felixx Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Found this on the side of the road. Threw it in the truck and gave it a clean up. Its swallowed half the air filter. I cleaned the filter housing and threw some fresh fuel in.. pull pull nothing Sparkplug was dry Threw some start ya bastard in its neck 2nd pull it ran for 5 sec Tried again, reved hard then began sucking fuel and ran like the vid.. At inlaws for dinner so will look at carb clean and reattaching throttle linkage after work this week. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 Oh here is the air filter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 Thinking the pulsing is an air flow issue.. I did notice throttle did not affect the carb butterfly,so will check if the throttle linkage is not broken too. What have I missed? Interestingly the mower needed starting fluid each time, so could I expect a blocked jet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Remove the idle mixture screw and blast out the hole it was in with carb/brake cleaner, should spray out a hole in the front of the carb as well as internally, they get blocked up a lot and give hunting idle. Linkage doesn't directly control butterfly, I've had a couple that were either idle or max nang with nothing in between thanks to fucky governor. Manual: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wRpU92lMIv2fV60NJvffIEXbKN9gMfy7/view?usp=drivesdk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 Thank you so.much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 I forgot to print yhe manwell today. Here was the state of the outside of it. So it has throttle and choke butterflies? How do you engage choke?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 1 hour ago, felixx said: How do you engage choke?? Full forwards on the throttle lever, then pull it back a bit once running to turn off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 Hmmm ok. Will check throttle lever linkage as when I move it, nothing on the carb linkages moves, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Goeshard. Air filter is currently 2 pieces of news paper. It goes real well after a carb strip. New fuel lines Maximum power thru ankle deep wet grass. Thanks for the advice 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 Bloody thing wouldnt start today. Chucked acap of fuel down its neck and it went first pull then did myfront lawn and the other neighbours jungle. We are now a 2 mower family 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 Why might it need ether or fuel added to carb on starting?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 It's pretty typical for these. Was told to try tilting it/lifting the back right up for a few seconds before starting when cold, might be a Barry tale but it always seemed to work for mine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Raizer said: It's pretty typical for these. Was told to try tilting it/lifting the back right up for a few seconds before starting when cold, might be a Barry tale but it always seemed to work for mine. Will try it tomorrow!! Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I have two catchers to suit this mower if you want to somehow get them from Auckland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 13 hours ago, V8Pete said: I have two catchers to suit this mower if you want to somehow get them from Auckland Thanks Pete. I have a catcher but would love an intact mesh for the vents on the top if you have one. Happy to pay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 yeah I always turn my fuel off and run the carb bowl dry before putting away so it has fresh fuel in the carb every cold start. also I usually pop the air cleaner lid off and give a squirt of crc 5.56 which is volatile enough to work as a safe starting aid for the single pull thrill. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 Good tips there @Dolan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 Lawns done twice with this New air filter reduced hunting at lower revs Also it starts on 4th pull now with no WD40 My mower man was out of sparkplugs , but I will get a new one next week! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 21/08/2022 at 23:37, V8Pete said: I have two catchers to suit this mower if you want to somehow get them from Auckland Chuck em in the back of the MR2, and bring them to OSN Peet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 22/08/2022 at 13:18, felixx said: Thanks Pete. I have a catcher but would love an intact mesh for the vents on the top if you have one. Happy to pay I keep forgetting to look 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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