I have a year old low end 42in TroyBuilt rider with a 500cc Briggs engine and it suddenly died today and I am trying to trouble shoot it. I believe most likely is is one of the safety feature implementations that is shutting the mower down and I followed some wires and was shocked to see them terminate at the carburetor on the engine.
Own a JD La115 with an Briggs Intek 19.5 engine. Have an issue with surging and backfiring when not under load. Have replaced fuel filter, gaskets, carburetor, spark plug, fuel pump, ignition coil/spark plug wire, air filter, adjusted valves, pumped out and refilled gas tank. Still have a...
I have an older Briggs-Stratton engine, aluminum block, model series 130000. The engine lost it's compression and after pressure testing it, I determined it was the rings. After doing a measurement of the cylinder bore, it was about .017 over the specs. After checking locally, no one can get the...
Hello! Can anyone help with a diagnostic procedure to reliably rule out a broken compression release mechanism/pin versus a valve clearance that needs to be tweaked, or other possible causes for a B&S not turning over easily? I have a B&S 28W707 16.5HP which is showing symptoms resembling...
I need step-by-step advice and instructions to get my trusty old Briggs & Startton, Twin engine (18 HP Briggs & Stratton I/C Series), boxer run better. Now it starts okay but runs just on choke, lazy etc.
Lawnranger Well-Known Member Joined Apr 18, 2012 Threads 6 Messages 671 May 30, 2012 / HELP..briggs & stratton popping or backfiring through the carburetor #5
Here's another way of adjusting the valve clearance on a Briggs& Stratton OHV Engine EXPLAINED by TARYL (the Fixes All guy) fast forward the video to APPROX. 19:min, 10:sec. where his explanation starts.
The squealing starts after the engine is running. If started on concrete do not really hear squeal. Start to cut grass and will hear a periodic squeal coming for pulley starter housing after my research this is what I have done so far: 1) Removed the blower housing 2) Removed the black round...
I have a John Deere ZTR mower. It has a Briggs 40N8770073G1 engine. (Vtwin 20.0 hp 656 cc vertical shaft) (JD mower model Z335E 42A Emission family MJDXPNHEQE01) I went to the Briggs website and it shows the oil filter is a 597557. I am trying to cross it to something that is stocked around...
