Honda mower engine setting guide?

[chelydra]

My HRM 215 K4SDA ran great for years. Then somehow a stick jammed in under the carb, bending the stiff wire choke linkage. Since I reassembled it, it's been almost impossible to start and has little power.

I think I need to re-adjust all the mixture/idle screws, cable tension, etc. Dealer is gone, and there isn't another close by. Is there an affordable repair manual that addresses this level of detail, or do repair experts just know all this from experience?

I think this mower has many years left in it, and am willing to do some work to bring it back into shape.

Thanks in advance for any advice. I may just play with it for a while (hard to damage a Honda engine), and then find a local small-engine fixit person if need be.

-Chelydra

 

[RandyT]

Its been my experience that the manuals are good for torque specs and other engine specs but most of the knowledge to repair something comes from just doing it, and learning from your mistakes. The dealer manuals give you disassembly and reassembly and troubleshooting to the basic level but not enough information that a non mechanically minded person could fix anything by just reading the manual.

 

[chelydra]

... I may just play with it for a while (hard to damage a Honda engine), and then find a local small-engine fixit person if need be.
-Chelydra

Well, took it apart and put it back together without a guide, just guessing on settings. Started on first pull and seems to run at least as well as when new - maybe better. What an amazingly tolerant engine!

Always like happy endings.

 

[Shmudda]

Thats a Honda for ya!