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    Craftsman Lawnmower 917-387161 - rich mixture ?

    I can get the serial number, but date code ? Nothing shown on nameplate
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    Craftsman Lawnmower 917-387161 - rich mixture ?

    There is no choke on this carb. When I got the machine - cleaned out the carb - was very clean to begin with. There was no evidence of "E-10 Crud" - all passages in carb were OK. The carb linkage is simple seems to work OK, from low idle to fast setting. Still leaves the question of how the...
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    Craftsman Lawnmower 917-387161 - rich mixture ?

    Recently got this lawnmower. It cuts well, but after warm up it seems to be running too rich a mixture.. It occassionaly mis-fires and sounds like it should run better. The smell from the exhaust has a "tang" to it . There black smoke on start up , but this goes away after about 30 seconds...
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