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    Buying a forever lawnmower. Lawnmower buying advice.

    I would agree with other Senior opinions here--buy the Toro sr4 with the cast deck--much superior build quality than regular Recyclers---make certain that you get a rear drive unit with metal gearing not the nylon geared drive wheels. Nothing wrong with the personal pace and people seem to like...
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    Toro model 20331 6.75 Briggs no choke/no prime cold start issue

    I've seen this a few times---you choke isn't coming off as it should--if the air vane isn't rubbing he problem is at the thermostat end --if the arm guiding the air vane springs back it's ok--problem in my couple of cases was that the travel was too much and the air vane got hung up --bent the...
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    Briggs auto choke..

    This is a common problem with people shutting down to dump clippings and then trying to restart a hot engine. The mower defaults to choke when it shuts down ready for the next cold start--it has a tiny spring to assist a return to choke--Once the engine starts the unobstructed air vane and a...
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    Starting & Cutting Out Issues.

    The underjetted cartridges in these ohv Briggs engines are usually the culprits --but if you can run that long and rule out a coil failing ---i would look at fuel delivery. I'd lean more towards a venting issue. These mowers are not cap vented ----they are tank vented into the filter backing...
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    What's wrong with my Honda Lawnmower? Almost pulled my arm off! Repair? New mower?

    Don't touch any of the above if you're smart-especially Ryobi or Greenworks (even commercials) if you want electric you will have to pay the big $$ and step up to Makita-Stihl-DeWalt level
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    Buying a forever lawnmower. Lawnmower buying advice.

    I'm going with the majority on here---imho an older pre 2018 super recycler with a Quantum Briggs engine and an auto choke--no blade clutch cables to mess with---That's what i would pick without going back too old. Parts readily available --easy to work on--I've been doing this a long time!
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    Carb float not sitting right

    Pressed in brass seats do not require a rubber seat--the needle have a viton (rubber ) tip and a conventional seat isn't needed. If you're trying to push a rubber seat in there yuo will never get your float right
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    What was wrong with this mower?

    If you were following--the plug tested fine in air or as it would with a spark tester which tells you coil is fine but not the whole story---the plug was not firing in the hole!
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    What was wrong with this mower?

    You're correct on that Doug---If your blade is stopped up with packed grass engine likely not starting--but it would become noticeable fairly quicklythat the condition would be a problem?
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    What was wrong with this mower?

    Solution was simple in the end---change out the plug or clean and re-gap---apparently the plug sparked in air but failed in the cylinder. Probably a simple step to add in our troubleshooting rather than tmaking assumptions? Usually when everything seems to check out correct but you're still not...
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    What was wrong with this mower?

    Yes it's true--the plug can show you it can spark but under load it can fail
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    What was wrong with this mower?

    Ok-so you have all the ingredients for success but you don't have it? You have spark--correct valve timing--no fuel delivery problems-no vacuum leaks-blade is tight and not jammed--your air filter is clean--your choke or primer is working fine---but you can't start your mower??? Plus this is...
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    What was wrong with this mower?

    If you have checked all the normal problem boxes and still no start or rough run---aside from a cracked plastic intake manifold--i would guess your bade bolt totally backed off or your blade adaptor has one of those flimsy keys and it stripped or the cast iron has broken away??
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    What was wrong with this mower?

    was your issue with the blade or the blade adaptor ?
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    Craftsman mower starting problem

    Flywheel key can be intact but valves out of adjustment?Adjust the valve lash 4 thou--I don't know of any other reason that the starter rope wotld snap back
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    Honda HRR216K9VKA dies after 15 minutes

    coil or plug---try changing them out one at a time
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    Craftsman mower starting problem

    Kick back is valve timing--the carb you want is Hipa 16100-zol-853 -it has the post for the choke sweep arm---Remember that when you set for choke you are moving the sweep the opposite way---so make sure the sweeparm is on the correct side of the pin or you won't be choking at all
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