need quick mower help
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need quick mower help
so this winter i took our mower apart and cleaned it and rebuilt it.
well the engine won't start, it pops through the exhaust but it won't catch. new plugs and all.
its a briggs horizontal opposed twin. and i set the magneto to the flywheel.
any one have an idea?
thanks
DT
well the engine won't start, it pops through the exhaust but it won't catch. new plugs and all.
its a briggs horizontal opposed twin. and i set the magneto to the flywheel.
any one have an idea?
thanks
DT
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i didn't take the case apart, i just did headgaskets, and starter and rebuilt the actual mower. the rest of the engine was fine. i repainted the engine.
when i crank it white smoke comes out the exhaust.
when i crank it white smoke comes out the exhaust.
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it has a very weak spark. it makes me wonder because the coil is only about a year old. and it is gapped correctly. what else besides the magnet on the outside of the crank makes the fire?
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i found the problem. its my dads lawn tractor, it is an electric starter.
my dad picked me up a box of flywheel keys, so i was kicking around with it, and noticed the back of the box said, 8-16hp 1cyl, this is a 20hp twin. so i pulled the flywheel, sure enough it had sheared. so i put another in, and it started and ran for a min. i was happy, but the mower store isn't open till tomorrow to get the right key, o well i'll have to wait.
can't blame it on anyone but me, should of seen the label on the keys dad brought me.
ha,
thanks for the help
DT
my dad picked me up a box of flywheel keys, so i was kicking around with it, and noticed the back of the box said, 8-16hp 1cyl, this is a 20hp twin. so i pulled the flywheel, sure enough it had sheared. so i put another in, and it started and ran for a min. i was happy, but the mower store isn't open till tomorrow to get the right key, o well i'll have to wait.
can't blame it on anyone but me, should of seen the label on the keys dad brought me.
ha,
thanks for the help
DT
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see?? that just proves that you can't trust dads to do anything rite.
and if you show this to the kids out in my shop, i will hunt you down and kick ya in the rear.......
if you don't run so fast, so i can catch you.
and if you show this to the kids out in my shop, i will hunt you down and kick ya in the rear.......
if you don't run so fast, so i can catch you.
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Just don't fabricate a key out of hardened steel, they're made to shear for a reason...
I did that once and sure as the sky is blue hit a rock with the blade ten minutes after i fired it up. The flywheel took off like a frisbee and the shaft was ruined.
I did that once and sure as the sky is blue hit a rock with the blade ten minutes after i fired it up. The flywheel took off like a frisbee and the shaft was ruined.
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i hear you wolf, and a screwdriver doesn't work either, but it does break a flywheel. learned that when i was 11. ha
something good did come out of it though, my toy mower, i had some spare pullies........it already has a built motor and a stack. used to have a hydro, now has a 6spd. but today i took a pulley, machined it a little put the big end up, instant 30mph, i have a small pulley for the rear, but with the lack of real brakes, i'll wait till i adapt gokart discs to it.
it was fun though.
DT
something good did come out of it though, my toy mower, i had some spare pullies........it already has a built motor and a stack. used to have a hydro, now has a 6spd. but today i took a pulley, machined it a little put the big end up, instant 30mph, i have a small pulley for the rear, but with the lack of real brakes, i'll wait till i adapt gokart discs to it.
it was fun though.
DT
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