Mower Mike its always great to see your how to vids, we truly enjoy the way you explain everything so easily. Really great shots of the work you were doing also 👌
@@MowerMike I also appreciated it. This was very similar to the carb on the Kohler v715 I just did that had a faulty fuel shutoff solenoid - funnily enough I ordered the exact same carb that you got that wouldn't work (the single wire). I waited so long for parts that I couldn't remember exactly what went where so the closeup on the spring for the throttle cable and the little plastic doo-hickies was very helpful. Along with the thick gasket placement and the other two. I couldn't really find a carb diagram/blowout online so this was very helpful indeed.
The carb that you got that you say is wrong will fit. The reason they list it as the replacement is because it is a non emissions carb and adds mixture adjustment. It will bolt right on. There will be a bullet connector further up on the red wire you can disconnect and connect to the carb solenoid. The black wire gets cut and a Ring terminal gets put on and you ground it to the top of the carb. Just did one a couple days ago.
Thank god you mentioned that I literally just got that carb today and noticed the oem had the the clip connection on the bottom of the bowl and the new version had the single bullet connection with a ground wire on top so I figured it was probably the same setup and just connected the red wire to the bullet connector and grounded the black wire hoping that was the correct way to go because I didn’t feel like returning the carb to wait another week for the identical one. The new one actually fits perfect and seems more advanced than the oem. It looks like it’s got a fuel pump on it as well
@@jonnysnipes3123I got the Carburetor with the 2 separate wires. How did you connect the old green and red wires from the mower with the Chinese Carburetor? I just linked the ground with ground and positive with positive with wire nuts but engine won't start. I'm super embarrassed
This video plus the comments section was far better than anything I could have found online. Brand new “Asian” made carb fixed my surge and gas smell. Killed two birds with one stone and cleaned out a rats nest under the engine cover, left over from the previous owner.
Appreciate the easy to follow video. Just wish I could get my freakin' mower to run. Wouldn't start, so I replaced the carb, fuel pump, both spark plugs and it's still just spinning and not firing up 😢
I would check for spark. I have some videos testing spark plug testers you can check out. If it is getting fire than I would check the valve clearance. If those are good then I would check compression, she maybe just wore out.
I have a similar engine with a 24hp in a cub cadet. I left ethanol fuel in it for over two years and my neighbor came and took out the carb and soaked it. He said the inside of the carb looked like new. New fuel pump and filter also. Ran great for 3 months but now when I start it, it runs great for 45 seconds and then dies like the gas is shut off. I poured some stabil fast fix into the throat and it ran for 3 minutes before it died. Not sure where to go from here but I guess I may be buying a new carb soon!
Take the carb off and clean it. Make sure the carb is getting gas by cleaning out where the float needle is. Sounds like it isn’t getting a steady supply of fuel. I have a great carb cleaning video on this mower also.
@@oldkicker8958 My neighbor took the carb off and it ran great for about 3 months and then it would not keep running. So he suggested I try a aftermarket carb which was under $50 and it still acted the same. We finally found out that the gas lines were just mucked up inside and so after replacing the lines it ran perfectly again. I guess the old carb would have been fine but we already put the aftermarket carb on so we kept it on. So far so good.
Thank you for this video! It turns out i"m hosed because the only replacement carbs that are allegedly compatible have the single plug rather than the double. I can't find a compatible carb with the correct plug. Arghhh.
I'm just curious, why does the second gasket, the one on the air intake look like it's not the right one? Starts at 11:48 to 12:31 when you put the air filter box on. I have a sv715-3036 courage and my carb is the one in the middle of the three lined up. It looks like you used the gasket from the middle carb on the carburetor you installed. I only noticed because I'm replacing mine today.
Do you have any recommendations on what to do if you replace the carb and the mower still won’t turn over? The battery is new too, and I’m running out of ideas. Any advice would be appreciated!
I suggest checking that the new carb is getting fuel (unhook fuel line after fuel pump and crank it to make sure fuel is coming out). If it is then I would check valve clearances. Last step would be to check compression and make sure you have atleast 100ftlb when cranking. I have videos on all these topics, good luck!
Not really on these carbs, a lot of the carbs on Amazon run lean and you just have to try different ones. Sometimes when you run the deck it smooths out the engine.
hey Mike id ordered the wrong carb just like you did and went ahead and ordered the Chinese you showed in the video, does it comes with floater as well?
This video was a lot of help, I have the same setup on my Husqvarna but I need to know, the fuel intake is at an angle, is there any way to turn it that so it points down? I really don't want to try and turn it and have it shear off. Is there a way to loosen it? It really pinches the fuel line and it doesn't sit right in my air cleaner housing. Also, do you know where I can find that air filter housing? Thanks for any help on this.
@@terrytanna1939 That will be hard to find unless you have a donor motor. You can run it without one just fine. Just have to clean the air filter more.
Had a leaky breather hose from my fuel pump to the valve cover. Took off the valve cover and gas poured out. Could a faulty carburetor cause this? I changed the fuel pump but haven't hooked up the fuel line yet as I don't want gas filling the engine
Hi Mike, Success!! I installed my first carb despite the annoying fuel tank removal (Kohler Courage 2011 Cub). Even located the tiny black clip-on linkage. Would not have seen it if you had not given a heads-up in your video. Had to put on an extra pair of eyeglasses though. Fuel no longer drains out through air filter and breather hose, BUT engine still runs slow, rough, surges and sputters. If blades are engaged, there is extreme loss of power, then slowly dies. Had to cut one section of lawn before rain started so I kept engine on choke and was able to barely make it through the task. The mower drank up a whole tank of gas instead of 1/3 tank. !$@%&?/!. Can't find fuel leak anywhere and don't notice the smell of escaping gas. Any suggestions about other items I might check. Spark plugs, gas filter, air filter are NEW. Fuel pump runs fine. Engine starts easily. No smoke, plugs dry. I have always had to use Seafoam or Mechanic In A Bottle. The 2011 Kohler engines are hateful. Never been able to get them to work without an additive. Could my new carburetor be a lemon?? Thanks in advance for your advice and Happy Friday the 13th! Wow, come to think of it maybe that's the problem!!!
Haha don’t believe in that Friday the 13th crap. I have been where you are at. First thing I would check is that your throttle cable is adjusted right. There is a little screw that holds the throttle cable make sure that the throttle is pushed out as far as it can at full throttle. Next I would check for air leaks. I have been known to forget to install the carb gaskets with the new carb. You can also spray carb cleaner around the intake gaskets to check, if it bogs down when you spray it that means the gasket is leaking and air is getting in. And yes you could have gotten a bad carb. The China Amazon carbs have gotten much worse over the last couple of years. Seems like half the ones I get don’t work right or leak. It is a crap shoot, if you order a different one just make sure to get one from a different manufacturer. Good luck let me know how it goes.
Just connect it with the female bullet connection. It’s basically the same carb as your original the only difference is the ground and the power are paired on that clip versus the the one you got where the ground is on the top and the power is the single cord on the solenoid. All you gotta do is find the ground wire location and just connect the wire there
What about engine surge in a rzt l 54. Kohler 7000 engine. I replaced the plugs, fuel filter. Oil and oil filter, air filter. Carb was replaced 18 months ago then it sat till last week. Seems the throttle cable / linkage is not controlling the governor properly
Sounds like a carb issue to me, anything that sits for 18 months with fuel in it will get gunked up. Check out my fuel playlist have some Kohler carb videos.
@@MowerMike I took it apart and cleaned what I could. I don’t have an ultrasonic cleaner if that even matters. But it looked very clean. The emulsion tube was the dirtiest part. Just pushed a strand of wire through each hole. But carbs are cheap enough I may just get a brand new one.
@@1927Scavengers The Amazon carbs have gotten really bad over the last couple of years. I find only about 50% actually work the way they should. Good luck
Aye lemme get that one that's wrong for yours! Its a perfect fit for this 26hp V twin Kohler I'm working on lol In the relm of Honda 3 wheelers, Chinese carbs are like AIDS. What I do, I buy the one from Amazon for 20 bucks, I gut it, and rebuild the OEM carb with the parts from China, with the exception of the jets, i clean the originals and reinstall them. Maybe cause they're Japanese or something, they run like garbage with Chinese parts. But not lawnmowers for some reason. They seem to work great hahah
Oh man Honda 3 wheelers are my weak spot. I have a 1986 250ES next to me in the shop right now. I would never replace that original carb with a Chinese ones. On mowers I have had a string of bad luck lately with the Amazon carbs. Is hit or miss.
@@dogsandwich77 An 85 350x is a rare bird. I am going to do a three wheeler video before long, got to change it up after fixing all these dang mowers haha
@@MowerMike i think the 350x was the least produced ATC. Born in '85, died in '86 lol Wish I held on to that one. That bike never gave me one single problem in the 6 years I owned it. They're not too hard to find out here in California, it's the prices that are the hard part. I paid $900 bucks for mine, was pretty ugly, I got it back to glory, and sold it to a guy in Georgia for $3,200. Then ATC proces went insane.
Mower Mike its always great to see your how to vids, we truly enjoy the way you explain everything so easily. Really great shots of the work you were doing also 👌
Thanks. I appreciate you zooming in on the carb attachments
Glad to help
@@MowerMike I also appreciated it. This was very similar to the carb on the Kohler v715 I just did that had a faulty fuel shutoff solenoid - funnily enough I ordered the exact same carb that you got that wouldn't work (the single wire). I waited so long for parts that I couldn't remember exactly what went where so the closeup on the spring for the throttle cable and the little plastic doo-hickies was very helpful. Along with the thick gasket placement and the other two. I couldn't really find a carb diagram/blowout online so this was very helpful indeed.
Great video. Walked me through it, just finished replacing on my SLTX1054. Fired right up. Thanks!
Excellent thanks for the feedback, glad I could help.
The carb that you got that you say is wrong will fit. The reason they list it as the replacement is because it is a non emissions carb and adds mixture adjustment. It will bolt right on. There will be a bullet connector further up on the red wire you can disconnect and connect to the carb solenoid. The black wire gets cut and a Ring terminal gets put on and you ground it to the top of the carb. Just did one a couple days ago.
Wow you know your stuff, thanks for the info.
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How set governor
Thank god you mentioned that I literally just got that carb today and noticed the oem had the the clip connection on the bottom of the bowl and the new version had the single bullet connection with a ground wire on top so I figured it was probably the same setup and just connected the red wire to the bullet connector and grounded the black wire hoping that was the correct way to go because I didn’t feel like returning the carb to wait another week for the identical one. The new one actually fits perfect and seems more advanced than the oem. It looks like it’s got a fuel pump on it as well
@@jonnysnipes3123I got the Carburetor with the 2 separate wires. How did you connect the old green and red wires from the mower with the Chinese Carburetor? I just linked the ground with ground and positive with positive with wire nuts but engine won't start. I'm super embarrassed
This video plus the comments section was far better than anything I could have found online. Brand new “Asian” made carb fixed my surge and gas smell. Killed two birds with one stone and cleaned out a rats nest under the engine cover, left over from the previous owner.
You are winning today!
Do you mind linking to the one you got? The video links show out of stock.
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If you had just showed me your Astros hat at opening I could have given you a thumbs up immediately. Mower people should not keep secrets.
Haha GO STROS! Have been an Astros fan since back in the day watching Nolan as a kid in the Astrodome.
Great video. Just replaced carb on RZT. Thanks.
I gotcha !
Appreciate the easy to follow video. Just wish I could get my freakin' mower to run.
Wouldn't start, so I replaced the carb, fuel pump, both spark plugs and it's still just spinning and not firing up 😢
I would check for spark. I have some videos testing spark plug testers you can check out. If it is getting fire than I would check the valve clearance. If those are good then I would check compression, she maybe just wore out.
Thank you! Was good n a bind with this carb and this did the trick!!
Glad it helped get ya back mowin!
Changed the carb on mine
Thanks for the video it really helped
Glad it helped
I have a similar engine with a 24hp in a cub cadet. I left ethanol fuel in it for over two years and my neighbor came and took out the carb and soaked it. He said the inside of the carb looked like new. New fuel pump and filter also. Ran great for 3 months but now when I start it, it runs great for 45 seconds and then dies like the gas is shut off. I poured some stabil fast fix into the throat and it ran for 3 minutes before it died. Not sure where to go from here but I guess I may be buying a new carb soon!
Take the carb off and clean it. Make sure the carb is getting gas by cleaning out where the float needle is. Sounds like it isn’t getting a steady supply of fuel. I have a great carb cleaning video on this mower also.
Could be the gas cap vent is clogged.
@@oldkicker8958 My neighbor took the carb off and it ran great for about 3 months and then it would not keep running. So he suggested I try a aftermarket carb which was under $50 and it still acted the same. We finally found out that the gas lines were just mucked up inside and so after replacing the lines it ran perfectly again. I guess the old carb would have been fine but we already put the aftermarket carb on so we kept it on. So far so good.
@@Tom-db7bx excellent! Does the aftermarket carb work well? I’m installing one tomorrow. Thx!
@oldkicker8958 Going good for a year now!
Thank you for this video! It turns out i"m hosed because the only replacement carbs that are allegedly compatible have the single plug rather than the double. I can't find a compatible carb with the correct plug. Arghhh.
Just clean the current carb. I have a video on it, these are not hard ones to clean
Apparently it didn't make a difference but you put the second gasket on backward. Did you fix it off camera or did it work anyway?
It worked great
I'm just curious, why does the second gasket, the one on the air intake look like it's not the right one? Starts at 11:48 to 12:31 when you put the air filter box on. I have a sv715-3036 courage and my carb is the one in the middle of the three lined up. It looks like you used the gasket from the middle carb on the carburetor you installed. I only noticed because I'm replacing mine today.
I have no idea. That mower is long gone.
how has the carburetor held up? Great video
Thanks, she is still running good. The float got sticky for a bit. All those Chinese carbs are crappy now
What size socket do I need to remove the airbox. I have tried everything from a 10mm all the way down to a 4mm and I can't make anything fit
Do you have any recommendations on what to do if you replace the carb and the mower still won’t turn over? The battery is new too, and I’m running out of ideas. Any advice would be appreciated!
I suggest checking that the new carb is getting fuel (unhook fuel line after fuel pump and crank it to make sure fuel is coming out). If it is then I would check valve clearances. Last step would be to check compression and make sure you have atleast 100ftlb when cranking.
I have videos on all these topics, good luck!
Is there any adjustment needed once the new carb goes in? My engine surges a bit at low idle and dosnt seem to have enough power at hi throttle
Not really on these carbs, a lot of the carbs on Amazon run lean and you just have to try different ones. Sometimes when you run the deck it smooths out the engine.
hey Mike id ordered the wrong carb just like you did and went ahead and ordered the Chinese you showed in the video, does it comes with floater as well?
I am not sure what you mean by floater?
This video was a lot of help, I have the same setup on my Husqvarna but I need to know, the fuel intake is at an angle, is there any way to turn it that so it points down? I really don't want to try and turn it and have it shear off. Is there a way to loosen it? It really pinches the fuel line and it doesn't sit right in my air cleaner housing. Also, do you know where I can find that air filter housing? Thanks for any help on this.
Get some pliers on it and twist to find out!
@@MowerMike Thanks, no guts no glory I guess. It’s only 30 bucks or so, if it doesn’t work, right? Still no luck on my cleaner housing, either.
@@terrytanna1939 That will be hard to find unless you have a donor motor. You can run it without one just fine. Just have to clean the air filter more.
Thanks, that’s what I’m hearing from all my parts sources on the internet, too. On to plan B.
Had a leaky breather hose from my fuel pump to the valve cover. Took off the valve cover and gas poured out. Could a faulty carburetor cause this? I changed the fuel pump but haven't hooked up the fuel line yet as I don't want gas filling the engine
No sounds I would replace the pump and try again.
Hi Mike, Success!! I installed my first carb despite the annoying fuel tank removal (Kohler Courage 2011 Cub). Even located the tiny black clip-on linkage. Would not have seen it if you had not given a heads-up in your video. Had to put on an extra pair of eyeglasses though. Fuel no longer drains out through air filter and breather hose, BUT engine still runs slow, rough, surges and sputters. If blades are engaged, there is extreme loss of power, then slowly dies. Had to cut one section of lawn before rain started so I kept engine on choke and was able to barely make it through the task. The mower drank up a whole tank of gas instead of 1/3 tank. !$@%&?/!. Can't find fuel leak anywhere and don't notice the smell of escaping gas. Any suggestions about other items I might check. Spark plugs, gas filter, air filter are NEW. Fuel pump runs fine. Engine starts easily. No smoke, plugs dry. I have always had to use Seafoam or Mechanic In A Bottle. The 2011 Kohler engines are hateful. Never been able to get them to work without an additive. Could my new carburetor be a lemon?? Thanks in advance for your advice and Happy Friday the 13th! Wow, come to think of it maybe that's the problem!!!
Haha don’t believe in that Friday the 13th crap. I have been where you are at. First thing I would check is that your throttle cable is adjusted right. There is a little screw that holds the throttle cable make sure that the throttle is pushed out as far as it can at full throttle. Next I would check for air leaks. I have been known to forget to install the carb gaskets with the new carb. You can also spray carb cleaner around the intake gaskets to check, if it bogs down when you spray it that means the gasket is leaking and air is getting in.
And yes you could have gotten a bad carb. The China Amazon carbs have gotten much worse over the last couple of years. Seems like half the ones I get don’t work right or leak. It is a crap shoot, if you order a different one just make sure to get one from a different manufacturer.
Good luck let me know how it goes.
Thanks for the Video 👍
Sure thing glad it helped
I'm going to go grab some whiskey too. Best idea all day.
Haha drinking and working on mowers go very well with each other!
Thanks for sharing,....👍😎✌️
Glad to help ya out
Have carburetor number on it of 3205308 71bzaj, keep seeing number 3285308s. Is this the same unit
Strap it on, I bet it will work.
Is there away to rig the one wire carb up they sent me the wrong one as well ..this one wire on the bottom does it hook to the green
No idear, I just returned mine to get the right one.
The first comment said you can
Just connect it with the female bullet connection. It’s basically the same carb as your original the only difference is the ground and the power are paired on that clip versus the the one you got where the ground is on the top and the power is the single cord on the solenoid. All you gotta do is find the ground wire location and just connect the wire there
Does anyone know of a good aftermarket carb for sv735s kohler 26hp engine? link?
Did you put gasket #2 on backward?
It is sure possible, but whatever I did worked
Thanks!
Hey much appreciated! That means alot to me. I never get tips on here
You rock!
What about engine surge in a rzt l 54. Kohler 7000 engine. I replaced the plugs, fuel filter. Oil and oil filter, air filter. Carb was replaced 18 months ago then it sat till last week. Seems the throttle cable / linkage is not controlling the governor properly
Sounds like a carb issue to me, anything that sits for 18 months with fuel in it will get gunked up. Check out my fuel playlist have some Kohler carb videos.
@@MowerMike I took it apart and cleaned what I could. I don’t have an ultrasonic cleaner if that even matters. But it looked very clean. The emulsion tube was the dirtiest part. Just pushed a strand of wire through each hole. But carbs are cheap enough I may just get a brand new one.
@@1927Scavengers The Amazon carbs have gotten really bad over the last couple of years. I find only about 50% actually work the way they should. Good luck
@@MowerMike so I’m better off with a Kohler or cub branded one.
@@1927Scavengers Ya if you can get one or just one from a real dealer. Check out Chickanics channel, she rebuilds a Kohler carb with a factory kit
I know this was a long time ago but do u still have the single wire carb?
I have no idea, there are links to new ones in the video description.
Did you shoot your compressor?😳
Hahaha had to think on that one for a minute. Good eye, just a sticker. She wouldn’t be much good with a bullet hole in it
What brand of carb do you go with?
There is a link in the video description
What tool removes 2 air box screws
No idea what an air box screw is, you are flying solo on that one.
absolutely i need a new carburetor
Agreed
ROFL Mower Nuts!
Haha glad you got some giggles from it
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Get’Sum!
Aye lemme get that one that's wrong for yours! Its a perfect fit for this 26hp V twin Kohler I'm working on lol
In the relm of Honda 3 wheelers, Chinese carbs are like AIDS. What I do, I buy the one from Amazon for 20 bucks, I gut it, and rebuild the OEM carb with the parts from China, with the exception of the jets, i clean the originals and reinstall them. Maybe cause they're Japanese or something, they run like garbage with Chinese parts.
But not lawnmowers for some reason. They seem to work great hahah
Oh man Honda 3 wheelers are my weak spot. I have a 1986 250ES next to me in the shop right now. I would never replace that original carb with a Chinese ones.
On mowers I have had a string of bad luck lately with the Amazon carbs. Is hit or miss.
@@MowerMike nice! I have a 1984 200S and a 1985 250R. Used to have a '85 350X, but I had to pay the rent lol
@@dogsandwich77 An 85 350x is a rare bird. I am going to do a three wheeler video before long, got to change it up after fixing all these dang mowers haha
@@MowerMike i think the 350x was the least produced ATC. Born in '85, died in '86 lol
Wish I held on to that one. That bike never gave me one single problem in the 6 years I owned it. They're not too hard to find out here in California, it's the prices that are the hard part. I paid $900 bucks for mine, was pretty ugly, I got it back to glory, and sold it to a guy in Georgia for $3,200. Then ATC proces went insane.
@@dogsandwich77 That is awsome. I did the same with a couple of 250ES’s, bought them cheap fixed them and sold for around $2k
I put one of these on my 25 HP Kohler and now it surges horribly
It is probably running to lean. Some of those Amazon carbs are not jetted right. You can try rebuilding the old one.
Where the link to the correct Chinese carb?
It is a crap shoot you will have to find your own just google it
329$ for a carburetor damn that's gold, man are highway robbery.
Just buy a Chinese job on Amazon for like $30.
@MowerMike I did, and I'm about to do a Troy bilt 30-inch stering replacement. Now that sucks so much plastic on those things.
Dude ! Clean your ole nasty air box before reassembling!😆
Haha good eye my man.