Tacumseh Xl PRO 5

[Syndr0me]

Hi,

I have a Tecumseh XL PRO 5 lawn mower engine. I heard that, to run a lawn mower without the blade acting as a flywheel you need an balanced crankshaft. How do I know if it is or not?

And if it is not, is running it without the blade fine to do so? This is also a valveless design to. and last, can i turn the engine around to make it a horizontal shaft?

thx

 

[brendonv]

Valveless? Sounds like a 2 stroke. In that case you can put it horizontally no worries. One thing, u have to turn the carb to suit. To check about the blade, take it off, start it. If it goes without the blade its all good. If it struggles to start or kicks back it probably wont work.

 

[Syndr0me]

Yep, she starts with no blade but i forgot to rehook the throttle plate spring and she went full speed. was pretty intense.

i also cleaned the piston, polished them a bit, same for the crankcase.

You can see whats left of the brush in the second pic ;p

 

[brendonv]

Yep done that a few times haha. Scares the **** outta ya. U shouldnt use a wire brush to get of carbon. Some sort of cleaning fluid will work. If you dont have a parts cleaner then diesel or kerosene will work.

Wouldnt hurt to give it a polish.

 

[Syndr0me]

thanks for the tip but i polished it afterwards with a polishing pad with a dremel