Recent content by Oliver77

I have 5 Deere mowers with FC540V engines. Can someone explain to me what the igniter does? I've had them fail in the past and would like to eliminate them. Seems to me that I was told that the later engines didn't have igniters but to do away with them on older models you have to replace...

When I pulled the rocker covers I found one intake pushrod not in contact with the rocker and the other one bent. I loosened the valves up with penetrating oil and got it running again but guessing that I should have pulled the heads and cleaned carbon off the stems. Will have to see if it...

Thanks. Was guessing it might be cam related. Just seems odd that it was shut off running and never had any fire after that. Cam gear failed while cranking? Does the cam run off the spur gear that's on the bottom of the crank? Any way the key can work loose?

I've been working my way through a host of fuel and electrical problems with a JD LX178 that I bought on an auction. Finally got it running nicely, let it run for about 10 minutes before shutting it off. Went to start it a few days later and couldn't get it to fire at all - not even a pop...