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Old 04-24-2016, 08:23 AM
jerkin jerkin is offline
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A bit of an update, I installed the rebuilt carb yesterday as well as fixed a few wire splices that were done with those stupid connectors that you snap over the wire and it cuts into the insulation to make contact. Running much better now but it's much harder to start for some reason, used to start as soon as you hit the key but it needs to wind up for a while now before it fires.

One thing I did notice as far as the engine goes is the numbers are just stamped on the sheet metal covers so it is still possible that the engine was changed prior to my Mom buying it. I took the side covers off so that I could clean the engine up a bit but couldn't see anything stamped on the block to get any sort of date code. Heading out now to weld the cross brace on the mule drive and install the deck.
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