A fine spray comes out of the carb intake when I engage the pto for the mowing deck, and the engine bogs down like it is flooding. It appears to flood when the governor kicks in.
It runs fine just sitting. Drove it around a little, and it runs fine. Engage the deck, and it bogs down and sprays.
I have not had the head off, since that would create another cost increase along with more hours of labor. The hour meter lens is messed up, so I do not know how many hours are on it.
I have already spent 30+ hours working on it, along with a parts cost of $481.97. I even used as many good used parts as possible, to keep the cost to a minimum. I am ready to be finished with this project.
It started out as an "I can get it running for you" statement for a friend. It's turning into a many hours, and lots of money nightmare!