So yesterday I was just finishing up rebuilding my K301 fro m 125. So with the extra freetime I thought I'd tear into my 1450 to see why it smokes so much. I had bought a head gasket in advance just in case that was the case. I opened it up to see this and my heart sank.
Is this fixable?
It seems like such a big oval that it may not be recoverable.
I also have some questions about my newly rebuilt K301.
It has spark and everything but it is really hard to turn over on the compression stroke.
How do I overcome this? Do I just need to wear it in? I have a normal Lawn and garden battery to jump it. I have tried a car battery that probably needed to be charged and that wasn't much better. What should I do to get it started? Is there some kind of compression release?
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Grandpa's 1961 "O" w/ mowing deck, 169, 149, 147, 1000, 125 w/creeper and 3pt, 1250 w/ 44A deck, 1650, Frankenstien 1250, Great Grandpas 1968 Cadet 125 w/original QA-36, CCC 1711, Model 2 tiller, QA-42 and a QA-42A Snowthrower, Cozy cab
May not be as much as others, but we're still building our fleet! There are more to come!
Connor