offensive_jerk
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Got this for free from a friend. It started, but wouldn't stay running.
The thing was really filthy. Must have been sitting outside. Apparently a previous owner had 3 of them bolted together in parallel to mow a large field or something.
Cleaned the carb all out and got new gaskets for it and now it appears to run like a champ. It doesn't appear that the idle adjuster lever on the control panel seems to work though, for some reason. The cable moves the piece on the carb though. Strange. The key mechanism is broken off where the wires go in, and there is no battery. Must have had electric start.
Anyway, what's the general consensus on these units? Good? Bad? Indifferent?
Are these auto-choked?
Anyone have a link to the manual?
Here's a before and after. just a light cleaning to the exterior.
The thing was really filthy. Must have been sitting outside. Apparently a previous owner had 3 of them bolted together in parallel to mow a large field or something.
Cleaned the carb all out and got new gaskets for it and now it appears to run like a champ. It doesn't appear that the idle adjuster lever on the control panel seems to work though, for some reason. The cable moves the piece on the carb though. Strange. The key mechanism is broken off where the wires go in, and there is no battery. Must have had electric start.
Anyway, what's the general consensus on these units? Good? Bad? Indifferent?
Are these auto-choked?
Anyone have a link to the manual?
Here's a before and after. just a light cleaning to the exterior.