Hi all New to the forum, thanks for having me . I have a greenfield ride on that will just not start, I have replaced carburettor, starter motor, spark plug, solenoid, battery and all she does is just turn over but will not ignite. Any thoughts guys ? Thank you in advance Mat
Have you tried a squirt of starter fluid, that will always give you an indication that it is going to fire. If not then you will have to really start digging into the motor. What motor is it?
Valves adjustment is under the valve cover on the front of the motor, you will have to wind the motor over by hand to find compression stroke and once at TDC both rockers should be free moving.This is for pushrod motors, but this motor may be over head cam and that is different again
I just came past my big job I will never put off again, those valves. you will need a torque wrench if you are going to take the cylinder head off and lap them. huge learning curve and effort on my part, but I am very happy to have done it. I have a couple of recent threads here on all that, plus some yotube links. this new one I saw today was a little more helpful.
I was going to get around to it, but I have a couple of digital endoscopes. I was going to sneak one in through the muffler outlet (after taking the muffler off) to have a look in there.
Well guys she’s up and running 🥳 there were a number of things up with it, my armature was shot, my carburettor was rusted on the inside, fuel had water in it and also my valves were slightly out Many thank guys for all your help,
Now my last thing to do is to replace the cork as it some times sticks in forward or reverse
Hi Mat Good to hear you got it sorted and yes rideon at this level do require constant maintenance. I have a mate who bought a big zero turn quite a few years ago now and the only thing he does to it is put fuel in it, he might have changed the oil once or twice but I know when he bought it it cost him a bucket of money so you pay for it one way or another.
