Thank you so much. I think I have that problem. I've got an older 16hp craftsman Kohler. Worst part with that lawn tractor is leaving the seat in the sun. Going in for lunch and sitting back down. Excellent.
Hey Ken ! I’ve been going thru issues with my kohler courage 19 hp single cylinder started with an adjustment of the governor and it turned bad. I thought I broke something in the crankcase. Turned out no but in the process had cam gear out and apparently got timing off. Yeah crazy, but seeing all the RU-vid guys I found and learned exactly what was wrong. Parts are ordered and it will be fixed real soon. I lost the spring on the cam gear compression release lever. While in the crankcase I cleaned and inspected everything only found minor crud in it. I learned a whole lot in a few days. I’m confident now with the views and my working on it I should be ok. Thanks to guys like you and those you mentioned ! South Main Auto is awesome and for fyi check out Rainman Ray’s Repairs he is local to me but very good like Eric. Like my son use to tell me when he was a little kid “ Dad you can fix anything” he might be right. Further a buddy says it’s good we learned to fix Chit when we were young, in todays world we wouldn’t have the money to pay to fix it. Cost are crazy out of hand. C Ya !!!!
Thank You for your inspiration to repair my old Jphn Deere STX38, I would not have started the job of replacing the governor gear and pin on a kroller command 13 if it were not for your informative video.
Fix what you can fix, and tinker with what you can tinker with! FTRR is a philosopher too!! Great idea with the spark plug trick, I do the same thing on my Chinese ATV’s Zongshen engine when troubleshooting problems.
Thanks for the great video Ken! I agree with the other posters - it is so fun to see your enthusiasm when things go well. I love how you've kept that old girl running. The governor on my brand new Cub Cadet blew. It was still under warranty, so they scored us a brand new engine, a good thing. But, I bet they make that gear plastic since they know it'll fail eventually, and perhaps the metal parts inside the crank can't be hurt too badly by a blown plastic governor gear. but, as for the other metal bits that are part of the governor, they probably could reek havoc on the internals, so in this case, I'll say a ok to a new engine under warranty. Great video - I feel like I know you and "let's grab a beer". Cheers Mate!
This saved me a lot of guessing work...BTW, I did encounter the oil pump issue, had to remove the cover and line up the gear inside. Great job and Thanks a lot.
If you still have this mower, it’d be great if you could do a video reviewing the throttle and choke adjustments. That is, the position of the carburetor fans when it’s in choke, full throttle and low idle. Thank you!
If it is still running fast, the governor may need further adjustment. Taryl Fixes All and a few other RU-vid channels cover the proper adjustment. I got lucky with mine and it was nearly perfect for my tractor.
The one I've been refixing for 2 months now the engine had been recently rebuilt they probably rushed and messed up from all the stuff I've already fixed that they done wrong so they have replacement parts or it couldn't have gotten rebuilt Unless they just took it all apart and cleaned all the old parts off in a parts washer
Yep it was. Probably not clear in the video, but that's what I did. The small amt of oil in the engine when I turned it upside down was from nooks and crannies draining down into the top of the engine. Thanks for watching and your comment!
