Today we took the 610 out of the shop to see if she would run. Turned the key and it just clicked. The fuel solenoid wasnt engaging so we took it off and it was stuck off. In doing this the gasket for the carb bowl came off and shrunk, so we had to go pick up a new one :mur: ($3.50). Went back and also found out I got the wrong battery as it didnt have the power to start the 15 hp engine. :mur: It was an 18P vs/ a 30. We did get it started by jumping it but I don't want that to be an every day thing. So we go down to the hardware store to return the new battery that was too small and they wouldn't take it,:mur: they would give me $5 as a core charge for a brand new $40 battery so i kept it and still got the 30P for $55. They said because the warranty had already started and was marked on the battery they would not take it back. :mur: So we finally got back and started it up. Ran really rough. Since we don't have a muffler for it yet that thing ran LOUD. :laughing: So we took the carb off and used the air compressor to clean it out. Stuck it back on there, made a few adjustments and it runs great! :thumbsup: Now that it runs, the next item of business is the transmission. I put it into gear and the gears all worked backwards! I had 1 forward and 3 reverse. :mur::laughing: So we looked underneath and the belt was twisted.:mur::laughing: But we got it on right and the gears worked okay. The brakes didnt work very well, neither did the clutch. Then it wouldn't go into gear, it just ground the gears. So we pulled it back and tried to adjust the brakes and clutch. Now the brakes only work in neutral and the clutch is working a little better although we haven't tested it. after all this we called it a day. Hopefully we can get it working right tomorrow. :thumbsup:
Total so far:
Gasket $3.50
New 30P battery $55
other battery $40
engine $120
battery cables $20
Total: $238.50