Engine shakes while engaging blades

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JimP2014

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Hello prior to posting this message I read numerous things about what could be wrong with when I engaged the mower deck blades the engine starts shaking and runs erratically.

But the question I have is can I remove both blades and go through all the same procedure engaging the PTO clutch and see if the engine shakes I mean is it okay to run the engine for 15-20 seconds without blades?

But it's an lt2000 42-in cutting with a 19.5 horsepower OHV engine.

I want to remove both blades to see if I can figure out if two sets of blades are both unbalanced there's some other thing going on.

Thanks,
Jim
 
ILENGINE said:
It will be find to run the deck without blades, But I would start by making sure the motor mount bolts are tight. only takes 1/8 turn loose to allow the motor to wobble on the frame. Normallly occurs when the engine is started, when the engine is shut down, and when the engine is subject to uneven load.
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Excellent suggestion thank you I failed to add when I was using the tractor it started struggling after like about a minute when I didn't know what was going on and I just disengaged the blades that was a few days ago it starts running rough and it sounds like the engine wants to quit this situation never happened before with this lt2000 but thanks again.

Jim
 
JimP2014 said:
Excellent suggestion thank you I failed to add when I was using the tractor it started struggling after like about a minute when I didn't know what was going on and I just disengaged the blades that was a few days ago it starts running rough and it sounds like the engine wants to quit this situation never happened before with this lt2000 but thanks again.

Jim
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I just uploaded this video a few minutes ago if you want to see what the side view looks like while the blades are engaged so this would be on the left side of the mower
 
I just ran the Lt 2000 without the mower deck engaged the blades are still on but without even engaging the blades I noticed there's white smoke coming out of the air filter and there's some oil that I thought I solved spraying around on the oil filler tube side on top of the engine shroud so I think I better start there.
 
JimP2014 said:
I just ran the Lt 2000 without the mower deck engaged the blades are still on but without even engaging the blades I noticed there's white smoke coming out of the air filter and there's some oil that I thought I solved spraying around on the oil filler tube side on top of the engine shroud so I think I better start there.
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So I posed the question some AI application it might be from Google so the question I asked was could a blown head gasket create an illusion where you believe there's something wrong with the mower deck I asked something like that anyways here's the response from Google's AI engine:

No, a blown head gasket on a Briggs & Stratton engine does not directly cause physical damage to the mower deck. However, a blown head gasket can lead to various issues, including loss of power, excessive smoke, and oil leaks, which might indirectly make it seem like there is damage to the mower deck if these symptoms are mistaken for deck problems.

Quite often any AI response makes no sense for me anyways but this time I think it did pretty good.

Jim
I never thought of blown head gasket could cause problems with the mower deck butt that's the way the AI read it
 
JimP2014 said:
white smoke coming out of the air filter
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I would look into this before messing with the blades. No doubt blades need some love too.

What do you balance the blades with? Best and cheapest way to balance is using a precision food scale and a wooden block. I can balance a blade out to .01 of a gram.
 
JimP2014 said:
I just ran the Lt 2000 without the mower deck engaged the blades are still on but without even engaging the blades I noticed there's white smoke coming out of the air filter and there's some oil that I thought I solved spraying around on the oil filler tube side on top of the engine shroud so I think I better start there.
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So I posed the question some AI application it might be from Google so the question I asked was could a blown head gasket create an illusion where you believe there's something wrong with the mower deck I asked something like that anyways here's the response from Google's AI engine:

No, a blown head gasket on a Briggs & Stratton engine does not directly cause physical damage to the mower deck. However, a blown head gasket can lead to various issues, including loss of power, excessive smoke, and oil leaks, which might indirectly make it seem like there is damage to the mower deck if these symptoms are mistaken for deck problems.

Quite often any AI response makes no sense for me anyways but this time I think it did pretty good.

Jim
I never thought of blown head gasket could cause problems with the mower deck butt
slomo said:
I would look into this before messing with the blades. No doubt blades need some love too.

What do you balance the blades with? Best and cheapest way to balance is using a precision food scale and a wooden block. I can balance a blade out to .01 of a gram.
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To answer your question I have not used anything for the blades for this machine actually ever and there's really nothing wrong with them they cut they're not the sharpest but I was looking at that Oregon tool the one that looks like a cone and then I was looking at the one I think they make which month on a wall but I don't have anything but I did from my skiing background I took a 12-in mill bastard file and I just took a little bit of material off it's not very much on the older set of blades for the new blades I do not do anything + both sets of blades perform the same which I think is more indicative of what's going on with the engine so I was planning on ordering the I think it's the Oregon cheaper metal cone if you know what I mean.

Jim
 
JimP2014 said:
So I posed the question some AI application it might be from Google so the question I asked was could a blown head gasket create an illusion where you believe there's something wrong with the mower deck I asked something like that anyways here's the response from Google's AI engine:

No, a blown head gasket on a Briggs & Stratton engine does not directly cause physical damage to the mower deck. However, a blown head gasket can lead to various issues, including loss of power, excessive smoke, and oil leaks, which might indirectly make it seem like there is damage to the mower deck if these symptoms are mistaken for deck problems.

Quite often any AI response makes no sense for me anyways but this time I think it did pretty good.

Jim
I never thought of blown head gasket could cause problems with the mower deck butt

To answer your question I have not used anything for the blades for this machine actually ever and there's really nothing wrong with them they cut they're not the sharpest but I was looking at that Oregon tool the one that looks like a cone and then I was looking at the one I think they make which month on a wall but I don't have anything but I did from my skiing background I took a 12-in mill bastard file and I just took a little bit of material off it's not very much on the older set of blades for the new blades I do not do anything + both sets of blades perform the same which I think is more indicative of what's going on with the engine so I was planning on ordering the I think it's the Oregon cheaper metal cone if you know what I mean.

Jim
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Artificial intelligence gives answers based on what a person has fed the program with information. Artificial intelligence is already annoying and it is relatively new.
 
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