Lawnboy advice?

[Okie294life]

I just put back together my lawnboy f series after replacing the piston/crank seals. The engine started running rough and was blowing smoke out the bottom half the engine case, so I shut her down. I put this back together using motoseal cleaned everything very well and torqued down with the wrist calibrated wrench. Doesn’t look like it worked. Any suggestions on doing this better next time? I’ve got a pressure tester, kind of kicking myself for not doing a leak down test on this before putting it all back together.

 

[KASH]

Do the test now.
Kash

 

[Okie294life]

I just put back together my lawnboy f series after replacing the piston/crank seals. The engine started running rough and was blowing smoke out the bottom half the engine case, so I shut her down. I put this back together using motoseal cleaned everything very well and torqued down with the wrist calibrated wrench. Doesn’t look like it worked. Any suggestions on doing this better next time? I’ve got a pressure tester, kind of kicking myself for not doing a leak down test on this before putting it all back together.

Put it back together had a chunk of gasket on the mating surface, got lazy the first time and didn’t do seals did them this time. Seems to rip and roll now!!!

 

[boltonranger]

Put it back together had a chunk of gasket on the mating surface, got lazy the first time and didn’t do seals did them this time. Seems to rip and roll now!!!

It would be fun to see a starting/running video...

 

[KASH]

Wonderfull engines. i hav e many old LawnBoys my oldest .is a rope start 1952.
Kash