Recent content by Lawnboy-man

Thank you guys for the replies. The ignition switch is a few months old. I think I am going to replace the battery cables clean the attachment points at the solinoid and clean where the solinoid attaches to the body of the tractor and ground the solinoid well. I’ll let y’all know how it goes...

Rivets, I went through your troubleshooting procedure in order only to find that the relay that I added to the starting circuit corroded and went bad. It really oxidized and I guess the internal workings went bad. I took all the wiring part and put it all back the way it can from JD. I sat in...

Thank you for you thought. I was thinking the same thing. Replace the belt and if that doesn’t improve the drive speed then I’ll replace the drive wheel and disk.

Hello Listers, Well I rebuilt my 6.75 Briggs engine and it came out nice. New rings, valves, new head gasket new seals and gaskets all around. The piston looked good so I cleaned up and used it. Like Taryl says on Grass Roots Garage, I just freshened up the motor and got it going as cheap as...

13.8 Volts coming off the battery. All connections at the battery are good and clean. The ground is tight.

Hello Fellow listers, I own a 26 year old JD STX38. Up until last Thursday it started and ran great like it always does. Today I went to use it and when I inserted the key it did nothing. I usually get a click from the starter solinoid or the engine starts to spin right way. I have no idea why...

My piston moves just fine up and down and the valves open and close fine too. How do I determine if it is a warped valve or stretched valve? Should I just order both valves and tappets and replace them and see what happens. The engine was a bit low on oil when it stopped running. The...

Hello Snapper Users, I am new to the forum and this is my first post. I own the above 21" Snapper walk behind self-propel mower. My engine stopped running last Saturday for no apparent reason that I could think of or see. The one thing I did notice is that it had little to no compression when...