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On this engine the one is steel and the other is aluminum. This is normal and the reason the colors are different.

My experience with Kohler Efi has shown fault with fuel pressure every time. Those fuel pumps are pathetic. Especially the after markets ones.

Sometimes it’s cheaper to buy a complete aftermarket carb and use parts from it to repair your oem one rather than buy individual parts. Try to keep oem carb. Inferior metals are sometimes used to cast aftermarket carbs.

Always try to keep the original carburetor. Recently I repaired and cleaned out a carburetor that had some rubber stopping it up. I cleaned it put it back. The other ran fine for about 10 minutes and then the carburetor was acting up again flooding out the engine. After pulling it apart and...

Put a break over bar with socket on flywheel nut.

Check compression. Low compression could mean bad rings letting oil to piston. If it ran with gas for oil, then it could have ruined the rings and causing them to now smoke permanently.

The whole mower might be worth a couple hundred. The deck by itself not so much.

Try partstree. https://www.partstree.com/models/08201024-ariens-ax-254cc-engine/engine-08201024-0/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD-9LSfv7NCiSAqWLVoPmHafbIIYG&gclid=CjwKCAiAnpy9BhAkEiwA-P8N4igvUIgtXtVX7VIfvyqSyhuo7bS-3mBvawa00g2NNCHUC080T5kspxoC7F0QAvD_BwE

I guess I’m more interested to know if having a brick and motar with good visibility would yield more profit than working from home. When I go to other shops to buy parts they have more customers while I’m there for 15 minutes than I see in a week. What kind of profit could I expect in the DFW...

To all small engine repair shops. I’ve run my shop for 10 years and still trying to find ways to optimize profits. If you are willing to share your ideas, please comment. My rates are similar to other brick and motor repair shops near me. I work from a home shop. In my service I specialize in...

It’s a vent hose. You do not need it to use mower. Let the tank breath air normally and plug up the carb hole so it does not breath additional air. The purpose of the line is to suck gas fumes back into the carburetor and not allow the gas tank to vent to normal air like every other lawnmower on...

Take what’s left to a custom fabricator or weld shop. They can craft you what you need.

I have been repairing lawn equipment for 10 years. Each rear my advice for storing and general use of OPE has changed little by little. I don’t advise using sta-bil. As it does work if used as directed, many people overdose their fuel and the the sta-bil begins to clog carburetor. I recommend...

Make sure coil is not installed upside down.

Valves is a reasonable consideration to check. I sent at nominal .004/.006 “ for intake/exhaust. If that does not work have the carb recleaned using an ultrasonic cleaning bath. Do check spindles and idler pulleys on deck.