Posted by Bob on February 08, 2019 at 10:16:32 from (64.255.159.199):
In Reply to: JD212 running problem posted by fsu1325 on February 08, 2019 at 07:58:50:
As several others have suggested, gas flow MAY be restricted by debris or ice.
There's a screen on the top of the fuel valve under the gas tank, protruding up into the tank.
They rarely give trouble unless some "bad" or dirty gas has been used.
Also, there's a mechanical fuelpump on the engine, and they occasionally fail.
Another possibility would be that the airfilter is packed with snow, or the paper element is soaked with water that's frozen.
Check for spark with a spark-gap type tester. Only if spark is intermittent or very weak should you mess with the breaker points, especially if not experienced with them.
On this engine, varying the point gap is used to set spark timing, and for proper, efficient operation the timing needs to be checked with a timing light and the point gap tweaked, as needed.
Below is a link to the official shop manual for your Kohler K321 engine, at the Kohler website.
You can download it for FREE (in .pdf format), save it, and view and print specific pages, as needed.
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