Recent content by pete cutting

Some angle iron, a few nuts and bolts and yer good to go

In this case the OEM filter was white plastic so couldn't see inside. Ive replaced it with a transparent one so Ill be able to keep an eye on it from now.

Fixed it atlast!! Having gone through everything I could think of and some I couldn't I employed Sherlock homes to assist me. Good old Sherlock said to me " When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” So it was highly improbable that...

i thought of that however the new filter is clear and until I get this part off the float bowl i can't see how clean it is in there.

I forgot to mention that the carb fitted isn't a twin barrel carb, It's a single barrel nikki with a horizontal butterfly spindle and the fuel cut-off enter through the side of the float bowl. I've looked through the internet and can't find anything that is exactly the same. most have a vertical...

Thanks for the replies. I don't think its the float getting sucked up as it isn't consistent. If it was getting sucked up and dropping when engine dies then it would start almost straight away whereas the only way to start it is to block the air inlet. I've actually ran it with a piece of...

i have a john deere lawnmower with a briggs and strapon intek v-twin engine. It has a habit of dying and not restarting unless you remove the air filter and put your hand over the intake. My first thought was a split in the plastic intake manifold but after replacing that i still have the same...