davelakeside1
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Just picked up a 1986 Toro 56145 riding mower with an 8Hp Brigs & Stratton 191707-2132-01 engine. The carb on it is a 390811 which has been superseded to a 491590.
The mower has been used very little and has been sitting for a very long time. The carb, as one would expect, is really varnished up. I looked up the carb on the B&S site
and it's like $200 with shipping. Looked on ebay and the chinese ones are $30 to $60 with many complaints from buyers. A carb kit from B&S is about $30 #394698.
I haven't done a complete carb rebuild for years, Back then it was a simple take everything apart and spray it down with carb cleaner, put it all back together and go.
I'm not sure about carbs in the mid 80's. Are they still the old style design or are the fuel passages so small that you can't get anything through them.
I really don't want to go the $200 route, I thought that the $50 chinese route would be good, but not with all the complaints.
So any input/suggestions would be great at this point, especially either a good source for used or rebuilt carbs, or a good gallon can of carb cleaner to soak the carb
in for a few days.
The mower has been used very little and has been sitting for a very long time. The carb, as one would expect, is really varnished up. I looked up the carb on the B&S site
and it's like $200 with shipping. Looked on ebay and the chinese ones are $30 to $60 with many complaints from buyers. A carb kit from B&S is about $30 #394698.
I haven't done a complete carb rebuild for years, Back then it was a simple take everything apart and spray it down with carb cleaner, put it all back together and go.
I'm not sure about carbs in the mid 80's. Are they still the old style design or are the fuel passages so small that you can't get anything through them.
I really don't want to go the $200 route, I thought that the $50 chinese route would be good, but not with all the complaints.
So any input/suggestions would be great at this point, especially either a good source for used or rebuilt carbs, or a good gallon can of carb cleaner to soak the carb
in for a few days.