Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Model 42A707 1653-01
Hello all,  I can't get this thing to run off choke.

I replaced the fuel lines, fuel filter, fuel and spark plugs.  I checked compression at 120 psi in both cylinders.  Spark was checked with a plug at 0.060" gap to check power of spark and both cylinders sparked fine.  I re-gapped at 0.030.

I rebuilt the carb, blew out all passages with carb cleaner/compressed air.  I am on round 3 of tearing this down and blowing out each port.

While it is running while choked, dropplets of fuel are spraying out of the carb throat onto me and everything else in the area.  When I shut it down, I can see fuel puddled at the collector below the carb.  Plugs aren't wet.

Any suggestions?  Thanks

Q- Is it possible the the bowl vent is plugged?----   not allowing air into the top of the carb bowl? 
A- The bowl vent is free flowing.  I've got the air cleaner Assembly off.  I can actually see a small amount of fuel come out of that hole from the vibrations when it's rough idling.

Q-Is it possible the carb Gasket between the two halves is on upside down----   not allowing the air to the nozzel hole of the main Jet?
A- It's on correctly.  I made sure all of the ports were visible when the gasket was put on.  If it was on incorrectly, fuel wouldn't be able to travel from the diaphragm fuel pump into the bowl.

Q- can you post a picture or two?

A- see below.

Q-how was this thing running before you started working on it?

A- I mowed about half my lawn (1 acre), then shut it down to talk to my son.  I couldn't get it restarted because of a bad starter (cracked magnet).  I replaced the starter and still had difficulty starting so I replaced the spark plugs, choke cable (original was seized from the winter) and replaced a burned out diode for the charging circuit.  After all of this, I couldn't get it to run without being choked.  I pulled the flywheel to check the alternator (diode issue) and checked the magneto.  I set the magneto gap to 0.012" after I tightened down the flywheel.

After this the engine wouldn't run faster than an idle while choked.  I checked compression then dove into the carburetor.  The temp of both exhaust pipes are hot several seconds after starting, telling me both cylinders are firing.

Thanks

I got it!  The flywheel key sheared and the fw spun 90*, and I couldn't see it.  Runs like a champ now.

Thanks for everyone's help!

Awesome, glad you got it sorted out! Any idea what caused the key to shear off? In your recap of what led to this, you mentioned pulling the flywheel, but that was after the problems had started. If the key was still intact when you pulled the flywheel, was the flywheel nut torque set too low when re-installed, or something, which allowed the flywheel to spin and shear the key?

I initially pulled the flywheel to check the alternator - I kept blowing diodes.  Apparently I didn't torque the fw enough.  Rule #728: Don't forget to torque yee flywheel  :-)

cool... The fix is even cheap!

Friiy