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I would look into this before messing with the blades. No doubt blades need some love too. What do you balance the blades with? Best and cheapest way to balance is using a precision food scale and a wooden block. I can balance a blade out to .01 of a gram.

Engine sounds okay to me.

Pull fuel line off AT carb inlet. See what you get when cranking the engine. Even better, crank/pump into a glass jar and look for water. Most likely fuel tank is plugged with grass, bugs, dirt dobbers and leaves. Tank output knecks down and trash plugs this up. Dead tank cap gasket adding...

Or corrosion, loose terminals, mice chewing or worn out parts.

Paint the white one black. Gently scuff it with a green pad. Hit it with a plastic primer. Lay on some plastic black base color. It ain't the space program guys.

Did you test the old one? What did you find? Now you have to test this new Chinese switch from scamazon. You don't just whip out the credit card and order parts and expect, your mower to be fixed.

Batteries need LOAD tested. All electrical circuits need load tested. The old school carbon pile testers are preferred to the new resistance type testers. I've seen where the newer resistance types like Autozone use say the battery is good. On a carbon pile, she is bad and won't support the...

I don't have one. Try Google.

If I were a shop, I would not touch their mower. Annotate the by-pass condition on the ticket and send them packing.

I can smell fuel vapors driving my car with the windows up when passing a gas station.

1.Are the valves closing proper? 2.Do the valves seal proper? 3.Your test equipment working proper? Possible bad O-ring on the hose. Hose not tight enough? 4.Overheated and valve guide move from proper resting location?

Chickanic I think it was found bad fuel in those premixed cans that cost a fortune. Think she said don't buy that junk. It was stale and full of water. Also think it was Taryl who found out alcohol doesn't absorb water and pass out of the engine via burning. Best to drain any suspect fuel and...

Riiiiight..... Fuel lines from 1999 are due for replacement. Lines actually fail internally where you can't see anything. Need to verify good flow of fuel into carb. Also pull the oil stick and smell for fuel as another person suggested. Crack open the fuel tank cap and see what you get. An 8...

Well due for maintenance. Check your engine manual for proper instruction. 1.De-carbon the cylinders. 2.Lap some valves. 3.Check valve clearance. 4. Pull fuel line AT the carb inlet. Drain into a glass jar. Watch for a solid fuel flow. Look for water in the bottom of the jar. 5.Make sure both...

Take a 4.5" angle grinder and make one yourself. Easy right?

Looks like they are to hold down a keyboard to me. Working pretty good per the pictures too.

Roundup 41% glyphosate is what you need.

Like glyphosate or the brand name of Roundup. There are several flavors of Roundup so beware.

Yup yup. I found not to buy the cheapest knock off carb listed on fleabay for example. Say the cheapest listing is 25 bucks. I get the 35 dollar one. Had good luck doing this. Used to get the cheapest listing. Had several problems that I corrected myself.

Oh I also mixed it with MSM Turf for broad leaf control. Man it smoked the weeds like acid was poured on them. Impressed with the product. Probably reduce the dose next time. I used 4oz into 4 gal of water (4 gal sprayer) for 5k sf of MSMA coverage. Also 0.25 oz into 4 gal for 5k sf of MSM...

How do you combat the leaky cap on the jug?

Anyone on here use MSMA before? Have to say it doesn't play any games. Crab grass is all white and curly-cued up in one day. Dalisgrass is laying down like you threw hot acid on it. Again this is after one day. Only thing I don't like is the cap leaks when you try to shake it up. It has a...

Like to watch auto diagnostic videos on youtube. OBD2 code readers and tracing wires....... Anywho, many a car where they open the hood, the battery terminals are fogged over with corrosion. Can't even see the terminals for the cottage cheese LOL. They continue on trying to fix the car...

Filled the tank, with gas?

Gas cap vent for $200.00 Alex.

Past time to: 1.Pull engine shroud and clean the cooling fins. (should be done yearly if not sooner) 2.De-carbon the cylinder/s. 3.Valve adjustment 4.Entire fuel line change out, tank to carb. 5. Flush and clean out the fuel tank. 6. Clean or change sparky plug/s. 7.GE 100% Silicone caulk seal...

You must of missed something in the belt routing or a pulley has fallen off.

Don't buy anything from the store. Take your used motor oil and an old paint brush. Slather the underside of the deck. Park it on some weeds. There is no spray that will last especially in sandy soil. Keep her scraped down and do the used oil trick especially in the fall.

Watch the Taryl video that was posted on page 1. All your answers are there.

Mulching blades are not designed to have lift. Most mowers other than Snapper's have no lift with lift blades on.

Berryman better all day long.

You can and should be checking lash on L-heads as well as OHV/OHC.

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Hope that is the OEM plug number. That number 2 in the part number is a rather hot plug.

Easiest way is spray flammable juice into the carb. If the engine runs for a few seconds and dies, you have spark and a lack of fuel.

If you have a fuel line connection with no clamp/s, fuel can slowly leak out and show no signs of leaking. Had a mower couldn't figure out where all the gas was going. Replaced fuel line and added clamps. Stopped that issue. Would top it off after mowing. Next mow she would be either dead...

Change the fuel line from tank to carb inlet. Make sure you have good clamps at every location.

Download the manual and read it cover to cover. Mower manual should show you how to adjust the bar.

Isn't the Nikki to Walbro single cyl Briggs carb the 594593???? It's something like that. Last digit is one less than the third one.

Do you have good fuel flow AT the carb inlet? How much trash is in the fuel tank? Fuel tank cap vent venting?

Nice catch Auto Doc. Bought several mowers with the same condition. "Just doesn't cut right".......... LOL

Post up pictures here of the coil and kill wire which is a small black wire. Chances are could be a Chinese clone coil or simply defective. If you ground that small gauge wire, you get no spark.

Mowers work better with certain blades. It's a deck and blade companionship deal. Deck height also comes into play. Guessing you are using the stock OEM blades? Just read again you replaced the blades. What blades did you put on? To me that picture looks like a low wet spot??? Is the deck...

Steel fuel can and E-10 is/can be a recipe for water. That's why I asked you to test for it.

Someone please fix this site. Tired of the server 500 error screens and waiting and waiting and waiting.......

Best to move this to the Kawi section. Sounds like she is thirsty. Lack of fuel delivery. Should of tested your old filter first. Most likely needed a new one anyway. Zero surprise here. Been preaching to all to get the new style fuel can spouts. They keep more trash and water out of the can...

My wallymart has SuperTech off-road or highway SAE 30w at SG. Interesting yours is different. Maybe they have a new formulation as you stated?? Will have to check this one out. Thanks for the heads up.

Put down you juicebox and take a breath guy. Getting all fired up on a mower forum is pretty silly.

Pull the valve cover and watch the valves move. Probably a push rod laying down on the job or a lean condition under high load. Lack of fuel delivery...... Do a leakdown test. Rocker arm loose.

Most all of those cool season grasses are blends of many grasses as Auto Doc said.