Honda GC 160 190 Gasket Order, Governor Calibration, Adjustment, Air Box, and Carburetor Install
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ค. 2020
- This video details how to install the gaskets and linkages on your Honda GCV-160 Series Engine.
This video also details how to calibrate the governor arm to obtain proper swing; preventing the engine from trying to run at 5,000 RPM when you start it!
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Appreciate showing how to adjust the governor !
Excellent video. Thank you for showing us TH-camrs how to disassemble the carburetor and put it back together in sequential order. Visual aid is so helpful to get an understanding of how to do the process.
I have watched four or five videos on this dish carburetor. You are the only one that showed the gaskets clearly so you can see which direction they go great job
I live off grid in Montana and have several GCV160 engines to keep running. I have one of the older style models as well. Your video is priceless. You have saved me from having to spend time driving and having someone else fix my responsibility. Thank you for teaching me how to go about fixing this much used engine. Best regards!
Love it when presenter flashes and throws stuff around
I typically refrain from giving negative comments, this however is not so much about the video but a reply to the comments- some of them must be made by people who either have never seen a spanner or gasket, let alone know what functions they have. At least they are beginning on something slightly less critical than a car’s braking or steering system.
If you don’t have the same number and shape/style of gaskets that you removed, then you need to reassess, what you have missing or extra.
You may want to ask someone to assist you for the first few times of doing something similar! You wouldn’t go and cut someone’s hair without asking for advice, but you are trying to repair a petrol engine without even opening the bonnet of a car before.
Their is no penalties for asking for assistance! We all learn something new every day.
Regarding the video, I think it may be helpful to some viewers to actually lay them out in order on top of a contrasting colour background.
Finally:-
Take photographs of each step of your disassembly, to refer back to during your reassembly.
Thank you!! Like one of your previous comments, I also took it apart a while ago and didn't snap pics. Moreover there's a lot of Honda GCV videos out there but none of them make it this clear. Great video! Thanks again!
Thank you, Mr. Locker. Most detailed, yet effective step-by-step for GCV-160 carburetor gaskets installation. The added bonus of the governor adjustment was much appreciated as well.
Sweet man.. I took it apart months ago and never snapped pics and cant remember what went where.. 👍👍
Edit:
My Dad was so meticulous when it came to tearing things apart. Ex: his Trike Gold Wing was doing a timing chain replacement on it, which was a hard ass job. He had the Parts all laid out as they were taking apart like there was a mock up on the ground of the motor itself. Had screws back in there original part if they could've been. Had pics/notes next to the parts and numbered how the came off so easier to put back together, and just by his notes and pictures if needed (Polaroid days 80's) I actually put it back together as he watched to make sure it was right. That stuck with me to this day, but for some damn reason I didn't do it knowing I wasn't going to put it right back together the same day. So this video just saved me a lot of cursing and headaches and for that I thank you a ton.. Keep up the good vids..
R.I.P pops..
Mike..
Well done. Best demonstration of how to assemble this madness.
Great job of instructing. I had watched a similar video earlier to yours and he left out not only the order of gaskets but a couple of the gaskets that I knew went in order. What I learned was to take the mounting bracket for the kill switch off and assemble with carb and airbox as one unit and then mount it to motor. I was trying to do it the dummy way with bracket in place and trying to line all the peices up as I pushed the bolts through. You way is much easier and faster. Thanks for enlightening this dummy.
Nicely Done. Very Helpful. I hope my replacement goes back together as smoothly.
Thank you for the instruction on the gasket order the kits came with different gaskets more than needed.
Very informative,thank you.now i will be able to assemble my GCV 160 in the correct sequence.
thanks for clearing up how to adjust the governor arm and linkage!
Thanks so much. i have removed and reinstalled my Carb several times, but for some reason, i forgot the correct order for installation this time. you are a life saver.. btw.. the governor adjustment was a real bonus... thanks.
Thank you, Sir. I made the mistake of removing the carb. Couldn't reassemble, though I did google and watch other vids. Yours was the only one that pertained. I'm a babyboomer (yah folks there's still a few of us left). That means we do not ask for help nor do we ask for directions. All that means is that I make sure my gas tank is full wherever I go-lol. greg southern calif.
Perfect explanation!!!! Thank you..👌👍
Good job. One mention that helps me is realizing the importance of the "little hole" essential to line up. What you call the Megaphone facing the engine body is achieving the same thing: the little hole lines up, the gas flows where it's supposed to, you don't leak even if the sequence of the gaskets is correct. The "heat deflector" or the metal piece also has to be lined up correctly. Any one of the seven or eight or nine or ten variables can throw one piece out of line up and... yer done for. Thanks for the clear step-by-step.
outstanding instruction on this task.
thanks, you save my day, you are so gentle
This instructor has the gentle approach.
Outstanding video. Thanks.
Very helpful video. Thank you for your time.
The best instruction manual, barring none
Thank you , what’s really great is the fact that what you are describing just happens to be exactly the same model as what I’m working on ( log splitter)
I did use another TH-camr’s idea on changing the 2 main bolts to studs to make life easier
So nice, you are the best, i have watched hundreds of videos, great job, thank you
Simply brilliant.
Thank you for a very well done video! I referenced it several times when I was putting the carb back on my pressure washer.
It can be tricky especially if you take it apart while you are mad!
Yeah that assembly can be maddening
This was awesome 😊
well done, appreciate the video and instructions! Thumbs up
Great video!learned what I needed to know..
Great Video!! The governor calibration is what brought me here.. yes ,make more videos.. thanks for sharing.. peAce
Thank you
@@LockersGarage Thank you!! After watching several videos on the channel I was able to have my mower up and running better than it has in years... Pressure washer is on deck..Thanks for sharing..peAce
Awesome, that's how you explain ,thanks awesome video
I have just replaced a carb with an after market one, I wish I had seen your video before working, the engine starts and runs but revs are way too high I will try the govenor first but i suspect that I will be starting afresh and following your video!! Well done very informative
Nice. Great job Sir. Thanx
This was very helpful thank you.
You're welcome!
Well done 👏
Great video
You gotta clean up the process , clearly ID the gaskets and go in order .
At the beginning you went through all the parts out of the installation sequence.
Excellent! Hard to figure it out after a shadetree had been working on it before.
Good demo
Thank you
Got my new gasket kit for my 160 and followed closely as I was convinced mine was getting air through as it only barely runs on choke (no black smoke). With great anticipation I started her up and no change. Imagine my disappointment! Waahahha
thanks 😊
Thanks
Awesome
I have a GC 190 on a simpson Pressure washer. Only has a handful of hours on it. It runs in idle fine, under load it runs for less than a minute, hesitates and dies putting out a puff of black smoke. I thought carb, took it off,blew out the throttle body and main jet, put it back and no change. ordered after market cab and gasket set w air filter spark plug .... installed it with gaskets wrong. You show that well. I'll reassemble with proper gasket order and try again. If no change will try the governor shaft adj...thanks for the concise walk thru!
Absolutely! If you have an auto-choke edition of this engine, it sounds like you have failure of the wax pellet as the default failure mode is full-on choke for a hot engine. If not, I believe you are on the right track with the replacement carburetor Larry.
@@LockersGarage It's a manual choke, same linkage and grommet mount as in your video. Auto throttle. Put it back with proper gasket order and made sure the springs on governor linkage were right, same thing. Got the governor shaft marked for a morning adjustment. Tnx for the reply, Larry
Mine was doing exactly the same thing. My gas is for scrap when I took them off, but I’m examining the carb. I noticed it wasn’t a jet. It was actually the passage for the jet was totally clogged since the gaskets were shot. I went ahead and ordered all new gaskets, and a new carburetor.
Adjusted the Governor, got it to run well under load, but idled way to high. After three position tries, I returned it to the original position and it runs fine. What a procedure, hours and an unneeded carb purchase....done, whew!
Glad you are in business! I prefer to focus on the money saved... Putting a carb on a GX series before the Chinese came out with their versions was over 80 bucks. No gaskets, no nothing!
Nice credentials and a good lecturer, but missing the heart of a teacher. Check out any Chicano video for a guide.
"Classic reacharound"...
Classic...
Nice 👍 do I need the air damn/deflector? I’m trying to diagnose what’s wrong w/ me engine & saw that the big paper deflector is torn from the “center hole” to the little circle hole. I ordered a cheap repair kit online.. but it arrived w/o that one darn dam/deflectors lol also very strange.. when I got this pressure washer which is GCV160 LAO.. I knew it was new but not starting & I took apart cleaned it out it back together.. then watching ur video I realized I had the plastic insulator which was stuck on then the air damn, then 1 rubber-ish coated metal gasket between the carb & air filter. But that was it.. no other gaskets? I got the engine to start now & it ran for a couple hours, then locked up the pull string & the next day started but the moment I put it under load it stalled. My landscaper told me I prob have to adjust the governor or carb? Iduno he was in a rush lol either way thanks for the detailed breakdown & if u read this whatcha think?
This video is great. I replaced the carb but it is leaking gas after sitting the winter. Coukd you help me?
Love the video! I have the older one, with the metal air deflector but the choke control is up in the handle with the throttle. My question is I can't find a schematic for that old of an engine. It is a GCV160 but starts the other number with GJAEA...How can I find the correct resources and the true age of the motor since I have misplaced my paperwork?
Knowable information how to assemble the carburetor for the exact Honda engine
does this model engine NOT have a thermowax seal? i cant seem to locate it.
Why my power washer that come with the 190 has no plastic spacer i double check eveywhere with no luck can i purchase some gasket + spacer where is the part num or should i go to the honda dealer thank u again i learn something today.
good
Do you know where I can buy a hardware kit to install carb? Bolts rods etc, I have new carb and control bracket but everything else is missing
“The style with the choke on the one lever “ . What does that mean?
Gcv160 replaced fuel line fuel filter fuel switch carburetor and thermowax however it is still surging, does not turn on first pull and does not stay on for longer than surging for 3min
Hard to find that thing if you don't know the term "insulator."
How many years did Honda make this engine?
Where can I get the gaskets?
I'm lost from the beginning -- tethered gas cap (I put cc on and that's what the robot heard as well)? Show please. You then show a shroud (recoil + petrol tank) and a large gasket/air deflector that supersedes the previous metal style that requires two more gaskets, hence Honda's kaizen (constant improvement). I'm struggling with a GCV 135 which someone has buggered about with -- when I was dismantling the carb, a rubber/metal gasket was stuck -- in a SLIPPED down position -- onto the carb, preventing the choke (paddle?) from fully opening. I suppose this is the result of Honda's far from brilliant idea to use bolts instead of studs. When I come to the big paper gasket/air flap, THERE IS NO AIR HOLE! So is this something someone has mindlessly put on... Should I put a hole, to match up with the hole in the engine... Well, I came across those metal things in other videos so thought that's been lost off my machine so bought one of those. I don't suppose it matters one way or the other, it's just a cost thing. So am about to make gaskets from the kosher material -- not as pretty as your in-house work, but the gasket sets I've seen online are criticised for being too thin. (Thinks...it's dawning on me why there are different numbers in the sets.. But 3 of 5 or 6!!)
Anyway thanks a lot, big help! You've confirmed it's a ball-ache! (have made studs to use on dis/assembly until time to put bolts back in...anyone know if Honda is right and there is a plus side to bolts? I'm reluctant to replace them completely until I'm sure. Thanks.)
I have just completed with your advice GC 160... New Card installed .Ran on 3 rd pull.....After several minutes running (9). engine back fires while runing and stops... will repeat this .same routine....Advice would be helpfull....
Is the fuel filter in the tank clogged?
thanks for your help but.. reeeeelaxx man, it's allllllllgood haha
Is it me or are the gaskets at the control bracket reversed? Isn't the yellowish gasket meant to fit between the control bracket and carb, and the black gasket goes between the air box and the control bracket?
While those two gaskets appear the same sizes they list them as different part numbers. The air cleaner gasket is 17228-ZM0-000 (black), and the carb gasket is 16228-ZL8-000 (yellow). Curious what the difference is.
I have a 2007 Troy Bilt with Honda GCV160A STA1 and recently removed the carb to clean a stuck choke plate. Over time the mower was getting harder to start, when removing the air filter I noticed the choke plate was open and would stay in the position I moved it to with the tip of a screw driver. Seems the spring that closes the choke plate was filthy and clogged up with grass. Few sprays of Berrymans cleaner got it working like new. But I noticed the gaskets were in poor condition. Found someone on Ebay selling a set of 5 gaskets, seems he makes them out of Felpro gasket material, looks laser cut the same sizes as Honda gaskets. Paid $1.99 shipped. Listing is for 1 insulator gasket, 2 air guide gaskets and 2 carb gaskets.
Waiting for the gaskets to be delivered. I can't remember what the air cleaner gasket is made of, it was actually still stuck to the air cleaner so I never touched it except for a light wipe with a towel before reassembly. I'm hoping the gaskets are interchangeable, or the one on there is still good. Rather not buy a replacement for $5. I also noticed it seems Honda has the replacement air guides that come with the gaskets pre-installed, but Mines the metal one and I don't see a need to replace it since I can just clean it and install new gaskets.
The difference is the air box gasket has a aluminum carrier to help with deformation of the gasket. The one on the engine side of the control bracket is just paper. We laser cut our own gaskets and consequently use the paper version on both sides of the control bracket. Good question.
whare are those 2 adjustment screws do on the carburator?
One is the idle speed and the other is the low speed fuel mixture. Very limited adjustment on the fuel mixture.
Locker's Garage, How are you?
My Honda GCV160’Engine is good, all cable are well,
the bell is fine. When Engine is running but blades not turn, however I see center bolt is turning.
I did not find the clutch has problem??
Could you teach me how to clear this problem? Please
Thanks for your time.
Sincerely,
San
It very much sounds like your clutch is the problem. Please make sure the clutch cable is sufficiently tight as per your owners manual.
Sorry, but I can't see what you're doing, and the way the gaskets line up is not obvious.
From other videos I watched after yours, I see the that the small "vent" hole (?) needs to line up in the sequence of gaskets. Since you're doing this video for newbies, you need to point out, in detail, things that are obvious to you, but not to a newbie. Good Luck!
My carburetor did not have an emulsion tube. Why.
I have two motors bought about 3 months apart, one's carb made in Japan the other China. 1 has the emulsion tube style the other has not .. same applies to the predator/rato motors we have.. mostly the same,just ensure that the gasket does not block any of the ports , especial the one between carb and spacer..
I made the mistake of using the newer style carbon fiber shield not realizing that it blocked that port. Had to cut a new one out of gasket material...
What if you do a lousy job of putting this assembly back on and accidentally leave a gasket out or get a part on crooked, What would be a symptom of this when you get the engine running?
Ya, I did exactly that; tried to assemble the unit ON the engine, dropped a gasket sideways, bolted it on, and tried to start it; gas was forced up into the air box, indicating that I got a plugged airway to the engine; took it all apart again, then, as Mr. Locker does here, assembled it all off the engine, part by miserable part, on the bolts, then attached the entire assembly at once. Works fine now.
Thank you for covering all the important aspects of the process in one well explained, very clear, high quality video. I have approx. 15 vids. saved in my Lawnmower playlist. In each video, some aspects or steps are covered well, but other critical steps are breezed over quickly, have poor camera angle, bad lighting, or aren't depicted at all. 👍
Whay does he throw all the parts down?
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Thanks for a very indepth guide to gasket order and assembly.
It looks like you're a small engine class teacher....hence the well laid out instructions.
As an owner of an aluminum manufacturing company, may I make the suggestion not to throw down parts or put things down carelessly. It shows a lack of respect for your work.
goood job. thanks for the governor adustment
3:54 That's what she said 😂
Is gsv 190 the same??
I would think so- The GS series is upgraded in the durability department although I have not personally touched one yet.
Sorry but what you demo is not the same for all or even most of these GC honda motors. There are quite a few differences depending on whether the engine was for a pressure washer, mower, log splitter, etc.
Why so many damn gaskets?
Gdstuff
Thanks