You always show (and explain) the details of what you're doing. I makes a big difference. Your videos are always helpful and thoroughly informative. Thanks DonyBoy
Great video! Clear, concise with excellent camera work. My tractor had the same issues, surging and no power. Run for a couple minutes and stall. I was using regular gas in it and i think that gunked it up. I tried that "mechanic in a bottle" stuff and it helped a bit but it was still stalling and had no power. Cleaned the carb as you showed and viola runs like a top now! Thanks so much!
Good job Don. You are always very informative and great video work. You, Bruce Pender and Doublewide6 are my to go to guys when stumped on something. I also recommend your channel to others. Thanks again my friend.- Ray.
The most common demons of small engines are dirty carbs, filters and ethanol! As many have said, excellent video and instructions. Your humble and straightforward approach makes your channel a great one. Subscribed.
Gotta be careful with that cleaning needle. It has a rough finish on it and can actually grind the inside of the brass jets making the holes larger than they should be. And an air gun with a rubber tip is much better than one without. The rubber tip seals the holes and you don't get any blowback
At 8:23 you forgot to mention those 2 small jets have different part numbers which means they are different. Look at them and you can see the hole size is smaller on one than the other. If you happen to put them in the wrong place when reassembling, the engine will not run right as I found out on my tractor.
Great video! Thnks for taking time to share your expertise! Very educational and thorough carb clean with great camera work! now I can clean my carb with confidence!!! Thanks again!!!!!!
Smashing, made a world of a difference :-D. Ive found even if a carb seems spotless it can still be faulty, ive given such carbs a clean and they work fine again, touchy devices.
I just want to encourage everyone to listen to what this man says about carb jet removal and using the correct tool and exercising care. I got jet #1 out, but #2 wasn't right and I ended up stripping the jet slots. In the end, the carb is totally ruined due to one stupid move by yours truly.
Great video as always Don. I had to clean an identical carb recently, it was also on a John Deere but the engine was a water cooled Briggs v-twin. I did everything you did plus the slow running jet as well and it ran perfectly afterwards.
The John Deeres that you can buy at Lowe's or Home Depot usually have a briggs engine in them. However, every mower that I've seen at an official Deere dealership have a Kawi motor in them.
Back then (1986-1990) you had the choice to upgrade to the Kawasaki. I've got an '87 180 with the fc540v. Fifty extra bucks back then sure pays off now.
Hello there, I'm not sure when you're going to get my message, I'm a mechanic for over 40 years, and I know what I'm doing, I have John Deere riding mower lx279 in excellent condition, it has 38 inches deck was making noise, so I decided to change the all spindles bearing, and that all the bearing on the deck, after I finished I turned all the pullies by hand they were very smoth, I installed all belts and the deck back, very time I engage the pto with full throttle barely the engine keep running, turning very heavy, even without mowing, . It has 17 HP Kawasaki had 48 deck before was running very strong.
You might get more hits if you change the title. This engine is used in John Deere 170, 175, LX172, 176, and 178 lawn tractors, maybe more models too. Also Kubota tractors like the T1460. I would just put in the engine model number Kawasaki FC420V. I have been looking for the carb video for this engine. I'll be buying a can of carb cleaner tomorrow and fix my LX172.
so many years later!! had a huge question have a lx176 fc420v, My throttle butterfly stem broke, been searching everywhere for the correct carb to replace it. Any chance you know the part number to it? Its a 97 model FC420v-ES10. TIA.
hey don I have a question for you when you clean the jets on the carb with the torch cleaning tip dose it hurt to rinse the dirt from the jets with carb cleaner
Thanks for a thorough explanation on the Kawasaki carb.I really like mine on my 160H JD. Probably the best engine ever made for these small tractors. Tougher than nails. They use less gas than the Kohler's and Briggs.
John deere Lx 172 K series 17 HP. Replaced battery, fuel pump, fuel filter, starter sparkplug,and cleaned carb and there was fuel found. Will crank but not start. Ideas?
Great video. In mine the 2 small jets inside the carb have different size holes so be aware of which one comes from which side. If you reverse them the engine will not run properly.
I swapped out my old carb because they made a replacement for an inexpensive price. It fired right up on choke but doesn't want to run off choke. Any ideas? New fuel pump, new spark plug, new filter and new carb.
do you know how to fix the break petal on john deer 175 my husband has one of these lawn gtractors and the break petal keeps locking up on him he says its very slow going in reverse and going forward
John Deere, pick up is Just a hose into gas tank with no screen. Pop off the hose @ fuel filter and blow into tank to see if it's clogged before trying anything else
Damn, you are good, you explained everything clearly, I need a neighbor like you. Hopefully when I do that to my John Deere, I won't have extra parts left over, lol
Thank you for this video. My tractor was leaking out fuel from the carburetor and was idling rough. I cleaned it out just like you did and it fixed leak,idle. One of the Jets was clogged. Thank you for saving me some$$.
I have one of these engines and it has no spark, even after a new flywheel, coil and plug. pulled the ground wire doesn't change anything. if I ground a slash tester to the block I get spark, then as a plug and no spark.
I am glad to see this video and glad you showed us how to clean the carburetor and reassemble it on the mower. Thanks for sharing this with us and I will remember it for possible work I will have to do on one of my mowers.
Great video Don !!! Why is it that Kawis and some other engines have a spring wrapped around the linkage when they are connected to the same hole ?? The linkage holes are a hard point if you get what i'm talking about .
Donny, Love your work. I have the JD LX176 model which does not want to start anymore. I get fuel flow (squirt), I cleaned the carb as in this video. I check the valve clearances. Still no start. Can you give me a next step direction (know that is hard, but your so good at this.) Thanks
Great video, I have this carb on a 130 model john deere. It was running rough after setting a few seasons, surging with little power. I took the carb off, cleaned it up as you did, all valves etc look great now. Issue is my float I think, its the mikuni carb just like yours. I have tried various tang adjustments but the mower won't stay running. It starts if I drain the bowl via drain screw, then stops within a few seconds from, too much fuel ? I am not sure if the lower the float toward the ground the less fuel? or vice versa I've read conflicting reports which is rich or lean. I have yet to find instructions on this specific carb. At factory tang straight (as to tang and 0 degrees) the float sits past 90 about 15-20 degrees There really isn't a view point which to see the contact of the float flow valve. Any help appreciated. PS if I take the bowl off of float the mower is happy to start and burn off the fuel so I think I am getting too much fuel and its wetting the spark plug, which is new as well. Also put a new gasket in bowl and fuel pump is pumping lots of fuel, too much maybe? Don't know if there is an adjustment other than the turn valve under seat for fuel from gas tank. Thanks to anyone with a bit of guidance to get it running again.
Wow. Great video. I didn't even come here to watch this because I was cleaning my carburetor. I had bought a new carburetor and I didn't know how to adjust the screws or where to put the 2 rods. That hook up to it or anything, and you literally answer all my questions just from this one v.ideo Plus you explained everything nice and slow and thoroughly. Perfect video.
Dony, on a John Deere 316 with a P218G Onan, I am having trouble separating the carb from the intake manifold. It's been on there since 1990. Any advice? Your wife is my prayers. Chesapeake Bob.
I am working on a 20ish year old Kaw FC420V as I write this. I got the bowl off just like you showed in the video and went to unscrew the first 2 items that you did. But my Carb seems to only have the short stubby one (first one you unscrewed) and NOT the second one. I look down where the second one is supposed to be and I see something like what you unscrewed but mine has absolutely no place to use a screw driver on it. It isn't that it is stripped It looks machined and flat. so my question is should all carbs on all FC420V have the top screw and then the jet below it also or are all cargs different and maybe just some of the FC420V s have a carb like you are showing. OR is there a way to get the thing below it out that I don not know of? your fast reply would be greatly appreciated.
I had a cub cadet 782 engine surge so badly it had to be kept at half throttle minimum. The problem was actually the channel in the carburetor for the mixture adjustment, and it took a few cleanings to get it working properly. .
Woah, Just the video I need. I'm fixing my dad's Commercial Kawasaki 6Hp push Snapper and I need to repeat these steps too. Although it's a bit different, I have a problem that the engine is surging and I have not thoroughly cleaned the carburetor. Thanks DonBoy!
Hi Dony , my name is Minh. I need your help, And I hope you can me out . I just bought me a old walk behind mowers KAWASAKI FB460v engine. The problem is I starts to run for 5 or 10 minutes the exhaust get glowing red. I hope you know what is wrong with it. Thank you for time Dony !!
I just replaced my carb in a Gt275, engine still surging. I changed all fuel lines, drained fuel, replaced with clean fuel. Any ideas on what could be causing this? The engine doesn't surge with blades engaged by the way.
Nice job, thx. Do foam filters dry rot and crumble if not replaced after many years of sitting ? Seems to have happened to a gen of mine and foam particulars sucked into carb.
I've got an 88' 265 w/ the 540 -- nearing 1,700 hours. Runs great, only like to start on idle. Had to adjust the throttle settings as the Gov wasn't allowing the the throttle to close fully when machine was off. If you've got a hard-start issue when hot, try setting the throttle to idle, reach in and push the governor arm to the closed position (push to front of machine) and it should start right up. It has to be below 60 degrees ambient and the motor cold before choke is needed.
Great job Donny, my issue is you using the torch cleaning tips in the bore of a flow rated jet. Wen you do you are putting fine scratches in the metering jets, changing the flow rate, The bores are flow rated to the carburetor and when you get in to multiple cylinder machines you do not want to disturb those flow ratings. i always used copper wire to do this, (very find strand)whether it was twisting up several strands or using one strand to clear the bore. Use the copper wire in long strands twisted to saw back and forth through the metering jet. Copper is softer than brass.Experience with a lot of motorcycles.
idk why i watched this lol. ive done this to so many carbs. this works on anything with a carb people. just wondering what i might be getting into later down the road. I've got the same motor on my 185 hydro. great engine but every one I've seen sounds like it has a knock in. was hesitant to take the one i have. it was a freebie though. couldn't pass it up. worst thing so far is the green and yellow mark up on parts.
I believe it's a 1985 model we had a deer 160 when I was a kid I got a lot of memories with that thing... Now it sits In my boneyard with a bad tranny and sized engine. Tough mower
what would cause a 16.5 kohler to not idle down when its warmed up? linkage and cables are hooked up properly but when I push the throttle down, it still runs at high speed. it works fine when the motors cold. thanks
Good video! I have the same motor on my LX172 and a similar rough running problem. Your video showed me exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing. Ed
Wonderful, informative, easy to follow video. I followed every step with the same model John Deere 175 last Spring and it ran much better. This Fall it is giving me problems so I plan to clean the carb again just as Donyboy has shown. Thank you so much for this video!
I took my carburetor off to clean it and I dropped it on concrete. Now I have fuel blowing out of the air intake. Other than the float, what could it be?
Just picked up a John Deere 240 today with 46 inch cut the has this exact engine and has this same Kawi engine. Awesome video everything I need to follow to get this all cleaned up
Having this problem with my JD X380. Its still under warranty, so will have dealer look at it. Thanks for the video. Did a great job explaining and good camera work.
Always enjoy your how to videos Don, thanks for posting them. Can you soak small engine carbs in Chem-Dip as long as you remove the Viton parts and other sensitive parts or will it pit the aluminum?
Very, very good and thorough. I'm recently new to your videos, and you are very clear in your presentations and steps to getting the job done, not to mention the great camera work which makes your videos easy to watch and enjoyable. Thank you.
Thanks for the video. I have a machine that has a 14 horsepower vanguard that will start but won't stay running. It starts to lope and then dies. Choke helps but can't keep it running. Sounds like it needs a good cleaning. Tom
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ALWAYS use non ethanol premium fuel in your small engines!
good luck finding non ethanol fuel anymore
@@rossroedel5280 use the pure gas app. Southerstates is also a good source.
I noticed in the John Deere 175 Operator's Manual it says 10% ethanol fuel is acceptable
@@cdogg1787 ,same as the Badboy zero turn mower too
i always do
Excellent video with great close up photography. Thank you
You always show (and explain) the details of what you're doing. I makes a big difference. Your videos are always helpful and thoroughly informative. Thanks DonyBoy
Great video! Clear, concise with excellent camera work. My tractor had the same issues, surging and no power. Run for a couple minutes and stall. I was using regular gas in it and i think that gunked it up. I tried that "mechanic in a bottle" stuff and it helped a bit but it was still stalling and had no power. Cleaned the carb as you showed and viola runs like a top now! Thanks so much!
Good job Don. You are always very informative and great video work. You, Bruce Pender and Doublewide6 are my to go to guys when stumped on something. I also recommend your channel to others. Thanks again my friend.- Ray.
The most common demons of small engines are dirty carbs, filters and ethanol! As many have said, excellent video and instructions. Your humble and straightforward approach makes your channel a great one. Subscribed.
Gotta be careful with that cleaning needle. It has a rough finish on it and can actually grind the inside of the brass jets making the holes larger than they should be. And an air gun with a rubber tip is much better than one without. The rubber tip seals the holes and you don't get any blowback
At 8:23 you forgot to mention those 2 small jets have different part numbers which means they are different. Look at them and you can see the hole size is smaller on one than the other. If you happen to put them in the wrong place when reassembling, the engine will not run right as I found out on my tractor.
Awesome camera work
The best carburetor video on TH-cam. Hands down! I’ve watched them ALL! Was skeptical after leaving the “big name” TH-camrs to seek such a video.
Great video! Thnks for taking time to share your expertise! Very educational and thorough carb clean with great camera work! now I can clean my carb with confidence!!! Thanks again!!!!!!
Smashing, made a world of a difference :-D. Ive found even if a carb seems spotless it can still be faulty, ive given such carbs a clean and they work fine again, touchy devices.
When watching your videos the word "thorough" comes to mind! Great job!
thanks Carl
Thanks for making this video
Excellent Video.
Finally someone showing EACH step, explaining EACH step, it's the reason we watch them.
Thanks Don! Excellent video as always!
I just want to encourage everyone to listen to what this man says about carb jet removal and using the correct tool and exercising care. I got jet #1 out, but #2 wasn't right and I ended up stripping the jet slots. In the end, the carb is totally ruined due to one stupid move by yours truly.
Harbor freight screwdriver?
Great job! Such a calm and measured delivery of the information. I learned a lot🤓
This is an amazing video, THANK YOU, this is exactly the detail, viewing, and explanation that a GREAT VIDEO should contain!
Excellent video. I have the same carb so now I know what the hell I'm doing. Thanks!
Great video as always Don. I had to clean an identical carb recently, it was also on a John Deere but the engine was a water cooled Briggs v-twin. I did everything you did plus the slow running jet as well and it ran perfectly afterwards.
Surprised to see Kaw's in JD tractors, they usually go for inferior Briggs. Very robust engines these Kawasaki's, very high quality.
I've never seen a briggs in a JD lawn tractor. Always Kaw's
I have seen briggs on a few JD's Twin cylinders though and mostly Kohlers 15 hp down here in south Louisiana
The John Deeres that you can buy at Lowe's or Home Depot usually have a briggs engine in them. However, every mower that I've seen at an official Deere dealership have a Kawi motor in them.
+Dave Stone yea I got an ol rx75, it's got a 9hp kawi in it and I'll say that's a darn good engine.
They make a decent air cooled
Back then (1986-1990) you had the choice to upgrade to the Kawasaki. I've got an '87 180 with the fc540v. Fifty extra bucks back then sure pays off now.
Don, you had me biting at the bit waiting for you to take off the air-mixture screw that you addressed @12:00.
Hello there, I'm not sure when you're going to get my message, I'm a mechanic for over 40 years, and I know what I'm doing, I have John Deere riding mower lx279 in excellent condition, it has 38 inches deck was making noise, so I decided to change the all spindles bearing, and that all the bearing on the deck, after I finished I turned all the pullies by hand they were very smoth, I installed all belts and the deck back, very time I engage the pto with full throttle barely the engine keep running, turning very heavy, even without mowing, .
It has 17 HP Kawasaki had 48 deck before was running very strong.
Wow! Exactly the issue I have. Can’t wait to dive in and fix mine. Great video!
You might get more hits if you change the title. This engine is used in John Deere 170, 175, LX172, 176, and 178 lawn tractors, maybe more models too. Also Kubota tractors like the T1460. I would just put in the engine model number Kawasaki FC420V.
I have been looking for the carb video for this engine. I'll be buying a can of carb cleaner tomorrow and fix my LX172.
so many years later!! had a huge question have a lx176 fc420v, My throttle butterfly stem broke, been searching everywhere for the correct carb to replace it. Any chance you know the part number to it? Its a 97 model FC420v-ES10. TIA.
I've watched this video before, but I must have forgotten the two jets inside the choke valve area. Sneaky little devils. Great information as usual.
hey don I have a question for you when you clean the jets on the carb with the torch cleaning tip dose it hurt to rinse the dirt from the jets with carb cleaner
YOU can use carb cleaner or compressed air
Thanks for a thorough explanation on the Kawasaki carb.I really like mine on my 160H JD. Probably the best engine ever made for these small tractors. Tougher than nails. They use less gas than the Kohler's and Briggs.
John deere Lx 172 K series 17 HP. Replaced battery, fuel pump, fuel filter, starter sparkplug,and cleaned carb and there was fuel found. Will crank but not start. Ideas?
Great video. In mine the 2 small jets inside the carb have different size holes so be aware of which one comes from which side. If you reverse them the engine will not run properly.
I swapped out my old carb because they made a replacement for an inexpensive price. It fired right up on choke but doesn't want to run off choke. Any ideas? New fuel pump, new spark plug, new filter and new carb.
Excellent job on this video. Good pace, good info, good camera work. Thank you.
This was a Awesome video..thank you!!!
What size screw drivers were you using?
My carburetor has a sensor sticking down from the bowl and I have no idea how to get the bowl off. Any ideas>
Thank you.
do you know how to fix the break petal on john deer 175 my husband has one of these lawn gtractors and the break petal keeps locking up on him he says its very slow going in reverse and going forward
Yo make it look easy Donny, cool video.
You not Yo lol I'm white.
you the man dony
jacob
hey jacob
so educational ---thank you. God Bless
Hare Krishna.
Another great video--information and fun to watch. Thanks Dony!
John Deere, pick up is Just a hose into gas tank with no screen. Pop off the hose @ fuel filter and blow into tank to see if it's clogged before trying anything else
Great Video
Damn, you are good, you explained everything clearly, I need a neighbor like you. Hopefully when I do that to my John Deere, I won't have extra parts left over, lol
LOL!!!.....Yup!!!!
Any helpful info for getting the wheels to move after sitting for two yrs, the knob in front of seat is jammed pretty good
Good vido, well informed an done right , same way i would done it !!!
what would cause surging on a 165 kawasaki put new carb still does same thing ok when pot is engaged
Should both lifters move with the head off when you turn the engine over. Thank you
Thanks for the video!! I have an old 160 that is a little different but was able to use your video to get it running again like new.
Excellent, you should be teaching class if your not already.
Excellent video tutorial donyboy 73, thank you
This help me a lot. Great job with details.
Thumbs up. Mr. wArren
Awesome, thank you!
it needed cleaned but governor spring was broken and more than likely causing the surging great vid !!
Agree,first thing I noticed was carb spring end missing .
Thank you for this video. My tractor was leaking out fuel from the carburetor and was idling rough. I cleaned it out just like you did and it fixed leak,idle. One of the Jets was clogged. Thank you for saving me some$$.
hi David, make sure you are subscribed
I have one of these engines and it has no spark, even after a new flywheel, coil and plug. pulled the ground wire doesn't change anything. if I ground a slash tester to the block I get spark, then as a plug and no spark.
Sorry should read; if I ground an inline spark tester I get spark, but once I add a spark plug I get no spark.
I am glad to see this video and glad you showed us how to clean the carburetor and reassemble it on the mower. Thanks for sharing this with us and I will remember it for possible work I will have to do on one of my mowers.
you're welcome
my favorite jet cleaner is a oxy/acet torch tip cleaner.
My deck lever is stuck how can I fix this?
Great video Don !!! Why is it that Kawis and some other engines have a spring wrapped around the linkage when they are connected to the same hole ?? The linkage holes are a hard point if you get what i'm talking about .
Does the valves need adjusting? Sound noisy.
I myself haven't seen many Kawasaki motors aside from a trimmer I picked up, they're nicely made engines tho and seem to hold up well to abuse.
Does anyone have a part number for the carburetor?
Sea foam is a Great Carb cleaner. Use that first..
Donny,
Love your work.
I have the JD LX176 model which does not want to start anymore. I get fuel flow (squirt), I cleaned the carb as in this video. I check the valve clearances. Still no start. Can you give me a next step direction (know that is hard, but your so good at this.)
Thanks
See if it starts when you force the governor arm into the throttle closed position.
Do you have good strong spark??? Check/replace coil, check/replace ignitor.
Great video, I have this carb on a 130 model john deere. It was running rough after setting a few seasons, surging with little power. I took the carb off, cleaned it up as you did, all valves etc look great now. Issue is my float I think, its the mikuni carb just like yours. I have tried various tang adjustments but the mower won't stay running. It starts if I drain the bowl via drain screw, then stops within a few seconds from, too much fuel ? I am not sure if the lower the float toward the ground the less fuel? or vice versa I've read conflicting reports which is rich or lean. I have yet to find instructions on this specific carb. At factory tang straight (as to tang and 0 degrees) the float sits past 90 about 15-20 degrees There really isn't a view point which to see the contact of the float flow valve. Any help appreciated.
PS if I take the bowl off of float the mower is happy to start and burn off the fuel so I think I am getting too much fuel and its wetting the spark plug, which is new as well. Also put a new gasket in bowl and fuel pump is pumping lots of fuel, too much maybe? Don't know if there is an adjustment other than the turn valve under seat for fuel from gas tank.
Thanks to anyone with a bit of guidance to get it running again.
Wow. Great video. I didn't even come here to watch this because I was cleaning my carburetor. I had bought a new carburetor and I didn't know how to adjust the screws or where to put the 2 rods. That hook up to it or anything, and you literally answer all my questions just from this one v.ideo Plus you explained everything nice and slow and thoroughly. Perfect video.
Hey man I want to thank you you helps me alot
Dony, on a John Deere 316 with a P218G Onan, I am having trouble separating the carb from the intake manifold. It's been on there since 1990. Any advice? Your wife is my prayers. Chesapeake Bob.
I am working on a 20ish year old Kaw FC420V as I write this. I got the bowl off just like you showed in the video and went to unscrew the first 2 items that you did. But my Carb seems to only have the short stubby one (first one you unscrewed) and NOT the second one. I look down where the second one is supposed to be and I see something like what you unscrewed but mine has absolutely no place to use a screw driver on it. It isn't that it is stripped It looks machined and flat. so my question is should all carbs on all FC420V have the top screw and then the jet below it also or are all cargs different and maybe just some of the FC420V s have a carb like you are showing. OR is there a way to get the thing below it out that I don not know of? your fast reply would be greatly appreciated.
Great vid. Have exact problem with my 112L. 1984 oldie but goodie. Going to give this a try. Excellent teacher. Thank you for your efforts!
It was great timing for me on this video as I just acquired a jd lx176. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! My biggest problem is I'll disassemble for cleaning and not find any smoking gun!
I had a cub cadet 782 engine surge so badly it had to be kept at half throttle minimum. The problem was actually the channel in the carburetor for the mixture adjustment, and it took a few cleanings to get it working properly. .
Don, have you ever worked on a Kawasaki FJ180V engine? Would like to see a carb clean on one of those, they are very expensive carbs. $150.00 CDN
It just makes you tougher if you spray carburetor cleaner on your face and in your eyes. Almost forgot nothing worse than a dirty hole!! Hehe
This video was a life saver. My issue was the fuel pump not spraying fuel. There was a crack in my vacuum hose to the fuel pump. Thanks Don!
Woah, Just the video I need. I'm fixing my dad's Commercial Kawasaki 6Hp push Snapper and I need to repeat these steps too. Although it's a bit different, I have a problem that the engine is surging and I have not thoroughly cleaned the carburetor. Thanks DonBoy!
Hi Dony , my name is Minh. I need your help, And I hope you can me out .
I just bought me a old walk behind mowers KAWASAKI FB460v engine.
The problem is I starts to run for 5 or 10 minutes the exhaust get glowing red. I hope you know what is wrong with it. Thank you for time Dony !!
Wear safety glasses due to Canadian
I just replaced my carb in a Gt275, engine still surging. I changed all fuel lines, drained fuel, replaced with clean fuel. Any ideas on what could be causing this? The engine doesn't surge with blades engaged by the way.
I really appreciate your video.. I thought my old Hydro175 was history, until I saw your video. Thanks.
Nice job, thx. Do foam filters dry rot and crumble if not replaced after many years of sitting ? Seems to have happened to a gen of mine and foam particulars sucked into carb.
I've got an 88' 265 w/ the 540 -- nearing 1,700 hours. Runs great, only like to start on idle. Had to adjust the throttle settings as the Gov wasn't allowing the the throttle to close fully when machine was off. If you've got a hard-start issue when hot, try setting the throttle to idle, reach in and push the governor arm to the closed position (push to front of machine) and it should start right up. It has to be below 60 degrees ambient and the motor cold before choke is needed.
Great job Donny, my issue is you using the torch cleaning tips in the bore of a flow rated jet. Wen you do you are putting fine scratches in the metering jets, changing the flow rate,
The bores are flow rated to the carburetor and when you get in to multiple cylinder machines you do not want to disturb those flow ratings. i always used copper wire to do this, (very find strand)whether it was twisting up several strands or using one strand to clear the bore. Use the copper wire in long strands twisted to saw back and forth through the metering jet. Copper is softer than brass.Experience with a lot of motorcycles.
idk why i watched this lol. ive done this to so many carbs. this works on anything with a carb people. just wondering what i might be getting into later down the road. I've got the same motor on my 185 hydro. great engine but every one I've seen sounds like it has a knock in. was hesitant to take the one i have. it was a freebie though. couldn't pass it up. worst thing so far is the green and yellow mark up on parts.
I believe it's a 1985 model we had a deer 160 when I was a kid I got a lot of memories with that thing... Now it sits In my boneyard with a bad tranny and sized engine. Tough mower
what would cause a 16.5 kohler to not idle down when its warmed up? linkage and cables are hooked up properly but when I push the throttle down, it still runs at high speed. it works fine when the motors cold. thanks
Hi donyboy you are champ mate hope you can help me for choke not engaging fully issue what I need to do in Honda gxv160
I always forget which hole the linkages go upon reassembly. it helps to take a picture
I really appreciate your videos. They're very informative and helpful.
Good video! I have the same motor on my LX172 and a similar rough running problem. Your video showed me exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing. Ed
That filter hasn't been changed because JD doesn't even use that style logo anymore!!!!
Wonderful, informative, easy to follow video. I followed every step with the same model John Deere 175 last Spring and it ran much better. This Fall it is giving me problems so I plan to clean the carb again just as Donyboy has shown. Thank you so much for this video!
I took my carburetor off to clean it and I dropped it on concrete. Now I have fuel blowing out of the air intake. Other than the float, what could it be?
Just picked up a John Deere 240 today with 46 inch cut the has this exact engine and has this same Kawi engine. Awesome video everything I need to follow to get this all cleaned up
Having this problem with my JD X380. Its still under warranty, so will have dealer look at it. Thanks for the video. Did a great job explaining and good camera work.
Good job👍 solid engine that too,one of my favs......Kwakas👍
Always enjoy your how to videos Don, thanks for posting them. Can you soak small engine carbs in Chem-Dip as long as you remove the Viton parts and other sensitive parts or will it pit the aluminum?
Very, very good and thorough. I'm recently new to your videos, and you are very clear in your presentations and steps to getting the job done, not to mention the great camera work which makes your videos easy to watch and enjoyable. Thank you.
Thanks for the video. I have a machine that has a 14 horsepower vanguard that will start but won't stay running. It starts to lope and then dies. Choke helps but can't keep it running. Sounds like it needs a good cleaning. Tom