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    Bolens HT20 Kohler k532 No compression on one cylinder

    Thanks Rich! Will I need to replace the head gaskets if I do that?
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    Bolens HT20 Kohler k532 No compression on one cylinder

    So, I took chance a year or two back and bought a used HT20 tractor - supposedly with a complete engine rebuild yada yada yada. It's worked on and off for about a year, and about 3 weeks ago I went to the shed, started it up, and drove it into the garage for an oil change (even though the oil...
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    Kohler K532 - Intermittent Issues (Fuel?)

    I've recently purchased a Bolens HT 20 with a Kohler K532 engine (prior owner indicates that it's recently new carb, but who really knows), and it's been a bit flakey. It either runs strong, or not at all (won't start), and I'm hoping someone here can point me in the right direction. The first...
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    heavy duty tractor/mower recommendations?

    Hi all! I've been pulling my hair out trying to find a *reliable* riding mower for about 1/2 acre of grass that can pull a cart full of loam uphill. Seems like everything has something wrong with it. At first the Husqvarna higher end models looked good - heavy duty transmissions and kawasaki...
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    Slope Climbing Capabilities

    I have a small property (little over an acre), and I'm just looking for a machine that can basically substitute for muscle as I get older - lift, dig, carry etc. (e.g. wallstone, mulch, 2' deep trenches for wires, drainage, holes for shrubs in loam with lots of good sized rocks, turn the...
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    Tractors and Small Properties

    I have a house on a 1.1 acre lot in eastern Massachusetts that's mostly wooded - maybe about 1/4 acre is grass and the rest is either driveway (almost 400ft), or forest (60' tall monster leaf producing oaks with nasty continually tick infested underbrush). I've been tackling it with a 22" walk...
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