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So I got this 6.5HP Briggs Intek self Propelled Lawn mower.
It was a $350.00 Dollar Mower. I got it 16 Yrs ago and 14 Yrs ago I got married and moved to my Wifes 2 acre Property. And we just use a lawn Tractor.
However I used this one to get the smaller areas till one day (13yrs ago)
It started Running real bad and sounded like a Harley.
Yes. I now know it was just the Valves.
Anyway I took it to a lawn mower Shop and paid them to tune it up.
When I got it back it worked 1 time and then started the exact same crap running poorly.
Now when I picked it up from the Shop I did not use it that week, then when I did the next week it was a Sunday. I planned to take it back to the repair Shop then a couple weeks became a few and I figured they would not believe me, that it never worked blah blah blah.
I put it in the Shed and there it sat for 10 Yrs.
Today I decided to give it a look. Cause I want to sell the old thing.
It was very hard to pull, and I figured the valves needed adjusted.
I first checked the plug and while it was out I pulled the engine a couple times to make sure it was free. It spun freely.
Then I put the plug in and it still spun freely. WTF?
I pulled the valve cover and the keeper nut on the rocker arm was off.
The other valve had a lock nut (a second nut), There was only 1 nut on this one that fell off.
This tells me the shop did not put the lock nut on after adjusting the valves.
I believe the push rods are now off the cam and I need to open up the engine to fix the problem.
On a vertical shaft lawn mover The "Side Cover" is a bottom Cover.
So remove the blade and the engine,
Take the whole darn Mower apart and do a 5 minute fix internally.
What a pain in the Rear cause some Douchy mechanic left off a lock nut!
and all I wanted to do was sell an old mower for 50 bucks!
It was a $350.00 Dollar Mower. I got it 16 Yrs ago and 14 Yrs ago I got married and moved to my Wifes 2 acre Property. And we just use a lawn Tractor.
However I used this one to get the smaller areas till one day (13yrs ago)
It started Running real bad and sounded like a Harley.
Yes. I now know it was just the Valves.
Anyway I took it to a lawn mower Shop and paid them to tune it up.
When I got it back it worked 1 time and then started the exact same crap running poorly.
Now when I picked it up from the Shop I did not use it that week, then when I did the next week it was a Sunday. I planned to take it back to the repair Shop then a couple weeks became a few and I figured they would not believe me, that it never worked blah blah blah.
I put it in the Shed and there it sat for 10 Yrs.
Today I decided to give it a look. Cause I want to sell the old thing.
It was very hard to pull, and I figured the valves needed adjusted.
I first checked the plug and while it was out I pulled the engine a couple times to make sure it was free. It spun freely.
Then I put the plug in and it still spun freely. WTF?
I pulled the valve cover and the keeper nut on the rocker arm was off.
The other valve had a lock nut (a second nut), There was only 1 nut on this one that fell off.
This tells me the shop did not put the lock nut on after adjusting the valves.
I believe the push rods are now off the cam and I need to open up the engine to fix the problem.
On a vertical shaft lawn mover The "Side Cover" is a bottom Cover.
So remove the blade and the engine,
Take the whole darn Mower apart and do a 5 minute fix internally.
What a pain in the Rear cause some Douchy mechanic left off a lock nut!
and all I wanted to do was sell an old mower for 50 bucks!
