Thanks! I wouldn't have been able to do this without your video. Much appreciated!!

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Glad you got it fixed! Glad it helped

really really great. Thank you. simple as I had hoped.

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help

Great video. It helped me with the issue causing a no start

@MowerMike

7 ай бұрын

Cool glad it helped

The valves on my Toro Branco were T15. Other than that, your video was spot on and fixed my problem.

@MowerMike

11 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

Man thank you. Great information and to the point! Exactly what I needed!

@MowerMike

2 жыл бұрын

Hey glad it helped!

@juangonzalez-qg6eh

Жыл бұрын

Yes thanks🎉

Hey just wanted to thank you for the video! My gator was running like a box of rocks. Some other dingle berry posted a video that just wasn’t right and had my engine running absolutely horrible. Followed this one and she purrs like a kitty cat now. No more falling on its face going up hills, no more rough idling! Plus it fires right up. She was giving me a hard time starting before.

@MowerMike

Ай бұрын

Great news. Love the box of rocks analogy.

Thank you for giving me a lesson on how to do that

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Anytime have a lot of other fun lessons on the channel

I was doing it wrong maybe its my age mind needs valve adjustment. Thank you for your video.

@MowerMike

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome

Excellent I was needing the lash measurements.

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Thank you!

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

I gotcha Rickster

Great job Mike. Glad to see somebody else that doesn’t have to every step by “ the book” 🍺

@MowerMike

13 күн бұрын

Haha thanks brother

You just need to open fully the opposite valve. TDC is not required.

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ned

Thanks

@MowerMike

3 ай бұрын

Anytime!

Dude, have missed your posts!

@MowerMike

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t lose faith. Have been busy working a pretty long complex video for next week

Thanks 🙏

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped !

Exactly Rex Notlob 1/4” (6.4mm) past TDC although I still do not know if that is 1/4 in past the Top dead center on the flywheel or on the blunt screw driver down the spark plug hole. I presume that it is the flywheel. FYI the intake valve opens just before the compression stoke. i.e. turn the flywheel over till the inlet valve opens and closes check the piston is coming up on TDC the tappets should be loose.

@MowerMike

2 жыл бұрын

I really don’t think it matters since the push rods are not moving at all at TDC or 1/4 past. But I assume it as a 1/4 stroke of the piston down past TDC

@kevinspencer7083

Жыл бұрын

​@@MowerMike yeah 1/4" on the stroke. That would be the anal thing you talked about. 😂 . Thanks for the video, good job. I'm in Australia and this is my first attempt at adjusting the valves on my Kohler Courage 15. 👍

@ TDC you should move the piston 1/4 of a inch down I like the theory of the card in a pinch .when you have weak spark ? clean the coil and magneto the gap is one business card or 2 playing cards lol or a new belt cardboard slip cover .lmao works all the time . Most people don't know the difference there are 2 top dead centers /If the valves are tight spin it over so you feel the play / then adjust them .as the motor will run not well .

@MowerMike

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rex good suggestion on the coil gap

Thanks, I have this engine and its been a whole bag of problems

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

I can relate but once you get the kinks out they run great. (For a few hours atleast haha)

Yes sir, that piston better be top center before you start digging around. We learn something every video 📹 noce camera angles ✨️

@MowerMike

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hope all is good out there on the road

alright so I have a kohler challenge motor Toro lawn tractor. haha, I am not an engine guy, so I didn't think about the valves. is this why my tractor loses oil? I am getting ready to replace the gasket on it, but I want to make sure that the gasket is the only thing I need to change. If I have to do a valve adjustment, I'm gonna need help. Thanks for the video and the food for thought!

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

It could be a lot of reasons but these engines are known for blown head gaskets. Check out my Kohler head gasket video. No just a valve lash off would not cause it to burn oil. It is either worn out piston rings or a head gasket

@jackdaniels6753

Жыл бұрын

@@MowerMike thanks mike!

Good instruction but I wud emphasize Mike’s point to NOT over-tighten the set screw (with Torx screwdriver). I’m not real strong (a senior) so I tightened it a second time to b sure. Disaster! The bit snapped inside the set screw. It’s very tight and I’ve tapped it, magnets, etc and can’t get it out. I will get a good metal drill bit to try and drill it out. If that direct vibration won’t get it out, I might leave it cuz if that doesn’t get it out, I doubt it will come out. Even if it does, I think it would just lay on the bottom of the valve cover anyway.

Just a word of caution on these Kohler Courage engines... I've twice had one apart and found a rocker arm stud had backed out (enough to unseat the push rod, which then gets bent when it gets caught against the back of the pushrod guide plate on a tappet upstroke). I'm replacing a pushrod on my 2010 SLTX1050 right now that suffered this issue. Now whenever I adjust valve lash on one of these engines, I remove the rocker arm studs, clean the threads, apply a little Loctite thread locker (high temperature blue, or orange) and torque them a little bit above spec. Then I let it sit for a day for the thread locker to cure. In the case of my SLTX1050, I had never adjusted the lash, so this happened without any post-factory work. But the other one I worked on... the owner had adjusted the valve lash. I think one of the causes is loosening the rocker adjuster nut without first loosening the Torx jam nut, which has the potential to break the stud loose from the head. I believe Kohler issues a service bulletin on this issue for some of the Courage engines, with a new torque spec for the rocker studs. Regardless, something to be aware of when adjusting valve lash. At a minimum, retorque the rocker arm studs.

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Great advice thanks for the comment

@RickyShew

Ай бұрын

That's not a kohler courage.. kohler courage are single cylinder

@garylittle8985

27 күн бұрын

​@RickyShew yes it was. Courage was made in both single and twin cylinder..

So, do you adjust all four lashes with this piston side TTC

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

There should just be two valves per cylinder. So adjust one side with that piston in TDC and then set the other piston to TDC and set that side.

Valve cover is it just the 4 bolts or is it connected to the heat shroud

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Just 4 bolts, you got this

Standard aluminum roof flashing is about .004" which is the middle range for these engines. A package of feeler gauges is cheap though. Better use feeler gauges.

@MowerMike

4 ай бұрын

Dang I like the suggestion.

We were getting surging and so on. Before I had chance to look at anything (like fuel filter etc) it fully quit and will not start. Occasionally it nearly catches but does not fire up. Found a cracked valve cover and under that I found a rocker had slipped off the spring perch and sat diagonal in the valley. I can manage it back onto the perch (but failed to think about TDC, will when I get back to it) but it just pops off just as easily. I have not tried to start it since finding this, or after realigning. And I have not had chance to investigate bent pushrod yet. With this lash set properly will the rocker come off the perch? Is there some other obvious failure that this indicates? I have not had the lash checked in at least 2 years, maybe more if the shadetree kid who did some work didn't look at this.

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

It will if the push rod is bent or the bolt holding the rocker arm is loose. Just take off the rocket arm and pull out the push rod and see. You got this

@TomwithaDream

Жыл бұрын

@@MowerMike I only did minutes of looking once I pulled the cover and saw the cocked rocker. Got diverted to some dirt work that was explained to me as being more important. And then a week of work. I think the rocker nuts were tight but I've been "researching" valve lash and getting TDC (the correct one) so I can hit it Friday. Thanks for the feedback and video.

I have a kohler sv720s and it’s missing compression in one cylinder, any ideas? Also did you get that free bbq?

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

I suggest pulling the valve cover and checking the valves first. Then maybe do a leak down test and find if you blew a head gasket. Got a couple of videos below for ya. kzread.info/dash/bejne/e6l_zs6mhqqacqw.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/anuKs8x6csytk8Y.html And yep had to fix the owners golf cart but got some free BBQ!

@Jacob..Springer

Жыл бұрын

@@MowerMike thank you

Is this why my rip cord is snapping back after building compression? It feels like the engine builds too much pressure and the cord pulls out of my hand... my guess is there's now relief in the exhaust value... but idk

@MowerMike

Ай бұрын

Hmmm could be. Usually when that happens something is causing the timing to be off

Just opened my valves case for a head gasket job, valves only have on bolt in the center , no inner hole for a inner lock , how do I adjust a single screw valve?

@MowerMike

3 ай бұрын

I have no idea. Good luck

@mrorganic13

3 ай бұрын

@@MowerMike hydraulic lifters, unadjustable apparently

Commercial printer here for 35+/- years... there is NO standard thickness for cards. Don't use a business card. Also depending on your model engine, they do have replacement valve covers that use o-rings so no gasket.

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

I can’t argue that point, thanks for the comment

@bobtosi9346

Жыл бұрын

@mowermike where can I get the valve lash specs for a cub cadet st100?

Also make sure the engine is ice cold. Never do this when the engine has any possibility of being warm from running. I may have missed you saying it so i thought I'd comment.

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Exclamation point, I didn’t know that. Pure amateur here lol

So the intake and exhaust valve lash are the same.005?

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Ish’

@Surroundedbyevil368

Жыл бұрын

@@MowerMike Rodger that thanks.

I have a 18 hp kohler courage started cranking really slow and starter getting hot won’t spin fast enough to start not sure what’s going on with it

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Check the starter solenoid and ck the connection

@juicetv3476

Ай бұрын

Did you ever find out the problem

My Kohler Courage SV 730, 25 Hp uses a T-40 and a 13 mm to do this adjustment.

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill for the info!

I'd like to see what the square plug of wires goes to from the engine must go to something john deere doesn't have

@MowerMike

2 ай бұрын

Find the square hole and plug it in.

@Mike-su8si

2 ай бұрын

@@MowerMike there's none on this John deere cause the engine didn't go to the mower its a zero turn John deere tractor mower the original engine was a 18hp is all the guy said

My Kohler courage 22 keeps spraying fuel out the bottom of the right side piston. Can somebody please explain to me what has happened? I can’t seem to find anything on google. Just FYI I have very meticulously always kept up with my maintenance so I don’t understand why I could have some type of internal failure???? Any comments welcome thank you. Also I have checked and I’ve got compression on both sides. And when I can actually actually seem to get it running, it seems like about the time it warms up it wants to shut down.

@MowerMike

4 күн бұрын

My guess is the head gasket is bad. Can always do a leak down check and see where the air hises out. I show how to do it on my mower smoking video. Good luck

@tomhopkins4168

4 күн бұрын

@@MowerMike ok I will look in to that and I’ll post when I can. you thank you I appreciate you taking time to respond.

So that is the exhaust valve? The intake valves don't need checked? Mine took forever to start, got worse and worse. Then while running, put at idle and it died, turns over never fired up again.

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

You should check both if you remove the valve cover

@DucksSpitPPG

Жыл бұрын

@MowerMike intake is the same clearance? Its a 16hp Kohler courage

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

@@DucksSpitPPG Ya you can use the same, google it if you want the exact number.

I just paid someone to adjust the valves on my Toro zero turn and within 2 weeks it is difficult to start Doing the same thing again. What do you think?? Is there a point where they aren't adjustable??

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

I would adjust them again but pull your pushrods and make sure they are not bent.

@barbershop7277

Жыл бұрын

@@MowerMike ok thanks

Where did you find the specs? I have a Kohler KT730. Is it .005 for all of them? I’m having a hard time finding anything to tell me the valve lash specs for Kohler engines. Any help is appreciated.

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

I just google the engine model and find a manual. .005 will get ya close enough

@markaluia2943

Жыл бұрын

@@MowerMike thanks for replying. Great video

@4:10... "Living in the meth house in woods, can't get amazon delivered"... WTH Mike 🤣

@MowerMike

2 жыл бұрын

Haha you know eventually someone in that situation is going to be watching that video and freak out laughing.

Wa Yea

How many hours should I do this ? Thanks

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think it is a maintenance item, I just check them if the engine isn’t running right.

@tracyportersr

9 ай бұрын

Kohler engine manual suggests adjusting the valve lashes every 200 hours.

Is the engine hot or cold?

@MowerMike

18 күн бұрын

I always adjust them when they are cold.

Koehler 7000 when I push the pedal to raise the deck, the engine wants to die zt1 cub cadet 54 inch

@MowerMike

2 жыл бұрын

??? Is that a question

@mikemcelwain

2 жыл бұрын

Yes doesn’t matter if mower deck is running or not, when I push the deck lift pedal the engine starts to die?

@MowerMike

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikemcelwain I have no idea sounds like something is rubbing. I would pull the deck make sure all the bearings are good and make sure nothing is hitting under the mower between the deck and the frame.

@mikemcelwain

2 жыл бұрын

@@MowerMike my brother in law has the exact same mower zt1 cub cadet 54 inch, we both have lost weight and his was doing the same thing. because when you push the pedal lift our butts trigger the sit safety switch,guess we need to eat more burgers 🍔

@MowerMike

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikemcelwain Now that is funny!

Do this on a cold engine.

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

Good advice but your profile picture is a bit scary, maybe time to start using some sunscreen on.

Most business cards are 0.10" thick. Kohler calls for .005-.007 inch clearance.

@MowerMike

3 ай бұрын

Those must be some nice business cards! ;)

@chrisstlaurent

16 күн бұрын

Lol. Business cards are not .100", more like .010" and under

Lets see your wiring on that so i can see how to hook it up on this john deere zero turn with the steering wheel instead of handle bars i don't like this john deere i got might take off its weird steering wheel and front axle then no more swivel wheels

@MowerMike

Ай бұрын

That mower is long gone, good luck

@Mike-su8si

Ай бұрын

@@MowerMike i looked up Kohlers wiring colors and i should be set with that but mine are all fucked up

That's a rare Kohler motor. I belive most of the twin Kohlers have hydraulic lifters

@MowerMike

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm never seen one with hydro lifters.

@strawboss59

2 жыл бұрын

The Kohler Command twins have hydraulic lifters, the Courage twins have solid lifters.

@Jacob..Springer

Жыл бұрын

I have a kohler sv720s is it rare?

@KILLER1PIE

9 ай бұрын

@@Jacob..SpringerI don’t think so, that’s what I got

@Jacob..Springer

9 ай бұрын

@@KILLER1PIE that was almost a year ago.

Hydraulic u still need adjustment sorry

Will this procedure work for a kohler cv732 ? Or do they use hydraulic lifters ? I need a response soon , thx

@MowerMike

11 ай бұрын

No idea just have to try lol

Sorry to tell you but you are WRONG!

@MowerMike

Жыл бұрын

It’s ok, people tell me that all the time.

@tracyportersr

9 ай бұрын

Can you be a little more vague? I mean that was almost a 6 minute video.

This link is not for a Courage 19 motor, but somehow the fucking algorithm keeps bring me back here.. KZread is garbage.

@MowerMike

3 ай бұрын

I think it is your subconscious bringing you back, I have you hooked with my hilarious jokes and my gooddddd looks lol. R

Do yourself a favor and never use a business card to adjust your valves. Unless you like doing it wrong.