Recent content by texashuman

A "season"?? What is that? I am in deep South Texas. I mow something about every two weeks for 10 months out of the year and the other two months the mower gets started and used to pull a wagon to haul Mesquite logs around about every 2 weeks.

OK, New battery got it turning over again, but now that I knew what to look for I could tell it was struggling to get past TDC. The English page with the service intervals is missing from my manual. Pulled the valve cover and: Exhaust was a tight .007 Intake was a loose .007 ---- adjusted to...

Well, I deliberately dialed the top speed back after the guy that was doing some of the mowing on my 5 acres of South Texas mesquite scrub broke two front spindle bolts on successive weeks.

No. The gravely has nothing close to the the acceleration or top end that Olds Rocket 88 had with a 3/4 lift cam.

Humnn. Looked at what I got with it almost 10 years ago and it doesn't say anything. As far as warranty service someone mentioned, the dealer went out of business 2 years after I bought the mower.

WOW. Last time I used feeler gauges to manually adjust valves was on a 1955 Oldsmobile and I was 17 years old. Turning 70 in 2 days.

Hummnnn Has less than 400 hours on it. If the issue was that it wasn't decompressing, I should feel that when I manually turn it. It should lock even that way. Now how would I check this next one??

Ok,, Engine Courage 18 SV470-610 Mower Gravely ZT1840XL model # 915076 Ser# 036290 Already did the connection and ground checks.. Those are good.

OK, Original symptoms were that it would not turn over and made a chattering sound that felt like it was the solenoid. Battery charged tests good but the voltage drop I mention later seems excessive so I am going to replace the battery. New Solenoid. No change. Return spring on the starter...