Alright... major discovery...
It also explains a prior symptom- the mower could stall with gas still in the tank. I went to drain the fuel, the carb basically looked brand new still and the bowl didn't even have debris in it. But... the fuel line literally was jammed up. I was ready to catch...
Well I'm just lost now... so I got the missing spring and low and behold the mower starts on the first pull! Just like last year and its giving flashbacks of the hero it once was.
Unfortunately , after maybe a minute or two it starts doing that oscillating up and down sound and then stalls. The...
Ok so I went out there to check out the carb and I realized the vane spring (I believe) was entirely missing. Thats obviously an important part to help open and close that throttle plate, but what does missing it do exactly out of curiosity?
Hi thanks, I'll try to suggest the parts I don't get lol.
I got a Chinese carb but had the original prior. It did help me to the point where I could get it started.
When I say flooded I believe it was literally under water (floodwater). It didn't last too long but maybe minutes but less than...
My lawnboy 20" is a decade old and it used to start on the first or second pull. Shockingly I guess considering its age but I always changed the oil and used fuel stabilizer.
Unfortunately last year my mower flooded and I had some real problems and ended up replacing the carb entirely, new air...