I bought a very good Troy Bilt Junior rear tine tiller used today. Is the Junior the same thing as the Pony? The engine needs to be replaced. The Tecumseh has a whole blown out the side of it. Where can I find replacement Engine? It has separate shaft that reverse works off of. I tried looking for a replacement block but Tecumseh seems to have gone out of business. Is there a Robin a Briggs & Stratton or Kohler engine to fit this tiller? If I go to the Harbourfreight store and get 6 1/2 hp greyhound engine and forget about reverse shaft and just pull the tiller backwards or spin around, is that really working for so many others who are doing it? Is finding reverse shaft engine really next to impossible?

Yeah, I have that - just shows the spring and not where it connects. Thanks tho! gc

You certainly should have a steady (small) stream of fuel with the bowl off. If you pull the float and float valve does the stream improve? If not noticably, check for an obstruction- take the tank off, that lovely kinked fuel line they come with, check the fuel shut off valve if it has one etc. If it does improve simply by removing the float valve there is corrosion or dirt that must be cleaned out. When it all goes back together ,the float should also work freely. If that doesn't work, maybe buy thinner gasoline. . .. ;)

You must clean the carburator, grasshoppa... Gotta love spray carb cleaner, Remove the bowl, clean the bowl, blow up into the stem that you took the bowl nut out of and drain some fuel through to ensure all the old stuff is out.Make sure the float is working freely. Next blow through the passages in the bowl nut and re-assemble. Usually that does it without taking more extrordinary measures. Keep the carb cleaner off the rubber bowl seal.