re: Small Engine Mechanics of the OT

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the rock was brown and the size of a golf ball

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Was the crankshaft made out of play-doh?

Just admit you weren't looking and hit a sewer cap.

You have to come back and tell us what you found. I have a couple of down voters who need to be told to suck it.

Its like a $300 mower. Just buy a new one

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Well, I'm fairly old, but Briggs engines had a cam that worked on a gear on the crank. If you didn't line up the dot on the cam with the dot on the crank, you most certainly had a timing issue. A valve timing issue more precisely. Still a timing issue.

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You were right with this post. The Honda GX160 commercial grade engines have a dot on both crank and cam gear you line up like the Briggs. The Honda GVC160 consumer grade engines use the timing belt like the OP has.

Obviously, 300 bucks won’t even buy a hooker and blow for the average OT baller’s routine Friday night, but some folks like myself have a problem with sticking 3 bills in the dumpster. Some folks like myself like working on stuff, figuring out the problem, and fixing it. Some folks won’t be totally fricked, robbed, mugged, raped, and killed when their car takes a shite on them on some lonely road.

Can’t hurt, making yourself more resourceful, can it?

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It is belt-driven with a little crank. I matched the notches up on the rod clamp and the crank just as they were before.

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He's got a timing problem if the only thing he lined up was the rod cap.

If he can get the timing marks all lined up it should run. If it runs shitty I would look closely at the governor and spring re-installation. Props to the guy for tearing into it and trying to fix it.

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Chuker

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You seem like a lot of fun.

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So when do we get the verdict?

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Current status

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Weadjust

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If I didn’t have a spare mower, that would indeed be the case