I’m not confident it’s fixed but everything is functioning as of now. Here’s what I did
put new plugs in. Still no start. Checked plugs and now weren’t fuel fouled so went to carb. Checked bowl and nothing inside. Looked at fuel pump real quick, looked good, Took float out and adjusted...
not has a coil w 2 wires and kill wire. On back side of flywheel/plate is a magneto. It’s round. I think I have the bigger of them or second biggest for my model. On the big plate is a magnet facing out or possibly 2. It charges from magneto.
I’ve rebuilt the carb before. I pulled it apart and...
Well. Let the games begin. Took top covers off. Cleaned mouse area. Apparently that was on opposite side of coil. Checked wires from coil. Took coil off and cleaned contacts. Checked kill wire and kill connector. Drained bowl and checked throttle,choke, governor springs and made sure no bad...
Our place is 30 mins outside of town on a river in the middle of the woods and the closest neighbor is a few hundred yards away. I was actually joking about a barn cat yesterday before this post. We are by the river and have an Indiana Jones type feel on the river bank which is 5’ from rivers...
I thought about this as well but being I had no issue lately and it was acting weird I figure odds are it’s something new (something caused this) before I go searching in a random area. If the mouse nest wasn’t there I would likely start at the carb since that’s logical with having spark. If I...
Thanx guys for all the responses.
I figured either mice chewed something or part of their nest got wrapped around and did some damage. I just couldn’t put my finger on it to pull the trigger on tearing into it more. I was looking for some reassurance and sounds like most are on the same page...
I’ll try and keep this short
Rebuilt motor last year in spring. Ran great this spring. Pulled out of mower and had mouse nest in flywheel area. Used mower for a 45mins. Ran a hair rough but still ran, just slightly off. After 45 mins it started running quite rough then died. Started up then...