Recent content by D_H

You guys are going to love this. I guess I had bad gas...wow. https://www.lawnmowerforum.com/threads/ariens-briggs-stratton-wont-start.66125/post-408508 Just a recap: Things I've done since it died. Put a new spark plug in it. [(Calls for Champion# RC12YC - obsolete) compatible NGK - BKR5E...

Okay, I tried the spark plug test again. Removed the spark plug. Removed the rest of the thin layer of paint off the frame screw. Placed the 1/4" gapped spark plug into the spark plug boot and tried to fire the engine. This time no spark. Not even a few times like I got before. There was a...

Thanks for trying to explain things a little and for attempting to keep it simple. People appreciate that. I can go try the spark/carb cleaner tests again on the cylinder and carb. I didn't want to start to take the engine apart if it wasn't needed, is the only reason I waited to take off the...

Wait a minute. I'm not a mechanic. I'm doing the best I know how with this. I am just now reading that I need to make sure the grounding screw is free of paint. I didn't know that. Some of the paint has worn off but it still has some paint. I'll go take a wire brush to it to remove the...

Yes, you are correct on your reading. That's exactly what I have done and that's exactly what the mower did. Yes, when the mower shut off, I started it up, I was driving it out of the garage, across the driveway to grass, (with the blades not engaged) the mower shut off, just like if I had...

I could go back and show you where and how you are wrong on every single one of your statements. But I'm not wasting that kind of time. You think you're frustrated...it's my mower.

I agree that this is turning into a novel. It's turning into a novel for a few reasons: I have to repeat myself to posters. Posters will not read what I post. Posters can not remember what I've done. Can't remember what mower I've got. Can't remember what I've done in this thread. I get some...

I've asked a few times about the ignition coil after testing the spark. So you're thinking it's bad it seems? Your recommendation, based on everything I've done, is to replace the ignition coil?

Looks like no one wants to read, even if the information they are after is on the same page that they are commenting on...

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I need help. I have an Ariens 20 horse 46" riding mower from 2012. It's ran like a champ ever since I bought it new. Now, I started it up, pulled out of the garage and it died while I was driving it out of the garage and off the driveway and will not start back up. Mower info: Ariens: A20H46...

I have pulled the (new) spark plug out and rested it on a frame screw while the plug is plugged into the spark plug boot. The spark plug sparked every time. I gapped a different (new) plug to 1/4" and did the same test. That plug sparked a few times only, most of the time nothing.

I remember you writing this earlier, I was unsure of when in the, getting the mower back to working condition, you were recommending me to do this. What are we trying to determine by unplugging the wire? What does the black wire do? Why should I run (if it starts) the mower until the tank is...

I have cleaned the engine compartment. Soap and water, brushes, degreaser, soap water, brushes, rinse, compressor blow dry. Picture attached: Take a look at the fuel filter. I noticed the fuel level increased. Normally it is not that high inside the fuel filter. Normally the fuel level is...