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I've had the same problem as you (getting the impeller off the shaft). I was lucky enough to acquire a 20 ton press years ago and with a combination of heat & penetrating oil the press got it off. I used a method that an older fellow showed me years ago which was to assemble the shaft and...

I have a Keihin carb on a Kohler SV720 courage that would flood if left standing so I installed a fuel cock in the line, with a new needle valve. That worked for a couple of years and then it would flood with the engine running. A chinese carb worked for a year then pooped the bed, so now I'm...

I would definitely use thread locking compound, alignment is critical for a happy joint but there's not a lot of room for a straight edge/small machinist square to ensure this, as recommended by the mfgr's documentation so I just used the method as described. Low noise & vibration is my goal.I...

I like to brag that sometimes I'm proof that being lucky beats being smart. ;)

I put my readers on and read the fine print , "Jig-a-Loo Extreme Graphite" "Contains: Acetone, propane & isopropanol Will affect some plastics & paint." A moment with Google shows me that Nylon is not seriously degraded by any of these 3 chemicals. Whew.

Thanks for the heads up, I used graphite spray lube.It was on hand. It uses a very thin solvent carrier that evaporates in seconds, it didn't occur to me to check for compatibility....

So far so good.. The wire arrived, interesting job taking the curve/bend out of the length needed. Then I noticed that there was a mirror so to speak for the carb linkage not only allows for a left hand approach but also raises the pushrod/cable housing a couple of inches off of the nasty old...

I've ordered some high(er) quality brake cable casing lined with nylon I presume; and some 1/16" music wire. I'll keep everyone apprised as to my progress, good or bad.

Good idea, thanks! I may even have some of the correct size from my diesel tuneup days!

I just had a better thought, why not use higher quality lined brake cable casing like is used on bicycles? Still may have to install a heat shield but this is still "a good thing" as Martha Stewart used to say....;)...

I had a thought, maybe wrap aluminum foil around the cable where the plastic sheath has melted away with a good layer of high temp disc brake caliper grease first?

This engine runs in an MTD Gold lawn tractor about 12 years old. The cable from the throttle lever to the carb linkage is solid 'piano wire ' running in a spiral wound steel sheath like a bikes brake cable with plastic coating on the outside. I replaced it when it began to jam and it was ok at...

I have an old photoelectric tach from days past that I used on model airplanes. Never sold it or threw it out, it comes in handy for measuring engine speed at the flywheel as long as I mark it properly...

And the above repair lasted a couple of hours,just long enough to dig out from a major snowstorm. The coupling was noisy with vibration, so the spider was the first to go, 3 of the 6 arms detached. Back into my shop, it was obvious that the alignment was poor. Luckily I had a spare urethane...

Well, this is as snug as I can make it....used a few trashed screwdrivers as pry bars to ensure the 2 jaws are as close as possible to each other...website sez 'picture is too large', film at 11....here's the pic...sorry for the quality, Windows has taken charge.

I found this on You Tube.

I think it's possible that I had set the 2 metal segments too far apart, I'll pay closer attention to the clearance when I reassemble the new joint, make it 'snug'. Yah, the $119 CAD (+ tax & shipping) price for a new Lovejoy assembly sure is eyewatering, I did in fact order the new parts from...

I run an MTD snowblower attachment on my lawn tractor and about 2 years ago 1/2 of the Lovejoy coupling snapped so I replaced it along with the plastic insert/spider. The model number is 190-032. This coupling connects the output shaft of the right angle drive to the input shaft of the impeller...

This was my solution as well, another old man with arthritic fingers...It's amazing how ingenious this condition makes me!

I've had this cheap beacon light for years and only installed it after a snow blowing session last week in the pitch dark.No street lamps and the speed limit is 50 mph....more people should slow down in bad weather. I had all the material needed in my junk drawer....

It was a Chinese knockoff.My next one won't be, maybe from Uzbekistan the next time? No, I'm pricing one from Kohler next time!

I thought it would be preventative maintenance, as I was installing a inline fuel filter and a shutoff valve as part of the carburetor cleaning/adjustment and as the price of the pump was modest enough it seemed like cheap insurance.

My sincere hope is to die at 95, shot by a jealous husband.

This was a saying of a buddy of mine. I don't think he was talking about machines though... Any way I was mowing my lawn this morning and the engine (v twin kohler courage) started surging/popping/dying. Limped back to the garage and started looking, fuel came first figured it was starved and...

That's my plan as well. I planned on supplementing my pension by repairing small engines/equipment now that I've retired to the country, now I see my neighbour a few miles away has the same plan.

I thought a 12 volt winch would be handy but didn't want/need one attached permanently as I have a UTV, truck,trailer, and now the lawn tractor and wanted to be able to move it from machine to machine. Turns out the hardest thing was mounting the solenoid to the winch so it was secure.... The...

I agree, but having set the valve lash the factory way 4 times with no change in the ACR function ( still hangs on the compression stroke) finally in desperation I just set it as described in post #5 and presto.....it spins over like a top ( and starts/runs )

I have a kohler sv740 courage that was the same as yours, wouldn't spin past the compression stroke,easily. I had trouble setting the valves at first but now I find that I don't worry about the piston being at TDC as long as the valve I'm NOT adjusting is fully open, then adjust the other one to...

I had the same problem as yours so I mounted a crane/winch in the front corner of my utility trailer. I bought mine on sale at Princess Auto,the Cdn version of Harbor Freight. I use it more often than one might think. It's removable. Here's a still from a video clip. The floor needed...

Lucas,the Prince of Darkness...

I use detergent oil in motors with an oil filter, but I run non detergent oil in an old British Lister CS diesel that doesn't have a filter. The contaminants settle to the bottom of the sump where they get removed at the next oil change.

If you google "Canadian lawn mower settlement" the first google entry will show the website that I had attempted to show with the link. The website explained the documentation needed to support my claim, and where to send them. This involve scanning 2 pages from my operating manual,and emailing...

I found this online last year<deleted link>so I filled out the forms & sent them in. I never expected anything to come of it but maybe a small cheque like $50 Cdn. Yesterday I got an e-transfer for $254.63 from the trustees! Ka-ching....

https://www.partstree.com/parts/mtd-917-1714a/

So, you don't know either?

I run a used MTD snowblower attachment on my lawn tractor, P/N is 190-032. I want to change out the lubricant in the right angle gearbox,that P/N is 917-1714A.It is driven with a belt from the tractor's PTO. I've googled for info on gear oil type and proper fill level with no luck, I removed the...

After a winter of blowing snow with my Kohler sv730 it developed a extreme hard starting problem so I found the choke wasn't working and fixed that. While I had it apart I cleaned it well soaking overnight in white gas & using compressed air, etc. So now it starts on command and runs at...

Hi all, I just bought my first garden tractor, a used MTD gold with a Kohler 25 hp courage twin, and like a lot of others had starting problems. So I adjusted the valves and didn't see much improvement and was going to take another crack at it when during the course of working on it unplugged...