B & S Engine Mower Running Rough

cpurvis said:

The cable housing doesn't slide in the holder, does it? I don't see how a cable can work if the housing is free to move.

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Kennykenny said:

I guess I am still a bit confused about how there is tension on the cable when, as you stated in this post, " I don't see how a cable can work if the housing is free to move."

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cpurvis said:

I think primerbulb120 may be right.

This "cable" arrangement works differently than a normal cable. In a normal cable, the cable itself is what moves whatever it is that needs to be moved. In this application, the cable housing is what does the work. Since the end of the cable is fastened to an immovable fitting on the engine, when one operates the operator presence bar, the cable itself is trying to pull on something that can't move. Because the cable end cannot move, the cable housing must move toward the cable end. When it does, it pushes the moveable kill switch/blade brake lever on the engine.

So I think primerbulb120 is exactly right--the cable housing must be free to move. Not loose in space as it is now, but held in its holder in a manner which lets it slide forward.

When you think about it, this is a pretty ingenious use of a cable. I would have never thought of it but it saves a lot of cable length and also having to make a 180 degree bend in the cable if it were to be used in a normal fashion.

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primerbulb120 said:

:dance1::thumbsup:

The cable housing has to slide freely in that plastic holder on the handle. Reason being, the Personal Pace mechanism slides up and down on the handle, and the cable is attached to the Personal Pace mechanism. If the cable was secured firmly to the handle, you wouldn't be able to activate the self propel.

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Boudreaux In Eunice La. said:

I have read all 8 pages of this saga. Wow what a pisser for you to go thru all that and now it doesn't run ~!~!

Do you have spark ?? If you don't then your cable is more than likely bad. The cable you have to use to start and kill the mower when you take your hand off of the handle. It is not traveling all the way.

That is one likely thing............ If you have spark then take the air filter off and squirt GAS in the carb with a old DAWN bottle. It will give you a good straight squirt in the carb. NEVER EVER use starting fluid.

If your choke is closed open it by hand and squirt the gas in it. Try to start it. If it don't start then you have a compression issue. Maybe ................

Did you take the head off the engine ?? If you did you should have put a new gasket on it and torqued it to specs.

Let us know Mon Ami ~!~!

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Kennykenny said:

I checked for spark...had a spark. I squirted gas in the carb. The mower started for a second or two and then died and wouldn't start again. No, I did not remove the head off of the engine.

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