and then a compression stroke. How can that possibly be...

Did you look at the video of the valve movement? That can't possibly be the correct. I don't see how an engine could ever run with the valves opening and closing in that order.

Not that I would ever do this for a yard vacuum engine, but does anyone make an aftermarket aluminum camshaft for these engines? There are many USED plastic camshafts for this engine on ebay for like $10 shipped. Given that you only put like 5 hours per year on these machine, I'm thinking...

I never would have guessed that these engines had PLASTIC camshafts. So it again sounds fairly plausible that I overheated it and I guess just severely deformed the plastic camshaft. I'll have to take everything apart to get a closer look. The movement seems so smooth, that my guess is that the...

I looked in the parts manual for this machine and according to that, the engine is a B&S/Craftsman engine Model number 126T02 Also according to that manual, not only are my 4 cycles in the wronger order, but the engine is pulling in through the muffler and pushing out through the intake. Also...

I *am* turning it clockwise so I am spinning it the right way. What I'm seeing in my own video is an intake down stroke followed immediately by an exhaust up stroke which makes no sense. And then a full up stroke and down stroke with both valves closed. It's like one of the valves got knocked...

When I made the second video above, with the valve movement, I was only paying attention to the opening and closing of the valves. And they do seem to be opening and closing fully. But the more I look at that video, the more confused I become about the timing of the valve compared to the...

I just had a thought. Magnets loose their magnatism if they get hot. I don't know how hot. But could I have overheated the engine enough that I demagnetized the magnets on the flywheels so the motor can't generate spark anymore? I could feel some force from it for sure but I don't know how much...

OK I finally had time to work on this again. Here's how it went: I took all the covers off and there were a lot of maple tree seeds shammed in all over the place. No mud or slop or typical nest stuff, just maple tree seeds. Its unclear if it was enough to cause cooling issues (maybe? maybe...

My first thought was the bag kill switch. But the engine is clearly spinning significantly free-er after it died so I don't think it's a kill switch issue. It is doing more than twice as many spins per start cord pull after the fact. Overheating sounds very plausible. There was junk all over...

Neighbor gave me a 10 year old Craftsman Yard Vac that was "used once then I never used it again". We have tons of large, old oak trees in this neighborhood that drop leaves the size of dinner plates, so a mulching yard vac is a very handy machine to have. Which is why I already have one! But...

I've been doing two fertilizer applications per season - one early in the spring, and one mid summer. I have a lawn spreader I purchased new that I use to apply. I also use it to spread insect killer twice a year and grass seed from time to time. So back to the fertilizer.... every time I...

That's a fair point. Although I am stopping even more often than that. Maybe twice as many start/stops per mowing vs back when I used to bag. Actually maybe even 3x as many start/stops. But definitely not 10x as many. Compared to when I started mulching, but before I started filming. I'd...

I have a husqvarna push mower with a honda engine. I've been changing the oil every spring since it was new, always with mobile 1 0w-30 oil. Fancy stuff for a lawn mower but its only 19 oz so I think I can swing it. And the machine runs perfect. Basically brand new even though it's 5 years old...