ALWAYS use non ethanol premium fuel in your small engines!

The best carburetor video on KZfaq. Hands down! I’ve watched them ALL! Was skeptical after leaving the “big name” KZfaqrs to seek such a video.

Excellent Video. Finally someone showing EACH step, explaining EACH step, it's the reason we watch them.

The most common demons of small engines are dirty carbs, filters and ethanol! As many have said, excellent video and instructions. Your humble and straightforward approach makes your channel a great one. Subscribed.

I just want to encourage everyone to listen to what this man says about carb jet removal and using the correct tool and exercising care. I got jet #1 out, but #2 wasn't right and I ended up stripping the jet slots. In the end, the carb is totally ruined due to one stupid move by yours truly.

You always show (and explain) the details of what you're doing. I makes a big difference. Your videos are always helpful and thoroughly informative. Thanks DonyBoy

Great video! Clear, concise with excellent camera work. My tractor had the same issues, surging and no power. Run for a couple minutes and stall. I was using regular gas in it and i think that gunked it up. I tried that "mechanic in a bottle" stuff and it helped a bit but it was still stalling and had no power. Cleaned the carb as you showed and viola runs like a top now! Thanks so much!

Excellent video with great close up photography. Thank you

Great video! Thnks for taking time to share your expertise! Very educational and thorough carb clean with great camera work! now I can clean my carb with confidence!!! Thanks again!!!!!!

Wow. Great video. I didn't even come here to watch this because I was cleaning my carburetor. I had bought a new carburetor and I didn't know how to adjust the screws or where to put the 2 rods. That hook up to it or anything, and you literally answer all my questions just from this one v.ideo Plus you explained everything nice and slow and thoroughly. Perfect video.

it needed cleaned but governor spring was broken and more than likely causing the surging great vid !!

When watching your videos the word "thorough" comes to mind! Great job!

Thank you for this video. My tractor was leaking out fuel from the carburetor and was idling rough. I cleaned it out just like you did and it fixed leak,idle. One of the Jets was clogged. Thank you for saving me some$$.

Great job! Such a calm and measured delivery of the information. I learned a lot🤓

This video was a life saver. My issue was the fuel pump not spraying fuel. There was a crack in my vacuum hose to the fuel pump. Thanks Don!

Thanks for a thorough explanation on the Kawasaki carb.I really like mine on my 160H JD. Probably the best engine ever made for these small tractors. Tougher than nails. They use less gas than the Kohler's and Briggs.

Britt's talk funny but they seem to get their points across. Great fun listening to them on this side of the pond.

Great video. In mine the 2 small jets inside the carb have different size holes so be aware of which one comes from which side. If you reverse them the engine will not run properly.

Smashing, made a world of a difference :-D. Ive found even if a carb seems spotless it can still be faulty, ive given such carbs a clean and they work fine again, touchy devices.

Great video as always Don. I had to clean an identical carb recently, it was also on a John Deere but the engine was a water cooled Briggs v-twin. I did everything you did plus the slow running jet as well and it ran perfectly afterwards.

Wow! Exactly the issue I have. Can’t wait to dive in and fix mine. Great video!

This is an amazing video, THANK YOU, this is exactly the detail, viewing, and explanation that a GREAT VIDEO should contain!

Good job Don. You are always very informative and great video work. You, Bruce Pender and Doublewide6 are my to go to guys when stumped on something. I also recommend your channel to others. Thanks again my friend.- Ray.

Wonderful, informative, easy to follow video. I followed every step with the same model John Deere 175 last Spring and it ran much better. This Fall it is giving me problems so I plan to clean the carb again just as Donyboy has shown. Thank you so much for this video!

I am glad to see this video and glad you showed us how to clean the carburetor and reassemble it on the mower. Thanks for sharing this with us and I will remember it for possible work I will have to do on one of my mowers.

Thanks for making this video

Woah, Just the video I need. I'm fixing my dad's Commercial Kawasaki 6Hp push Snapper and I need to repeat these steps too. Although it's a bit different, I have a problem that the engine is surging and I have not thoroughly cleaned the carburetor. Thanks DonBoy!

Damn, you are good, you explained everything clearly, I need a neighbor like you. Hopefully when I do that to my John Deere, I won't have extra parts left over, lol

Just picked up a John Deere 240 today with 46 inch cut the has this exact engine and has this same Kawi engine. Awesome video everything I need to follow to get this all cleaned up

It was great timing for me on this video as I just acquired a jd lx176. Thanks for sharing.

Great vid. Have exact problem with my 112L. 1984 oldie but goodie. Going to give this a try. Excellent teacher. Thank you for your efforts!

Thanks a ton for the detail in this video! Saved me a 300 service call to fix a clogged carburetor!!

Thank you for posting! Your description was very thorough and complete.

Very, very good and thorough. I'm recently new to your videos, and you are very clear in your presentations and steps to getting the job done, not to mention the great camera work which makes your videos easy to watch and enjoyable. Thank you.

Having this problem with my JD X380. Its still under warranty, so will have dealer look at it. Thanks for the video. Did a great job explaining and good camera work.

This is one of the best made "how to" videos I've seen, great camera work especially, Thank you.

I really appreciate your videos. They're very informative and helpful.

One of the best instructional video's I've ever seen. Great Job. Thank You

This help me a lot. Great job with details. Thumbs up. Mr. wArren

Thanks for the tip. I've done all the troubleshooting, now all I have to do is take that carb off and give it a cleaning.

my favorite jet cleaner is a oxy/acet torch tip cleaner.

Thanks for the video!! I have an old 160 that is a little different but was able to use your video to get it running again like new.

Great job Donny, my issue is you using the torch cleaning tips in the bore of a flow rated jet. Wen you do you are putting fine scratches in the metering jets, changing the flow rate, The bores are flow rated to the carburetor and when you get in to multiple cylinder machines you do not want to disturb those flow ratings. i always used copper wire to do this, (very find strand)whether it was twisting up several strands or using one strand to clear the bore. Use the copper wire in long strands twisted to saw back and forth through the metering jet. Copper is softer than brass.Experience with a lot of motorcycles.

Thanks for a very detailed video I did this to my mower and it work great

Great explanations of each and every step, thanks

Awesome camera work

Excellent job on this video. Good pace, good info, good camera work. Thank you.

Excellent explanation and great clear video! Thanks

Brilliant thanks Don. That help repair my mower.

Wow! One of the best how-to videos I've seen.

I've watched this video before, but I must have forgotten the two jets inside the choke valve area. Sneaky little devils. Great information as usual.

Excellent video tutorial donyboy 73, thank you

I really appreciate your video.. I thought my old Hydro175 was history, until I saw your video. Thanks.

Thanks Don! Excellent video as always!

Great video! My biggest problem is I'll disassemble for cleaning and not find any smoking gun!

thank you

An excellent teacher. Thanks.

Good video! I have the same motor on my LX172 and a similar rough running problem. Your video showed me exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing. Ed

Very helpful, especially using the fuel bowl to clean those jets. Thanks for the helpful information, and Happy Canada Day!

Great job, Donny…

At 8:23 you forgot to mention those 2 small jets have different part numbers which means they are different. Look at them and you can see the hole size is smaller on one than the other. If you happen to put them in the wrong place when reassembling, the engine will not run right as I found out on my tractor.

Great job and wonderful explanation.

Very nice , to the point ,nice details and repair. Thanks

Another great video--information and fun to watch. Thanks Dony!

Amazingly well made video. Thank you

Hey man I want to thank you you helps me alot

you the man dony jacob

Don, you had me biting at the bit waiting for you to take off the air-mixture screw that you addressed @12:00.

I've got an 88' 265 w/ the 540 -- nearing 1,700 hours. Runs great, only like to start on idle. Had to adjust the throttle settings as the Gov wasn't allowing the the throttle to close fully when machine was off. If you've got a hard-start issue when hot, try setting the throttle to idle, reach in and push the governor arm to the closed position (push to front of machine) and it should start right up. It has to be below 60 degrees ambient and the motor cold before choke is needed.

Great job. Very detailed. Thank you.

Great video! Very clear and to the point. Going to try this today.

thanks for the video I have learned a lot from your awesome videos thanks DonyBoy73

I had a cub cadet 782 engine surge so badly it had to be kept at half throttle minimum. The problem was actually the channel in the carburetor for the mixture adjustment, and it took a few cleanings to get it working properly. .

Very good video, valuable information. Thanks!

Excellent video. I have the same carb so now I know what the hell I'm doing. Thanks!

great video thanks for taking the time to make them

Thanks for the video. I have a machine that has a 14 horsepower vanguard that will start but won't stay running. It starts to lope and then dies. Choke helps but can't keep it running. Sounds like it needs a good cleaning. Tom

I just acquired a 185 hydro john deere myself, and it needs everything, lol

Great Video

I've seen many of these videos But this man is really good Smart patient explains everything. I wish I coud ask him a question or two about my 2 John Deer tractors..Best on KZfaq no clowning around ...Best I've seen..

Thanks, bro

It looks 100 years old wow

You're the best! Thank you for your videos.

I believe it's a 1985 model we had a deer 160 when I was a kid I got a lot of memories with that thing... Now it sits In my boneyard with a bad tranny and sized engine. Tough mower

Good vido, well informed an done right , same way i would done it !!!

love those motors, great, great motors

Thank you, very informative!

Yo make it look easy Donny, cool video.

I myself haven't seen many Kawasaki motors aside from a trimmer I picked up, they're nicely made engines tho and seem to hold up well to abuse.

Another very informative video. Thanks!!!!

good job dony...

Gotta be careful with that cleaning needle. It has a rough finish on it and can actually grind the inside of the brass jets making the holes larger than they should be. And an air gun with a rubber tip is much better than one without. The rubber tip seals the holes and you don't get any blowback

Thanks so much have exact tractor repair worked great:)

Excellent, you should be teaching class if your not already.

John Deere, pick up is Just a hose into gas tank with no screen. Pop off the hose @ fuel filter and blow into tank to see if it's clogged before trying anything else

This was a Awesome video..thank you!!! What size screw drivers were you using?

Any helpful info for getting the wheels to move after sitting for two yrs, the knob in front of seat is jammed pretty good

Great video Don !!! Why is it that Kawis and some other engines have a spring wrapped around the linkage when they are connected to the same hole ?? The linkage holes are a hard point if you get what i'm talking about .

Thank you for making this video, it was very informative, it was what I was looking for.

Hello there, I'm not sure when you're going to get my message, I'm a mechanic for over 40 years, and I know what I'm doing, I have John Deere riding mower lx279 in excellent condition, it has 38 inches deck was making noise, so I decided to change the all spindles bearing, and that all the bearing on the deck, after I finished I turned all the pullies by hand they were very smoth, I installed all belts and the deck back, very time I engage the pto with full throttle barely the engine keep running, turning very heavy, even without mowing, . It has 17 HP Kawasaki had 48 deck before was running very strong.