That second paragraph is a doozie!
I actually use a push mower. Good exercise.
Mmmmm, no paragraphs. It didn’t look that way when I was typing. Sorry about that.
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So you get snow in the winter where you live? I have been mowing my lawn for over a month now. One one of the down sides to living in paradise.
Time to call Silvester.
Heck, I though everyone had spark plug sockets in their tool box. Well, them what's got tool boxes, that is.
I only run ethanol free marine gas in my mower. Costs more but worth it. I also add STA-BIL to it.
Cheers!
I disassembled/reassembled a Briggs & Stratton in HS shop. I thought it was going to be a stupid exercise - it wasn’t. Hands-on fundamentals learning lasts a lifetime in ways you’d never expect. Had my heart in my mouth when we finally started her up - and cheered when it worked! LOL
Well, I don't do the lawn thingie...but I printed this out and gave it to my wife.
I'm sure she'll appreciate it.
Ping me when you do the "repair" post...it seems like that damned mower is broke down every weekend, when the lawn needs mowing the most.
Or better yet, can I give my wife your email addy and she can just ask you directly about all that and leave me the hell alone?
I feel assaulted by your post.
My riding mower will not start. I have a new battery and a new solenoid. What should i ceck next? Its a troybilt with b & Stratton engine. When i turn the key, nothing happens. I suspect something electrical. I have a volt meter/tester(?) if that would help.
Our mower repairman died. (Seriously.) We bought a new mower.
OK!!!! Phew, that was tough. I did run a bunch of old fuel out of genny tank. All went well BTW.
A warning and a correction (correction makes changing oil easier).
Warning.....When tipping mower over to service blade never tip it over with the carburetor down. If you do and it is on its side for a while oil will drip onto the air filter an ruin it. Always tip a mower over with the carburetor up.
Correction....Make it easier on yourself. No need to remove the drain plug under the mower to drain out old oil. Modern mowers (for over 20 years) are designed to drain oil without removing the drain plug. The oil fill tube acts as a spout when mower is on its side. Just tip the mower all the way over on the side of the oil fill tube and all oil drains out without removing the plug.
Also, advise you not to use fuel with ethanol in mowers. Ethanol makes fuel lines brittle and damages jets and diaphragms in the carburetor. Find a station with non ethanol fuel to fill up the gas can you use to fill the mower with.
Ethanol is a death sentence to small engines.
Since the birth of pre package Eth Free 2 and 4 Cycle gas.
My spring problems are gone.
Trick for me is run em dry with the Eth free before putting them to bed in the Fall.
Saw and Spliiter gets it all winter.
Use WD-40 for starter fluid, never use starting fluid. Starting fluid burns too hot and can damage the rings. WD-40 is what they teach mechanics to use in small engine school.
I’ve been here ten years and decided maybe it was time to post a thread.
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lolol
I hereby sentence you to ten more years before you post a thread again.
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