Awesome attempt, and good idea to begin with. My mower has a Kohler 7000 series, and I haven't had an issue like that, yet. The only issue I had, was I wasn't using the cut off like I should have, and it started lightly surging from the ethanol in the fuel. I started using the cut off when I wasn't using it, and it seemed to have stopped the surging.
Nikki is probably the lowest bidder to the OEM's. Since Stanley Black and Decker now owns MTD, perhaps things will change. Thanks, great video as always!
Another great video T-bone!! I had 3 nikki kits where the float bottomed out so the needle was not seating!! Ding Dang Nikki crap!! I had to heat up the float also.
Another great one and as always thanks for all the tips, like oil filter, swapping out parts from carbs an making all seem effortless. Thank you and keep them coming my friend.
I’ll be watching for that next vid on the Briggs to kohler carb I’d like to see what the difference is and y it wouldn’t work love the videos thanks for the information
If it didnt run rich from the fuel it was getting in there it almost work , and i never knew the float on the nikki carb had that slope like that overtime, ill have to try that method with the heat gun when i work on a nikki again .
That extension was definitely long enough T-Bone 🤣🤣🤣. Amazing to see your subscribers flying up now, well done brother. All that gas in the intake! crazy. I tried it before, I now have 1 box with x2 carburettor parts in it 🤣🤣🤣 . She does say you have sausages for fingers 🤣🤣🤣. She wants to manicure your nails too🤣🤣. Mrs T ain’t cleaning that mess up either!! We are watching you! you knew that was going to pour out! Get a bucket next time,,, man alive! Oh No!! all that and it didn’t work! Golllly! What an enjoyable video brother, love ❤️ to Mrs T
I have a tiller that wouldn’t run because it was used with ethanol fuel, corrosion in the carb. Cleaned the carb helped but then it was surging. I fixed it by adjusting the timing advance ( governor )that is connected to the carb. It starts on first pull now and runs smooth.
Hey T-Bone! Love your videos. You are fun to watch! That lawn tractor is in pretty bad shape for so few of hours. They must keep it outside? Flywheel and muffler are very rusty!! Awful! If only people took better care of their equipment!
Thank you. I wish I could have but they won't fit. I'm gonna try again when I have a customer who can give me more time on it. That machine had already been here 3 weeks, now we are 4 weeks behind on repairs.
I picked up a 2012 Ariens rider...gas in the crankcase...Nikki junk, replaced it with Amazon carb...surges now at idle, ordered my micro drills to jet it out....UPDATE: Turns out the bad idle was from the over sized paper fuel filter i installed...replaced it with stock B&S filter, runs like a champ... but like you said it's just a screen not a filter, I want to try the one you recommend if I can find the part number again:-)
Tbone nice to see you thinking outside the box and trying that B&S carb. Those Nikki carbs are the worst and reassembly with aftermarket gaskets rarely works OEM is the only way to go on these carbs. Yep at EP we do the pressure test first then the bench test similar to what you showed for 10 minutes to ensure no flooding. Just a thought: if you JB Welded the B&S main jet and drilled to the same size as the Nikki do you think it would work?
Looks like a Briggs Intek and a Kohler Courage had a baby together. I don’t understand why Kohler decided to make another bucket engine and why they used a Nikki carb.
Hello T-Bone. You would think after the Kohler KT17, Kohler Courage fiasco’s that Kohler would step up and take the opportunity to really up their game and build outstanding engines again like the old K series cast iron Kohlers were. Just Saying!!! Great Video T-Bone.
LOL Love that movie. It's a trick question, Chevy didn't make a 327 in 1955, it didn't come out until '62 and it wasn't offered in the BelAir until '64, however the correct ignition timing would be 4deg. BTDC
I got the same mower. Since day one it'll surge on choke and low idle, but only on cold starts. Once warmed up, it runs smoothly. Any ideas? Could this be normal?
@@RaleysSmallEngines thank so much for responding. I have recently started watching ALL of your videos. Man you are awesome. Teaching me a lot. I knew nothing about small engines before watching you. With the price of mowers nowadays a fella gotta learn this stuff! Your videos are the best out there. He got the mower used for free. Someone had put a Chinese carb on it because it was surging. So I wanted to drain fuel and check lines pump etc as you do and prolly have to put a real carb I. It also. Small amount of white smoke from exhaust but not a fog Bank like you have shown with blown head gaskets. Not sure about that. But thankfully you have videos on changing those as well! Thanks so much!!
Great video. My son has the exact same mower and it was bogging down/losing power when mowing, so I changed the carb and put the exact same oem kohler carb on it, and it starts and runs but the Throttle control does not change the speed of the motor anymore, so it run full blast and the throttle has no impact on it other than it does still work the choke.... I have no idea why the throttle does not work any longer. The two linkages are hooked up just as they were before... Any ideas? thanks
For the carburetor, if you don't try, you won't know. We all learned, while a Briggs carburetor may fit a Kohler, it may not work. Maybe another engine (bigger) it may work.
The first run of the Craftsman Turn Tight Series 2019 to 2021 T240 T260 T310 no one could touch not john deere not Husqvarna not simplicity none of them..they had the have the Kohler 7000 Series engines they are designed after the Kohler command commercial Pro Engine..3 year unlimited hours warranty the tractors I mention are built like little tanks
I'm really enjoying your lessons. I have a Nikki carb problem for flooding. Have a carb kit on order to replace the oring, needle, and anything else. My question is with the cylinder flooding and gas in the oil, wouldn't the valves also have gas mixed in it?
If Mr customer had gotten it started the engine would have been totally smoked. But my bet is hydrolocked on gas. May have blown the head gasket even so.
Actually you're going to have to do a little bit more to that than what you're doing now You're going to have to drill out the choke hole where the shaft meets the bottom and you're going to have to do the same thing to the to throttle then you have to take the throttle plate off and you're going to have to grind and sand down the lip cuz it's not going to fit between the grooves and I can't remember exactly what it took but yeah you have to do it a little more than that
@@RaleysSmallEngines I had it backwards I put a walbur carberator on a Briggs and Stratton witch I had to 1) reroute fuel line 2) change both throttle and choke flappers 3.i had to drill both flappers mount holes wider and deeper 4) Also choke flappers in had to be sanded So it's a hybrid
I have had to try most every scenario being financially Short.....This is a true story I put the exhaust on Johnny Cash's one piece at time Cadillac... I worked in Albertville Alabama 😎 Sand MTN muffler... that's why I say sure too most things...My name is Scotty this is my late Mother's phone... Sentiment....
@@RaleysSmallEngines the thing is what is going wrong with the Briggs and Stratton carburetor at the factory quality assurance drop the ball on checking out the Holes in the fuel delivery.system .on this carburetor 🤬😡😡🤬 My thoughts are it was made in China 😭😭
these Kohler Courage and newer Kohler 5400 and 7000 series engines aren't that great as the only better engine Kohler made is their Command single cylinder
If that machine only has 30 hours, it's a warranty job. Needs to be replaced new for new. Look at the rust on that starter ring. Someone is not telling the truth.