My mower has a motivational issue

[JFigliuolo]

Originally Posted by leptar

Ya it's a Craftsman... fix it, sell it and buy a Honda.

Honda mower... one of the BEST purchases I made, had 2 crapsman's before it. NO COMPARISON.

[spence]

The problem?

Bad throttle spring.

-spence

[bmartinson]

I have a new Troy-Built mower with Honda engine that I bought just last fall. Only used it a half-dozen times, then out of ignorance stored it for the winter with E-10 fuel still in the tank. This spring it worked just fine once or twice, then this past week it failed. It will start up and run for about 60 seconds, then die; after that, I can't start it at all until several hours later or the next day, where it will maybe run for less than a minute again. I drained the fuel, bought new gas, added a dash of STP, checked the filter, changed the spark plug -- still no go. Incidentally, I also noticed that while cranking, my choke returns to the initial position more slowly than it used to.

Is there anything else I can try before I pay somebody half the price of the mower to fix it for me? This has been a great mower and I'm just sick at the thought that maybe I've killed it.

Thanks,

-Bill

[JohnR]

Bill - welcome to S-B - Is the choke automatic? Or el Manuel?


My Mover has a motivational issue - it threw a rod... Anyone have a 8.5 - 12HP vertical shaft B&S kicking around here on S-B.com (short-blades.com) ?

[Raven]

this is what you can do.....

as i worked for a year in a lawn mower shop ok...

i can fix any engine...

and as f18 might also say... it's either spark or gas....

for you it seems to be gas...

so you become the carburator ....find an old eye drops bottle

or something you can convert into a mini squeeze gas bottle!

pull the plug and prime the hole with a little squirt of gas & replace plug

then get ready to pull and squirt gas into the carb...simutaneously

you might have to remove the air filter obviously...

and see if you can by pass the fuel system

and see if it runs for as long as you squirt gas.

if so,,,, then your gas isnt reaching

where it's supposed to go..

the needle valve is stuck...or something

is plugged up... be careful when you

pull the carb bowl off...or linkage..<<<-----

take digital photo's or make drawings and don't depend

on your memory... period.. unless you have a schematic .
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my troybuilt tiller is doing the same thing..actually
and i'm going to
kick it's butt today....

[bmartinson]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Bill - welcome to S-B - Is the choke automatic? Or el Manuel?

El Manuel, señor.