mowisme
04-29-2007, 08:26 PM
I thought I'd post my update- I couldn't get electric pto off so unbolted motor..unhooked wires/fuel/ect and lifted it up out of there (getting to old for that..and apparently not any wiser).but, as I was lifting it up..the pto hung up on mower body and fell right off! At this point- I laid motor on ground (caught my breath and put it right back. (best place to stabalize it was right where it came from) now that pto was off I could get at crank end. bolted/hooked everything back up- soaked cylinders for 4-6 hours with wd-40 and at first wouldn't budge. then all at once it did. after working it around several times I used key. fired right up. lots of smoke for about 5-8minutes..then almost cleared up. still very small amount. now..previous owner ran gas/oil mix in tank (why? I don't know why?) but he said motor was getting tired. I am wondering if it was just fouling up? (plugs looked bad) and/or if valves are out of adjustment (OHV) as there was a couple loud back fires and some poping after it warmed up. The backfires were later when I went to start it after off for 1/2 hr. as always- I appreciate any ideas or directions. I plan on testing hydro system tomorrow with new belt on and got the contaminated oil out..couldn't test until I got motor running. sorry so long mod..Gene