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You need to have the end of the plug grounded to the engine like on one of the cooling fins of the cylinder head to produce a spark. Also careful if you are not holding the plug by the boot in it you can get zapped pretty good!!!Originally Posted by UrbanWolf
Last edited by twitchyfinger; 07-29-2013 at 22:40.
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Usually its a gummed up carb. Auto fuel is nasty and gets sticky after a year or so. Pull the air filter off and take the carb off if you can and clean it up with carb cleaner I like to run some carb cleaner thru it and re install. Drain out all the old gas and make sure the supply line to the carb is not blocked.and get some fresh gas and mix in some Sta-Bil. You can buy carb cleaner and Sta-Bil at any auto parts store. Good luck and I bet you will learn something!
Put the lever to run, pull the plug wire off the plug, hold the tip of the plug wire and give the pull cord a good yank. You will know if it is getting a spark or not.
Then, Put the plug wire back on the plug, take the air filter off and dribble a small amount of gas down the intake above the carburetor throttle butterfly and pull the starter rope. If the mower runs briefly, as mentioned before, the carburetor needs cleaned/rebuilt.
Last edited by SideShow Bob; 07-29-2013 at 22:49.
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Agreed and I bet there is at least one you tube how to video on mower tune ups.
Clean the carb. Simple to do. blow a ton of carb cleaner through all the passages and jets. My mower had been sitting for 2 years and the carb looked like there was maple syrup in it. I went through a can and a half of carb cleaner getting it cleared out. Don't put gas in the carb to start it, but spray a blast of the carb cleaner in it then pull the pull start. Should get it going.
I did have it ground to the engine.
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Mower won't start
When all else fails its never to late to buy a new mower.
Okngood just checking. Then that's when it gets complicated to explain. Most mowers today will not produce spark to start the engine unless you have the bar on the handle depressed (it's a safety feature). They made it that way so you have to be behind the mower to start and operate it for safety concerns. That bar is a cutoff switch to the electrical. I'm assuming you had that engaged also? Like others have said it takes a systematic approach of testing trying and cleaning (like said carb) to diagnose and repair a mower. Kind of difficult to do other than the educated guesses given by everyone so far. Check out all the you tube lawn mower repair vids or if you get tired of dealing with it. A tune up shouldn't be too much at a small engine repair shop.
Last edited by twitchyfinger; 07-29-2013 at 23:23.
I think my AR build is getting delayed, again.When all else fails its never to late to buy a new mower.
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