Ok, y'all don't laugh at me when you see the picture of the choke link. I was in the field with no internet access and I figured out what the problem was, but I was not aware that the "spring" the choke link was attached to was actually a thermostat. After taking the cover off a million times I finally realized the arm was in different positions and after screwing with it for a while (and probably buggering it up in the process), I thought, "Hunh..... that thing looks like it's auto-adjusting itself." Can't get nothin by me! :biggrin: I had never seen one of those. ANYWAY..... My autochoke is not working and by the time I tried to adjust that rod a million times, it's been bent into a terrible shape. I might need a new one, but looks like the thermostat is built right into the muffler. My parts manual shows the muffler assembly but doesn't show a separate part number for the thermostat. My muffler appears to be a 300G.
My mower was running raggedy with no power and kept cutting out and at some point I realized it was simply getting way too much fuel and running too rich. Ever since I bought the mower used it's been pouring fuel out of the carb and I thought I had the problem fixed. Once I realized it was running so rich and I started adjusting that arm, the fuel leakage stopped. That choke valve just doesn't seem to want to get in the right position. When I get the mower cranked and it's trying to cut out, I can hold that closed with a screwdriver and the mower will run like a scalded dog. But I know that's too lean. Ever which way I adjusted that linkage, it just seemed to allow the choke to flop and bring me back to the "too rich no power" mode. You think that thermostat is bad? Would that cause this problem?
Pics are of bent up rod, open choke and pics ID'ing my mower and engine. When I started, that rod looked factory new, so yeah. :ashamed:
My mower was running raggedy with no power and kept cutting out and at some point I realized it was simply getting way too much fuel and running too rich. Ever since I bought the mower used it's been pouring fuel out of the carb and I thought I had the problem fixed. Once I realized it was running so rich and I started adjusting that arm, the fuel leakage stopped. That choke valve just doesn't seem to want to get in the right position. When I get the mower cranked and it's trying to cut out, I can hold that closed with a screwdriver and the mower will run like a scalded dog. But I know that's too lean. Ever which way I adjusted that linkage, it just seemed to allow the choke to flop and bring me back to the "too rich no power" mode. You think that thermostat is bad? Would that cause this problem?
Pics are of bent up rod, open choke and pics ID'ing my mower and engine. When I started, that rod looked factory new, so yeah. :ashamed: