Recent content by Olrecker

No but thanks for asking. I am busy with main transportation and the holidays. Maybe I can haul it into the garage for the long needed compression test. Avoided it as it starts and runs great until the oil pressure into the carb knocks it out

Too much oil going into the intake, i wasnt mowing, i shut off the deck when it started running poorly, last minute or two. I cut with my other tractor a week earlier so barely needed cutting

Well. Not sure but i almost mowed the entire lawn before the motor stopped with some smoke, more stalled but fuel pump still spit some oil. I would guess I mowed 25-30 minutes. Not ready to call it rings, it just starts and runs too good. I will have to pull the valve cover and give a more...

Not good to hear, glad your still around to share wisdom. As an update, i decided to run some seafoam in the oil to see if there is a stuck ring. Ran it for 25min. The pace of oil coming out of the pump was considerably less but still weeping. I will try mowing with it tomorrow to see...

I was looking for something broken or bent. It seemed fine but at the time I had oil blowing into the intake. That doesn’t seem to be the case after sanding the head but I only say that because it wasn’t smoking after the test cut I did afterwards. Before it would start smoking and bogging...

The fuel pump seems to be pumping gas. The throttle is responsive and engine is smooth. I will look for a replacement better than the amzn chinese one I got, that never worked. Getting it off and on is a task with minimal space. I was going to try mowing some after checking oil as the last...

Does the wispy smoke indicate something contrary to Grumpyunks optimism? It has been running strong since the beginning but i did test cut around the house and it didnt smoke which is a plus but the oil was still bubbling out the fuel pump. I did reuse the valve cover gasket, it was new from...

The ports are labeled clearly and hasnt changed. A bit defeated as the head needed sanding and same result. Thinking I need to do a leak down test like others have mentioned. I will need to figure the setup I need and get it. Its unfortunate because the tractor itself is in really nice...

No luck with new head gasket. Still doing the same bubbling out fuel pump.

I did and you are correct, the side with the pushrod chamber was still not shiny. I finished sanding until all that was left was some pitting outside of the bolt pattern. I thought mouse urine may have done that as it is caustic to aluminum. I plan on blowing off the head with an air...

Maybe the 220 was too light to start with but there was some residual gasket material I missed initially so that may have clogged the first piece but it was low on one side so I kept going until it was even except for the pitting which may have been mouse urine, not sure

I pulled thre head and sanded it for 1.5hrs. All by hand on tempered glass. It’s mostly smooth, except area outside bolt pattern that is pitted a bit but nice inside. Used 220 (5 sheets) w duct tape on the corners and one sheet of 600. Seemed to work better with some penetrating oil on the...

Well the neighbor came and said to keep the tractor but took the bagger off it. I guess I feel less conscious of pulling the head again and trying the sand paper. If I messed it up I would have been guilty but now if I fix it I can let him know and get paid for my time. I didn’t want to...

That is a great tip. Thank you. The one I am working on is a LA105 and the one I was going harvest off of is LA110

I was rude and didn’t thank you all for the timely replies. I apologize. Thank you!! How swapable are the heads if I have another similar 19.5 briggs?