Good job stopping their engines! First

did you find any of the plastic pieces that were broken off in the motor? great video

Not sure if this is my fix? My kawasaki FS65V1 gets hot, and the throttle lever backs off losing RPMS....constantly pushing throttle up....any ideas or thoughts would be welcomed! Thanks

Starting fluid kills them faster than any other spray I found it's because it contains ether and the nerves in their exoskeleton get completely dried shut on contact

My cat does that too grandpa. I have a storage box for a litter box and it works!

Well done! Thanks for sharing. Working on this engine will test your patience and build a lot of character. All the best!

Thank you for posting this. pretty sure this just happened to my FH721v. Don't let the shit poster get to you about the oil. He has never posted anything and you've helped thousands with this video!

This is exactly what i was looking for. Thanks for the video.

Volume to low Sir

old video but i have one of these engines for sale,sounds great,only runs on choke,dirty carb,no muffler,500 bucks

Do yourself a favor get rid of the frame oil filters They suck horrible filters

Disregard question from other vid

So I’ve got a 721 tore down for a rebuild, I have not taken out the cam but I did remove the pushrods for piston access. What’s the symptom of the governor going out? Uncontrolled overrev? I understand there is a decompression release armature on back of cam gear but since I’m really just trying to replace top end I don’t think I need to go in that deep unless I’m mistaken. What prompted my repair was oil leak but not the governor seal, Best we can tell it’s the PCV getting clogged issue. Have replaced the PCV gasket for updated style, am hoping that ceased higher than normal crankcase pressures and new gaskets will seal the deal. Top end is getting swapped just cause I’m already here and blow by could be cause of my issue as well.

Just started having the same problem on Kawasaki Fr691v Toro. It’s over revving high I did have an oil leak by the governor shaft seal and replaced it but it’s still revving to high.. thanks for the video 👍🏼 I think I’m going to check the internal for a broken governor then

I've found, after 50+ years, of working on motorcycles, cars, trucks, tractors, mowers and a little bit of everything else, that it's far easier to drain the crankcase oil into a pan/bucket/container, than to have to get it up off the floor. Christ, what a mess.

Hi John, Yeah, it's easy enough to make that mistake. That's why I left my missteps in the video. So, your cam followers dropped out. I'm trying to remember what I did. First, go ahead and pull the cam out, and collect the followers. The pushrods may fall through too. Take your valve covers off, pull the pushrods out. Rotate the engine, so gravity is working for you. Put the followers back in position. I was fortunate enough, that my timing marks, were aligned, when I pulled the cam. If yours are off, you'll have to rotate the crank, bringing the pistons to top dead center. Align your marks, and slide the cam back in place. Go ahead, and replace your governor, and put the oil pan, or lower crankcase back on. Once you have that on, you can go back to the valves. Loosen the valve adjusters, and back the adjuster screws out. You can put the pushrods back in, and take the slack up with the adjusters. Look up what the valve lash is. I forget, and don't want to give you the wrong info. Then adjust the valves. You should be back in business.

Al- I did the same thing. The little nubs were broken off of the plastic governor plate that holds the steel balls, and When I was trying to get the second snap ring off to remove it, I pulled the cam out a little and heard parts start falling (the followers or tappets or whatever). Can you explain how to get them back in.....i think you said remove the pushrods which would mean a valve job at least I think. Thanks in advance for your help. -John (great videos by the way, very helpful)

I have a zero turn in my shop with this engine. It was surging and RPMs go too high when you throttle up. It runs fine if you keep the throttle about midway. Does this sound like the governor is bad like in your video? If the governor is bad wouldn’t it race at high RPM at any throttle level?

Thanks Garden Fork. Sorry, I haven't looked at this, and didn't realize I had a comment. A friend of mine, has an interesting contraption. He has a barrel a with a small pump attached. The volume doesn't make much difference, but his develops around 60 psi. He dumps his sap, into the barrel, the pump boosts the pressure, and runs the sap, through a reverse osmosis filter. The pure filtered water, he just dumps. The "dirty water", gets recycled into the barrel. He can remove, around 75%, of the water, from the sap. Then he boils it down. Big time saver.

Before I get a bunch of PC whiners, complaining about my "Kraut" comment. I have German heritage. When I was younger, our driveway looked like the poster child for Krupp Steel. I'm trying to "save face". Mainly YOUR face, if you hook up the cables to this.

Kinda like Grant took Richmond... :)

excellent. 'use what you got' is my mantra. like how you just re-purposed a propane grill to make maple syrup. thx!

Extremely nice replication! Many need a heater. But not glowing hot on the outside. Think I'll throw in some layers of random bricks to add thermal mass/retain more heat.

HAHAHAH! 10 Bux! Awesome! That's great. That's a good size shed your heating up there and your certainly not in the warmest place so good to see it's working so well. The other interesting thing is that you are firing the air directly down. Last time I tried that I couldn't get it to work so I'll have to have another go and see if I can do better this time. I was also thingint of capping the end of the pipe and drilling some holes around it radialy. Not sure what the benifit would be, just something to try and see. Great vid mate. Glad to see this Idea put to practical application and working at keeping someone warm.