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    Briggs 17.5 opposed twin will not restart when hot 42A707

    my guess is your coil is bad had the same problem on two of my Toro ccr1000 snowblowers wound not start after being warmed up
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    Lawnmower won't start still.

    take off the fuel line and drain the old gas loosen the float bowl bolt and let the bowl drain then try some fresh gas PREMIUM NON ETHANOL if that does not work you have to clean the carb
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    Ariens Briggs & Stratton won't start.

    what I have come across when this happens is the auto float shutoff on the bottom of the carb replace 2 of them on my neighbors craftsman B&S IC 16.5 hp
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    starts runs fine will not restart

    My f motor gold series started fine and mowed almost all my lawn but when I shut it off to pick up a stick would not restart. Are a set of crank seals in order?
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    Fuel valve shutoff

    What is the part number for the fuel shutoff valve gasket for the 10515 f series?. you know the kind with the open and close lever?: Seems to be a hard to find item. They look pretty easy to make but is there another way to modify the tank to go with a more modern trouble free shutoff valve? No...
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    Homelite 420 snow blower

    I am not one to give up but this one has me baffled and could possibly be cursed .The first thing I noticed wrong was the primer bulb was leaking so it was replaced not an easy find as it is a wet primer bulb.The starter rope broke on the second pull so I fixed that and it starts but will not...
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    Is this an F Series engine?

    I have run across 2 of that model with the same broken rod issue and have another that's knocking. All are the 10515 gold series. Could this be a production issue? My other F models seem to run forever. However I got them used and do not know the previous history and what oil was used. Also due...
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    a nice one

    took a road trip last night to get another 10515. Authorities on Lawn Boy claim it is the best one LB ever made. This one is in great condition but needs a few things fixed like the engine brake cable and maybe the carb cleaned was missing the bag but I got a few of them
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    New coil no spark

    I have a Lawn boy model 4600 with the f motor which has a ground terminal on one of the screws for the coil and a terminal on the coil itself. I installed an aftermarket coil for an f motor but have no spark Is this new style coil being shorted out somehow or did I get a bad coil out of the...
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    hey I got an idea

    I was thinking of putting citronella oil in my gas mix to kill mosquitoes will doing so affect my F motor?
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    nice running m seriues

    picked up a M series last night at a pretty fair price had to drive 230 miles round trip but to me it was worth it. its a m21zprc non oil injected push mower. starts first pull and runs perfect and has the sought after mulch plug.
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    F motor coil

    are the new style Duraforce coils compatible with the F motor? I was digging around in my garage and found an f motor with good compression so my goal was to put it on a gold series 3speed trans.the motor was missing the coil.I got it on the deck but had to use the lower plate as the...
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    10323 duraforce stalling

    I just refurbed a 10323 duraforce silver series and it starts first pull runs and idles great but after 4-5 minutes of use will stall.I go to start it and it fires up and runs for 3-4 minutes and stalls again Should I be looking at the crank seals and is this the symptom?The spark plug is new...
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    Honda Lawn Boy?

    I am a diehard two stroker to the end but my brother is giving me his Lawn Boy Honda motor push n go trans with bagger. He claims it runs rough after he cleaned the carb and is puffing black smoke.No he did not want a Duraforce he went out and bought a Toro What it the issue with mixing gas and...
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    8238ae revival

    needed a coil and a carb cleaning cleaned up nice I think I paid 20.00 for it but it had the lawn boy charger and two bags and a mulch plug It started first pull and once it warmed up ran great. I also in the last week did up 4 Duraforce 10323's two needed coils and all 4 got the carbs...
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