Cylinder Head Gasket

I removed the cylinder head to find a worn out head gasket. I cleaned the areas where the gasket sits, then installed the new gasket. No more smoke !

Fortunately, found a "How To" step by step instruction site on YouTube. Wrote down and closely followed each step. I'd never done a "head gasket" replacement and was pleasantly surprised with the out-come. A tractor I thought was lost, has now been revived and is purring like a kitten.

Glad you guys were there with all the proper parts I needed!

1. Removed the head.
2. Scraped the remainings of the old gasket.
3. Replaced the head gasket.
4. Reassembled and tested.

Removed hood & housing.
Removed spark plug (was oil fouled) and valve cover. Checked to verify cam driving valves OK.
Compressed valve springs and rotated rocker arms off push rods; checked push rods not bent.
Removed Intake, exhaust, and head. Saw head gasket blown from cylinder to valve panel
Scraped clean the head, block, & manifold faces.
Reinstalled head with new gasket and torqued bolts to first 150 then 250 in lbs.
Reinstalled push rods and compressed valve springs to re position rocker arms.
Replaced exhaust, intake, and valve cover with new gaskets.
Installed new spark plug, and re attached housing. (left the hood off for first mowing - no oil leaks.)
Mowed yard (1.5 hrs), no smoke, no oil leaks, no valve lash; installed hood.

1. Remove last part of the push rod and checked the valve tappet for defects, cleaned old head gasket off and installed the new gasket
2. Set the exhaust and intake valves push rods in place
3. Adjusted the valve clearances to B&S spec's
4. Installed new valve gasket after cleaning off the old valve cover gasket
5. Started the engine with success

1. Performed compression check.
2. Disassembled the engine shrouding
3. Unbolted and removed the cyl head
4. Serviced the valves, seats. Cleaned the carbon from the intake chamber. Inspected all internal engine parts above the piston
5. Installed the new head gasket and torqued the headbolts to 220 in. lbs in 3 stages.
6. Adjusted the valves/rocker arms.
7. Re-assembled the motor shrouding
8. Started the motor

Took shroud off, removed muffler, removed carburetor, removed valve cover, removed spark plug, removed head, cleaned all surfaces, installed new gasket, replaced head, Tightened head bolts to spec, adjusted valves, replaced vavle cover, replaced spark plug, lnstall muffler and carburetor, install shroud and fired it up

After repairs were made, replaced the engine on the frame, started the engine and it ran too fast, and the counterbalance broke again. I found that the governor had moved when I replaced the sump cover. The sump cover had hit the governor and dislocated it. I'm still in the process of attempting to make repairs.

Pulled cylinder head gasket. Cleaned surface and installed new gasket.
Watch a you tube video it will help with repair.
Clean all dirt off and around engine.

Remove head found gasket to be blown between push rods and cylinder clean area replace gasket and bolts and torque to spec


*** bolts should be recommended when doing this repair as my old ones where found to be cracked at the top of the threads and would have snapped upon torquing