3185 questions
 

dad has a 3185 here and i was wondering if anyone with the same unit or nearly the same has had this problem? you put a new air filter on it and it runs great mow the grass one maybe two times and its plugged to the point that its sucking oil out of the breather tube. install a new filter and its fine again and the old filters dont really look plugged. you can always tell when its plugged because it wont start. doesnt seem to use oil other than what ends up in air cleaner area plugs look great no signs of oil consumtion there. the machine draws cooling air from under the dash area where it is screened but air cleaner has grass in it as does top of motor and hood hinge area. how can grass be getting up that high has anyone had this problem and if so how did you cure it?
admins if this should be in engine section go ahead and move it

Does your machine have the air intake tube from the engine to the firewall? The driveshaft goes through it.

yes sir it does

Does it have the removable piece at the top of the firewall?

not sure what you mean looking on partstree now.it has the firewall but unsure of what part is removeable i know you can see battery clearly with the hood open if that means anything ill post a pic tomorrow of what it looks like in there thanks Oak

Oak do you mean number 27... nope it dont have it... is that the problem? still available might have to order one Attachment 70581

Yes, #27 is that piece. I'm not sure if that will solve your clipping issue but it will run a lot cooler with that piece in place. With it removed it will suck the hot air off of the top of the engine rather than the cooler air from below the dash panel. I guess you could draw some clippings up into the engine pulling air from there too. I've owned five 3k machines and 4 of them were missing that piece.

#28 is the first piece I asked about and it is a must have too so that's good you have that one.

Looking at the air cleaner & carb diagram, do you have #26, the air duct?

Is the screen clean on the flywheel?

26 is the firewall yes its there and i havent gotten into it far enuff to see screen on flywheel i have to remove rear end to find oil leak and install 3 point so ill be getting back to ya.