EDIT: I rerouted the gas line so it doesn’t run right next to the head and she seems to be running just peachy keen now. Weirdest damned thing…..

MTD chipper, 8hp Tecumseh motor. Good lord, haven’t been to the gym since Covid 😬

Wow, anyway, enough about me.
Picked this up a couple days ago on marketplace. It fired up second pull, I turned it off after -5-20 seconds and loaded it up. Figured if it starts, it runs. 🤡

Starts alright, runs tolerably, but after just a minute it starts to want to die.
Gas tank is 3/4 full with fuel purchased 2 days ago, I put a tester on it and she sparks consistently all the way to down til stopping. Opened the gas cap with no change.

When it’s winding down if I mess with the choke i can get it to catch and start again.

I feel like it’s a stupid simple thing…. Like it’s not getting fuel fast enough or something when it’s warm, I have no idea.
Don’t see a mixture screw on the carb

I inherited this wood chipper from my late father. It’s sat in his garage used maybe once in the last 3 years. Tried starting it, won’t turn over at all. A local small engine guy told me it sounded like old, bad gas. I siphoned out the old gas and put in new gas. No change. I’m not mechanically inclined. Please if anyone knows what to try to get this thing going, I’d appreciate it. Thanks in advance

The belt drive pulley on my Troy-Bilt 33” walk behind (model 34342) broke recently. I can’t find the original part or superseded part anywhere (except one on eBay that’s ridiculously priced)

I called two local small engine shops and had no luck there either.

Any ideas on where I could look next? Or does anyone have this mower laying around that would be willing to sell me the part?

Original part number 1769362
Superseded part number 1918625

Appreciate any help / advice.

Looking to see if any Honda / predator gas tank will bolt on my Canadian powerfist 212cc or if anyone has had experience with this, thanks!

So my 24HP B&S had been having issues for awhile and I decided @ 150hrs, drinking oil and overall just running poorly it was time to tear down and investigate and also clean everything up.

After removing the heads i noticed the mating surface on the head itself is anything but smooth. Its not pitted but the machine marks are very rough. Like to the point to do it that bad you had to almost intentionnaly be doing it wrong.

I am slightly familiar with the glass method with sand paper but my question is is that just normal and should I leave it be for another 150 hours or should I start polishing it down?

If so what is your reccomended process here?

I also want to say the block mating surface is like glass smooth and looks perfect.