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

[David Bruce]

Before his death, my father in law would ALWAYS use the fuel line cut 
off  (and add one if needed) on any Tecumseh engine. His reasoning was 
those engines always gummed up and he said he had less trouble if he 
kept the carb dry during any storage (even over night).
David
NW NC

Larry D Goss 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
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