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Originally Posted by DeltaCub
1) Happy you were able to free up the dual stick controls!
2)If you are referring to the long spring below the carb...it can have slack at idle. Download the Kohler engine manual to see throttle and governor adjustment procedures including WOT speed.
3) You may want to have the carb cleaned or do it yourself if you are mechanically inclined,,,,again refer to Kohler K-Series engine manual.
4) Little wiffs of white smoke or normal at shut off especially if you shut off engine at higher speeds. These carbs do not have fuel shut-off solenoids like modern, EPA compliant carbs.
5) Timing again refer to Kohler K-Series manual.
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Thank you, spent some time today tinkering and things were going pretty well for a little over an hour of use after I printed section 6 of that manual and followed the instructions for setting the needles.
I didn't clean the carb, and due to the instructions saying to put a load on the motor while adjusting the needle in step 4 there, I changed over to the rototiller and turned on the PTO while I set that.
I had the tiller on so why not do the garden since the wife was asking me about it and that was one of the reasons I started looking at this again. Was able to till the thing and was doing one last clean pass along some grass, ran it to the end and the ground turns pretty hard/rocky (it's where I haven't tilled in past years) so the thing just stalled and turned off rather abruptly. Figured that was a sign that I was done for the day and started up the hill with the PTO off, half speed, and the thing just stalled abruptly again.
Figured at this point something serious was probably wrong so I wanted to leave it but it was on a hill and rather than just let it drift back down I started it again and got it to the top and shut it off.
It was not acting like before where it would get all sluggish (struggling) and stall though, both times it just abruptly turned off -- not sure if it's an overheating issue now?
They are just small wisps of white smoke, so I'll take it that is normal.
(Yes I know I should have a belt cover on the tiller)