Gotcha. Didn't run it that way. I'll ad some to the tank here soon.

I only glanced at it today, I'm working hard on my little retaining wall, so the tractor has taken a back seat.

Gotta get the wall done before I can build the gravel pad and get the carport up.

FWIW, the carb appears to be a Walbro, no screws holding on the bowl, appears to be a single nut.

Maybe I'll take a few and at least pull the carb off to verify.

Thanks,

Blair

 

Pulled the carb off and have it apart to the bowl and main body with the butterfly plates.

It's marked as a Walbro.

For the life of me I can't figure out how to get the bowl off the bottom.

Seems like there should be a nut on the bottom of the fuel bowl, but that solenoid is there in the way on the bottom of the bowl.

Going back to stare at the PDF.

 

Blair,
You might need a thin wrench to get in there and unscrew the solenoid.
Like one of those stamped tin bicycle wrenches.
Maybe Dumtrucka knows.

 

**Sighs**

You know I never even thought of that?

I bet you're right, I was so absorbed with trying to get it all off before dark, never even noticed if it had a slot for a rench or not.

I'll check tonight.

Thanks Jim.

 

It has a slot between the bowl and the electronic fuel shut-off. I think that it is a 7/16 in size, but a set of needle nose pliers will get it off as well. There is a rubber oring that is in between the bowl and the carb. Try not to damage it or you will need a new one.

 

Thanks Kevin. I'll give her a shot tonight pending the incoming rain.

Blair

 

Well, got the solenoid off, and dropped the bowl.

O-M-G.

Looks like crap + bowl deterioration and that had the needle stuck.

I used almost a whole can of carb cleaner flushing the carb, cleaning the bowl with a wire brush, and just spraying the crap out of it in general.

Seemed like everytime I soaked it, then tapped it out, more crud specs would fall out of the top onto the float.

Needless to say, I got it very clean, re-assembled too.

Mounted her up, and drained the oil filter.

Put in a quart and half of fresh 10w30, cleaned the magento and flywheel which had bad flash rust from sitting, cleaned the plug too.

After cranking for about 10 seconds she lit off and ran pretty good. Much, much better than I thought she would for sure.

I drove it around the yard for about 15 minutes at varying speeds, she was running perfect when I parked it.

Only thing left of issue....

I noticed when I reassmebled the carb, (used pics from digital camera), the front butterfly valve doesn't close.

I worked the throttle back and forth, saw nothing happening. Almost like a spring had come off previous to this caper.

Rear butterfly which has full motion, so I guess something is missing like I said above, or that front valve has been inoperational since I took ownership.

This weekend, a new oil and fuel filter, and a proper spark plug and we'll be in business.

Thanks for all the help and insight.

 

That would be the choke, for a new lawnmower like that, it is probably an automatic choke. If the choke didn't function, it would have a very very very hard time starting.

 

It starts up good, so I'm not going to worry about it.

Many thanks.