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Post by bwader on Jul 3, 2013 9:31:03 GMT -5
While you are at it.
Change the engine oil too!
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Post by domindart on Aug 3, 2013 23:37:09 GMT -5
hey guys thought I'd update ya
The mower works but I have to fuss with the cable that pulls the throttle. There is a lever to pull and hold back to start and run the mower, that cable isn't pulling enough at the throttle to start it unless you fuss with it. So it works but for some reason you have to pull back on the throttle at the engine
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Post by rockynv on Aug 5, 2013 11:45:00 GMT -5
Time to adjust the throttle cable position at the clamp on the engine.
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Post by earlwb on Aug 5, 2013 14:06:00 GMT -5
Well the spark plugs can go bad. Putting in a new one doesn't hurt anything and may fix it.
If the mower has sat for a long time, you will need to drain the carburetor's float reservoir and even drain the fuel tank and refill with fresh gasoline. The gas may have been contaminated with water and water being a higher density fluid will settle down into the bottom of the fuel tank. But with ethanol in the fuel nowadays, it tends to absorb moisture or water making things worse.
As for the fuel bulb, you depress it like five to ten times to help prime the engine for starting. It should fill up with fuel.
You may want to remove the airfilter and use some starter fluid to help aid in getting a recalcitrant mower to start. If the engine runs for a little while and stops, then it is having trouble getting fuel. That ought to clear up as the fuel starts to flow, but you might have to repeat the starter fluid squirt and start a few times.
Some mowers have a choke on the carb, you may need to use the choke depending on how hot it is outside. Sometimes using 1/2 choke works and then flip it to over to the no choke position. Having the choke on when it is hot outside usually results in the engine not wanting to start.
The safety switch and bar can be a problem on mowers, especially after a few years. Normally there is bar that needs to be closed down against the main control bar/handle for the mower to run. If you let go of the mower the engine stops. If that switch is not working correctly the mower won't run of course. Sometimes the cable gets stuck and even when you depress the safety bar/lever the cable doesn't move and disengage the safety switch. Usually the safety switch grounds out the magneto so the spark quits working. the lever opens up that switch so it is open and not grounded then. But if the cable is stuck or jammed then the switch stays closed against the ground connection.
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Post by scootnwinn on Aug 5, 2013 15:30:31 GMT -5
Wow I figured he would have put a new plug in this thing and been (un)happily mowing already. It needs to be retitled "Not fixing a lawnmower"
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Post by domindart on Aug 5, 2013 16:51:18 GMT -5
I brought my dad over and we fixed it scootinwinn ;-X
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Post by domindart on Aug 5, 2013 16:52:21 GMT -5
I'm not sure you can adjust the cable, but I'll check thanks
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