Floating Top Link Adjustments on a Rotary Mower

Preparation

• Park your rotary lawnmower. Turn off the ignition and remove the keys. If applicable, open the front hood/cover over your engine to access it for adjustments. Wait several minutes for your engine to cool before beginning.

Carburetor Draining

• Locate the distinctive carburetor bowl on the left side of your rotary mower's engine. Find the lone nut on the bottom of this bowl and position a pan directly beneath it. Apply a socket wrench to the bowl's nut and turn it counterclockwise to loosen it. Excess fluids will immediately drain out and around the nut and into your pan. Wait as this process finishes.

Carburetor Disassembly and Float Level Adjustment

• Remove the nut entirely from the carburetor bowl using your socket wrench. Twist off the carburetor bowl with your hands and examine the inside. There is a brass- or silver-colored metal link or "tang" piece inside here that controls the float level of the fuel within the carburetor. Adjust the float level by gently bending this piece up to raise the float level or down to lower it.

Carburetor Reassembly

• Twist the carburetor bowl back into place on the rotary mower's engine and reinsert the bowl's nut with your socket wrench. Tighten the nut with clockwise turns from the wrench.