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Some mowers won't charge a bad battery, or some that are low. Did it ever work? How old is the battery? Has it been charged on a workbench, and tested to see how much life is left in it?

A couple years ago I rebuilt the rear drive on my toro super recycler. The drive washers and key etc., were somewhat worn. What caused it to fail at that point was I lubed the zerk fittings at the rear wheel and the grease was enough that the drive on one side died. It is time to lube them...

at rpm the water will, as slomo stated, and I suspect the trolling post asked :) steam clean the inside of the combustion chamber. GM used water as means of knocking excess carbon loose for years. A very slow drizzle is all an engine can tolerate before it stalls. That is because it is mixed...

start looking for intake air leaks. Make sure the fuel line is not restricted. I had an edger do that, the idle jet fell out. It was a set jet that screwed in and not an adjustable one.

when you adjusted it, did you place it between both sets of lines when at room temp?

I saw that one and a couple like it but the top is completely different than 698281. All the sold ones labeled 698281 have the same top as his. I am concerned that it may be for a different engine.

Q. to assist the OP, I looked on Ebay last night and again this morning but could not find one that matched his exactly. When I looked at sold items, there were quite a few, and the all matched perfectly on both sides. On those the sellers also input the 698281 part number. Did anyone find an...

try putting it on facebook marketplace.

I'd get the VOM out, hook it up between ground and the solenoid, then turn the key. If you get 12V then you put the VOM on ohms and check between the negative battery post and the starter case. If you have a good ground check between the negative battery post and the solenoid ground. That will...

change it when it is hot and all the particles are in suspension. If you wait until the next day they settle so many remain.

not when they are broken

https://www.lawnmowerboneyard.com/ https://martinsoutdoor.com/collections/used-parts https://adamssmallengine.com/ https://www.haraldonline.com/ there are many other places. May have to call each one. Trying to help you find one I came across a post on Facebook where someone else is looking for...

yes. The timing is off with the new flywheel. Not just off but way off. The simplest solution until you can find one, and there are none on ebay that I could find. New is NLA and no one is posting a superceded number. You can pull the rest of the magnets off, use a rotary sander to remove the...

They are not the same flywheel. The timing is significantly different. Jack's shows 698281.This is from Reddit.

did you check the oil first? How old was the fuel? Did dad install a fuel shutoff that you forgot to turn on so it ran until the carb emptied?

when a cylinder is honed to an oversize, it is not just the steel that wears away. The stone wears too as the cylinder is honed. There is an optimal overstroke on the honing that has to be maintained to keep the stones wearing even. If the stroking of the hone is not proper (which is probably...

machine shop. A DIY would never be able to keep the bore straight or the correct clearances. If no one wants to do it, take a look around for people who go cart race. They will know who is set up for it. Might want to have them check the valve guides while you are in there.

that smoke may (or may not) have been a mouse nest burning either the exhaust or inside the shroud. If a mouse got in there it could damage wiring. Sort of puzzled though why it spins completely normal with the spark plug out but acts goofy when the plug is put back in.

did it spin freely with the spark plug out. That is an important thing to check Did you check the exhaust to see if it is plugged with a mouse or mud dauber nest. Did you check around the blower housing to see if a mouse built a nest in there and the debris is interfering with the fan spinning...

warm the engine, drain the oil / filter etc. See what it looks like. If it is full of carbon and debris, plan on running it say 8 - 10 hours on the new oil, then drain and do it again.

^^^^^ this ^^^^^^

take the spark plug out away from any ignition sources like a gas water heater etc., and try spinning it. See if fuel sprays out of the spark plug hole. If it does then that will confirm the carb is the problem. If fuel comes out the plug hole, the engine is hydro locking. Try to figure what...

Maybe I missed it, but did this start with a new belt, suddenly start one day, gradually, or are you a new owner of this edger? The one I have similar to that, the quill is loaded by a spring. Does the spring work on yours or is that area rusted and frozen? Meaning that as the quill is lowered...

please include the model and serial. Did this start before the belt was changed, or afterwards and before the parts cannon was fired?

I owned an earlier 26" version of what you have for 25 years. The speed control is on the side cover. As I recall, the lever slides from stop on the left to fast on the right. The choke is on the same side cover. You move the throttle to the position you want it to run. The linkage would...

do you own a volt meter?

Do you have a wiring diagram for it? If so you might consider posting it. Also, post the serial on the unit in case the PTO wiring or parts are serial number sensitive, which many mowers are. How long have you owned it, when did the problem start? Is that a result of hitting something, over...

^^^^^ ether will start a mower but it may also blowout the head gasket.

perfect. There should be no gap between the seat and valve when it is closed. If the valve to rocker arm clearance is consistent during the engine rotation, and never really loose, then the camshaft is just not lifting it. It works by a lifter riding on the cam as it rotates. The cam lobe moves...

normally on a tiller, the hand controls determine forward - sit in one place - reverse. The engine speed is controlled by a lever near the carb. You need to find the engine number and serial to look up those controls.

Hard to know what will go down. Too many people believing the solution to all problems is OPM - other people's money. Andy - keep us posted how the crab boil goes :) and if the o-rings fit.

Does the valve to rocker arm ever get really loose while you hand turn the engine with the spark plug(s) out? If yes then something is holding it open - it is either stuck or the valve seat has fallen out of the head. If you could look at the valve inside the combustion chamber, there should be...

it is that way in other aircooled engines. Suspect they get the most thermal shock and they are larger. That said, I would run the engine he has because it is a L-head engine. If it were an overhead valve engine, it would not be worth the risk of a catastophic failure vs the cost of a new head...

it isn't the best solution but with an L-head engine you replace the crankcase or whole engine when that happens. It is too expensive to tig it, then cut it for new valve seats. This is from another forum but it is how one would do it. It is a temporary fix, it will eventually fail again when...

AI mode at Google will answer that question, and provide places you can buy them. Good luck, everyone seems to have trouble with those.

Briggs made both overhead valve and L-head 190 cc engines. I used to build automotive heads for a living. The answer to your question is an unknown. Sometimes the peening will hold a slightly loose seat depending on how much crush you can get on it with a peen, and how much aluminum you have...

does it do better under load or does it do worse? What comes to my mind is either the govenor is hunting or the mixture is lean. If the mixture is lean, it should do worse under load. If it is the governor, it will hunt more under no load.

puzzled. You posted that it had compression and spark but a test shows zero. Can you clarify?

Let us know. The keys have to move freely and over time the grease can solidify and dirt get in, making the keys fail to work properly. Also the spring you found loose might have changed belt tension.

no, and he wasn't carrying the razor blades either.

More often than not, nothing is up to date anymore.

surprisingly a worn brake shoe on some units can cause it. As to the OP, since SARS2/Covid, when so many hard working people retired out, the quality of everything has suffered. Inflation came in during the last administration too in the worst way as they just spent and spent, (although half...

the basic when a gasoline engine will not start is to figure which of the three items is missing. Fuel and air in a fairly broad ratio Spark Compression You've already ruled out compression. If that engine has a compression release, 75 to 81 psi is fine. If it does not, it is low but it would...

I wonder if the exhaust is partially plugged and by removing a plug wire you have less exhaust. You might look at the carbon spark arrestor screen if you have one. See if the exhaust whooshes after you shut it down.

What Tiger Small engine said, and yes, if it has a plastic cam that can happen. So can a fuel supply failure frpm bad fuel, water in fuel, plugged passage in the carb. I had a edger that did that. Drove me nuts finding the cause. Turned out to be the small fixed pilot jet vibrated loose...

this might be yours https://hondaofcroftonpower.powerdealer.honda.com/parts/powerequipment/lawn-mowers/hrx/HRX217/HRX217K1-HMA/VH74F0601G/references one possibilty is that the key on one side went bad and you did not know it. In that scenario only one wheel would have been driving the mower...

google ai Engine family KAXS.7262CB refers to a Kawasaki 726cc V-twin 4-stroke gasoline engine. [1, 2, 3] Because Kawasaki uses this engine family designation to group multiple specific engine models for emissions and compliance purposes, this family encompasses a few different variations. The...

a lot of those mowers use a clutch system at the outside of each wheel. If so it needs servicing annually, which rarely happens. Also if so, those clutches (called axle keys) handle the freewheeling and drive. Parts 3 and 4 in picture. I am guessing that the whole assembly needs cleaning and...

What about the belt? Is it slipping? did the engine dump some oil on it? Have you checked the engine oil level to see if any is missing like if the bottom seal let loose after 24 years...

I did not have to. I looked very closely with blown up images at the depth of the shadows, and where the ring travel stopped. You had to go over size to get rid of those. Piston to cylinder clearance is only .0015" to .003" when properly set. That is not much.Two things happen when honing a...