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Originally Posted by dvogtvpe

so I recently learned this term called "top end overhaul" . He's having running issues. anyway be curious I had to ask what that was . now I'm thinking decarbon the head and piston, valve job and a head gasket. no I was wrong. apparently you leave the bottom end assembled , hone the block, hose it out with brake clean and rering it to. I ask how the heck can you get that hone dust out of the governor weights , crank bearings ect. I get a I did a good job. few days later same guy has another tractor that has running issues. runs a bunch of sea foam through it and still don't understand why it don't run. I comment why don't you take it apart and do it rights. I get the I cleaned the carb 6 or 8 times. after questioning I find out he never took the whole carb apart.
so the moral to the story , if you are going to work on your engine take the time to do it right. in the long run the results will be much better.

Got the carb cleaned 6 or 8 times. I wonder why he stopped at 8. The ninth time might have been the charm.