LOL, I'm the other way, small engines are a bit of a specialty. I'm tantalizingly close to having my garden tractor loader back to working, good thing too, I want to get a load of topsoil to spread on the yard.
I also volunteered to look at my neighbor's lawn tractor. The starter spins but never engages, I'll pop the tins off and have a look, probably just needs a little Kroil on the bendix. -Curt On Friday, April 15, 2022, 07:37:00 PM EDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I believe one has to have some sort of special gift to be able to service small engines. I’ve worked on, torn down and rebuilt engines bigger than our cars, yet small engines seem to be something from another astral plane. -D > On Apr 15, 2022, at 6:32 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> I have this pressure washer I got 2-3 years ago. It has no manual choke, >> some automatic kind of thing with a coupla levers, one hooked to what looks >> like some sort of thermal thing that seems to activate the choke and another >> that seems to be throttle which always runs wide open. That goes to the back >> of the engine on some lever that seems like it goes into the engine around >> the crank maybe. >> >> Was working fine until recently, would light off with one pull. thought >> maybe it was some bad gas. Got new gas, still no joy. Took apart the >> carburetor and cleaned everything, put it back with new gas, still doesn’t >> want to light off. It had run a couple times before but not well. Sparker >> looks ok. >> >> I’m thinking maybe get another carburetor. The carb has a part number on it >> but that doesn’t seem to pull up anything. I managed to find a parts diagram >> and a new one with that number (different from what’s stamped on it) is like >> $60. I see all kinds of cheap replacements for $15-20 that look similar but >> not quite and there are no compatible numbers but they say these things will >> fit the engine. >> >> I guess I should just get a cheepcheep one off the River and see if it will >> fit. >> >> Maybe the coil has gone weak. >> >> These things just really annoy me. >> >> --FT >> >> Sent from iFōn > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
