Recent content by svlawnmower

Lol! This forum is awesome!

Well I could get a tester. The fuel pump kit didn't make a difference. I guess maybe I need to clean the carburetor again maybe use a couple suggestions here.

Hi, the cap looks good.

To everyone commenting... Yeah, I agree, I prefer rebuilding the carburetor, which I did, but I was still having the same issue - and thought since I checked nearly everything, that the carb may be bad. I had cleaned the checked the fuel pump but didn't notice parts were missing at the time...

Thanks for the additional responses. I don't argue that it still might be the carburetor but when you put a brand new one on it and it does the same thing I'm not sure that it's the carburetor. However I was taking apart fuel pump and I was looking at a diagram and there are parts missing. Two...

Startech & Rivets, Thanks for the replies and I did order the correct part number and that is the picture of the one that I actually received. I guess I really wouldn't have known that it was Chinese. But when I received it I did think that was unusual and apparently I got burned on that since...

My problem: My engine surges on run, dies on 1/2 choke, runs smooth on full choke and I cannot figure out how to adjust the fuel mixture or whether I missed something. What appears to be a mixture screw does not stay locked in position (see brass screw in pic) and adjusting it didn't seem to...

bertsmobile1, Well, I did as you suggested it appears it is probably the fuel pump. I was able to fit a bottle around the output nozzle to the carburetor and nothing ever came out. Not even a trickle.

That makes sense! Thanks for the suggestion. Thankfully I'm working from home, so maybe I can try that quick and get back with the results.

Problem: My Cub Cadet Zero-Turn will briefly start and die if it sits for just a few minutes. What I "think" is that it is not getting fuel. If I spray starter fluid in it, it kicks over. If it sits for a few minutes, it will kick over but die. I think it is not getting fuel but could use some...

I did manage to figure it out on my own. The fuel and vacuum lines were switched on the fuel pump and my guess with the on-off switch was correct.

Mechanic Mark! Thanks, I will do that. A couple questions. I would think that information would be the engine manufacturer since it is a part of the engine? And the second part of my question is the fuel pump routing. I may be wrong but I wouldn't think that would be a Homelite question...

I have an old Homelite LR5500 generator with an 11HP Briggs and Stratton engine that I'm reconditioning to sell - it wasn't running before. This is not my first B&S engine reconditioning (e.g., rebuilding the carburetor, replacing the coil, cleaning up the flywheel, etc.). However, this is the...

Yeah, I noticed there is just an idle adjustment. I will have to take the coil off and see why it is grounding out. The positive is that it is actually running better than last year and the year before. We're probably on the right track.

Thanks Scrubcadet10, that did it! I removed the kill wire. It didn't start right away. I sprayed some starter fluid in and then it started up and kept running. It surges a little in the "run" position and smoothly at about 1/4 choke, so I will have to learn where to adjust the mixture on it.