[AT] Semi OT....Troy Bilt Junior Tiller issues

[Ken Knierim]

Is the carb bolted down tight? On some of the Tecumseh engines they
have several segments to the intake manifold; maybe there's a vacuum
leak someplace? if the gentleman didn't get it tightened down right,
you could get a leak.

Next, did they have the flywheel off? Some of the electronic ignitions
will give you a hot spark but if the flywheel has been shifted you
loose your timing. (saw this on B&S before).

Hope this helps.

Ken in AZ

On 4/10/07, Larry D Goss <rlgoss at evansville.net> wrote:
> Your next to last sentence holds the answer -- It's a Tecumseh.  :-)
>
> Seriously, I suspect that the mechanic hooked the governor and carburetor
> controls up backwards.  That's easy to do on many Tecumseh engines.  If you
> have access to a repair manual for Tecumseh, try to match up your engine
> with the dozen or more diagrams for all the variations of each model.
>
> I ran into a similar problem with a drive-in customer yesterday.  His
> Troy-Bilt has a B&S enigine on it but there was no control except idle and
> wide open.  It turned out that the governor spring was unhooked -- left that
> way by the last mechanic.
>
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Miller" <sweetcorn70 at hotmail.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:35 PM
> Subject: [AT] Semi OT....Troy Bilt Junior Tiller issues
>
>
> > Hey guys and gals,
> >
> > Since someone was complaining about not having any list traffic I thought
> > I'd post about this tiller I bought today.  It is a Troy Bilt Junior, and
> > it
> > came with a furrower attachment that hasn't ever been used.   The
> > gentleman
> > I bought it from had a price of $150 on it but said he'd take $75.   It
> > does
> > have an issue.  The seller said he had a shop rebuild the carb with a kit
> > and also put on a new head gasket last fall.   It now has an issue where
> > it
> > will run fine--until you put it in gear and put it in the ground and then
> > it
> > just acts like it has no guts and dies.   I bought it without running
> > it(yes
> > probably a mistake) but here is what I found once I got it home.   It
> > starts
> > with the choke all the way on, and then once it starts you can put the
> > choke
> > in the next notch.   The choke has 4 settings it can be in, if full choke
> > is
> > 4 then you can put it in 3 and it will still run.  However, in notch 3 it
> > seems to run wide open, regardless of if the throttle is at idle or 1/2.
> > Once you go so high, though, it dies.  It also runs faster than a normal
> > idle in setting 4 no matter where the throttle is set.   Once you engage
> > the
> > tines/wheels but don't put it in the ground, it runs but loses some speed.
> > As I said before, once you put any kind of load on it, it loses RPMS and
> > then just dies competely.   I'm not sure if this all started once he had
> > it
> > fixed, or since then.   Anybody have an idea?    Sound like a governor
> > problem or carb problem?    I am thinking it is something inside the carb
> > since it was worked on but I have no clue.   It is a tecumseh engine.   I
> > would appreciate anybodys thoughts or advice.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
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