The problem with Tecumseh on Troy-bilt was that the engine is usually running at a pretty steep angle when tilling, and if you don't watch the oil level, you can have oil starvation problems. I had one in the '70's, traded it to my dad for some work he did- he didn't watch the oil level, and eventually fried it. I bought a Troy with Kohler, its been fine, but then took in a BCS tiller last winter- used it this spring for the garden, and the Troy is going on Craig's list.
Bought a Miller welder/generator at an auction with a Tecumseh- checked the oil, it looked OK. It was electric start with no battery, so couldn't check compression. Which turned out to be zero. Took it apart, and someone had apparently thrown a rod- piston and rod were missing, crank looked OK. Underside of head all chewed up. The guy had gone to the trouble of taking the offending parts out, then put it back together (with gasket) and put in used oil to the proper level. Don't you just love auctions?
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Today's Featured Article - Tractor Traction - by Chris Pratt. Our first bout with traction problems came when cultivatin with our Massey-Harris Pony. Up till then, this tractor had been running a corn grinder and pulling a trailer. It had new unfilled rear tires and no wheel weights. The garden was already sprouting when we hooked up the mid-mount shovel cultivators to the Pony. The seed bed was soft enough that the rear end would spin and slowly work its way to the downhill side of the gardens slight incline. From this, we learned our lesson sinc
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