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Was free lawnmower not running quite right
Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Brandon McCombs said: Eggs Zachtly wrote: Brandon McCombs said: Stubby wrote: On May 3, 9:59 pm, Brandon McCombs wrote: Stubby wrote: Brandon, Hold the float bowl in your hand and blow into the fuel inlet. Use your other hand to move the float up and down. This should close and open the needle valve that allows fuel to enter. (I assume you cleaned the fuel filter!) Fuel comes out of the needle valve if I rotate the float bowl just the right way. A paperclip can also go all the way up through the needle valve so I know that is clear. [...] I'm at a loss. You TOTALLY missed the point that Art was trying to make about running the You assume I saw his post before I posted my message. I hadn't refreshed the list for a while and didn't see his post until after I posted mine. Ya. You're right. I shouldn't assume anything about you. Other than you're clueless. Art's post was made an hour after Stubby's, and your reply to Hey asswipe. **** off. I admitted I don't know anything about lawnmowers but I'm not clueless in general. Stubby was an hour after that. We'll just add USENET to the things you don't understand. Stubby posted at almost 8AM, Art posted at 830PM. I refreshed sometime around 7PM when I got home. Obviously Art's post wouldn't have shown up by then would it? When I sent my message it was after I had done the work on the mower but I didn't refresh the list prior to submitting my new message. If you don't realize that is what happened, let alone that it is viable, then who really is the clueless one about usenet? paper clip through the needle valve. It's probably WAY too large of a hole now. A paper clip is NOT a precision reaming tool, you know. After not running for years, there's probably a lot of varnish built up. You could run some SeaFoam through the system, tho I doubt it will remove enough to be worthwhile. If you really want to use this mower, your best bet is probably to replace the carb. And, a word of advice... Stubby is a ****ing moron. He's *never* changed the oil in his mower (as he's stated in the past). Do you /really/ want to take /any/ advice about engine work, from someone that doesn't properly How am I supposed to know his credentials? I didn't see a post mentioning everyone's credentials and the results of a lie detector test. take care of their own equipment? And, throw that freaking paper clip away! Well I went to ACE Hardware and they didn't have any wire that was small enough to fit in the whole so I had to use a paperclip. I didn't have any toothpicks either. LOL Ya. Toothpicks are precision reaming tools, too. We all know that. *shakes head* Exactly how is a toothpick any worse than copper wire? None of them are precision tools asshole. Clean it with carburetor cleaner and compressed air. Nothing else. You missed that bit of advice from Art too, didn't you. Yeah because that is precision. I missed it because I didn't know he posted until after I posted my message. I didn't refresh until about midnight, 2.5 hours after I posted and 3.5 hours after Art posted. I think I'll try to find someplace to order a new carb since the rubber gasket on the current float bowl is not seating correctly. I'm starting to wonder whether a new one will fix the problem though. Hopefully they aren't too expensive. I noticed on a website that if the float as a hole in it that can cause problems and based on what Art said I assume the problem would be a fuel leak. Well.. ya. It's called a "float". If it has a hole in it, do you think that's still going to be a valid name? Hard to say. I'm not an asswipe like you. I doubt that is an issue but I'll check it. I was leaking fuel but only the first day I got the mower (and tonight, but I'm pretty sure that is due to a bad seal now on the float bowl). It is making me mad that everything I do isn't fixing the problem. Getting mad because you don't know what you're doing isn't going to help matters. It's just going to probably make you get out the power tools. Lord knows what you'd do to a carb with a drill in your hand. If you aren't going to contribute anything useful, **** off. It's getting to the point where even after a new carb I'd still take it right off (if it worked) to figure out what's wrong with the current one. Then, you're even more clueless than you're letting on. Your best bet is probably to take the mower to your local small engine repair shop, tell Being persistent is not the same thing as clueless. Someone with a 4th grade education would realize that. them all the boneheaded things you've tried, and hope they can fix it for you. Then, in the future, take it there for service instead of trying to fix it yourself. Hell... ask the dood if he's hiring and maybe you can learn about how to properly diagnose and fix small engines. Would be nice to look at a totally clean carb (or at least one that works) to compare but this is the first mower I've ever owned, let alone take apart. I'd hate to see what you do with your first car. I'm beyond my first car. Go away. You obviously have nothing useful to contribute. |
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