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by DavidBarkey
Wed May 08, 2024 8:37 am
Forum: Vanguard
Topic: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning
Replies: 34
Views: 32854
Canada

Re: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning

Does it snap back hard when key is turned on ? Is it coming all the way back ? You have cleaned the jets so many times with out a lot of success , I am thinking there is something else going on . It is hard from the other side of the computer screen to tell what is going on. Another thought is that ...
by DavidBarkey
Wed May 08, 2024 7:00 am
Forum: Garden
Topic: garden planting
Replies: 1
Views: 26
Canada

garden planting

We have 32 row in our vegggy patch . about half way planted now with the early stuff . Potatoes, onions, cabbage, carrots ,beets, broccoli , caulie flower , spinach ,lettuce , kale. By the end of next week we should have the rest in if weather holds no frost . We are zone 5 . How are you doing with ...
by DavidBarkey
Wed May 08, 2024 6:51 am
Forum: Farm
Topic: oh those onions
Replies: 0
Views: 9
Canada

oh those onions

We grow onions very year along with all the other staple veggys . This year we bought a few bags og bulbs like usual . Before we got a chance to plant them one of my farmer clients gave me a flat of Spanish onions plugs he just got back from the green house that starts all his plant he doesn't direc...
by DavidBarkey
Wed May 08, 2024 6:43 am
Forum: Vanguard
Topic: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning
Replies: 34
Views: 32854
Canada

Re: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning

Matt , what kind and brand of fuel are you using ? It's got 87 octane in it right now. I had some 109 octane, ethanol free mixed in with the 87 plus some sta-bil fuel stabilizer over the winter. I've run several gallons through since the winter. I just picked up a fresh tank but have not run any th...
by DavidBarkey
Wed May 08, 2024 6:34 am
Forum: Lawn
Topic: First cutting
Replies: 3
Views: 80
Canada

Re: First cutting

@Spike188 Hay , that's some pretty tall grass you got there . Eugene
That is a rough start to the season .
by DavidBarkey
Tue May 07, 2024 6:01 pm
Forum: Vanguard
Topic: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning
Replies: 34
Views: 32854
Canada

Re: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning

Matt , what kind and brand of fuel are you using ?
by DavidBarkey
Tue May 07, 2024 5:58 pm
Forum: Vanguard
Topic: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning
Replies: 34
Views: 32854
Canada

Re: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning

Based on my experience those compression numbers are good .
by DavidBarkey
Tue May 07, 2024 6:28 am
Forum: Vanguard
Topic: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning
Replies: 34
Views: 32854
Canada

Re: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning

@ the one on the left in the first pic is looking lean . I read somewhere that the Kohler and B&S twins have a lean bank and that the jet on one side is a half size larger and not to get them mixed up when redoing the 2 barrel carbs .
by DavidBarkey
Tue May 07, 2024 6:13 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Pictures: this moment
Replies: 1054
Views: 711576
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Re: Pictures: this moment

Thanks for your suggestions guys. @Spike188 I had thought it might be casting marks but in that area none of the other 3 pumps I have shows any marks. @DavidBarkey yes, there was oil in the pump housing, but none around the shaft seal. I happened to have another pump with 1/2 inch shaft so I'll try...
by DavidBarkey
Mon May 06, 2024 6:52 am
Forum: Vanguard
Topic: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning
Replies: 34
Views: 32854
Canada

Re: Vanguard 12.5HP/14HP/16HP/18HP carburetor cleaning

Matt , did you ever check your float height ? If too low it will also cause to run lean . Have you checked compression ? Have you tried a different set of spark plugs ? I know they are long life but that doesn't mean they can't go bad . Spark plug colour . What does it say ? Maybe more than one thin...