bmgreenwood
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Dear All,
I'm new to the site so please forgive me if I'm posting wrong and let me know what I should do in future please!
My husband and I have started a small lawn care business here in Wales, UK. We picked up a 1991 Lawnflite self-propelled lawnmower with a 5hp Briggs & Stratton engine as a secondary to our main mowers. We have a second Lawnflite which runs the same engine and unfortunately it broke (hit a washing machine pole pretty bad...) so we are hoping to swap the engines over if we can get this one to start, which it wants to but won't quite get there. I'm hoping someone will know some tips and tricks or which part to change out :smile:
We have tried Easy Start, sprayed Carb Cleaner through the air filter pipe and on the carb pot (sorry, not sure on technical terms - it's a small pot that came off the bottom of the carb). There's new fuel in it and plenty of oil. When trying to start the cord pulls well, turns over with plenty of compression, and starts to spark (we know the plug works). However it splutters out - it gets almost there and then dies. If it were a car, all it would take is a bit of a rev when trying to start! We aren't sure what to try next. We have a local place we could take it but if it's something simple that we can do ourselves we would kick ourselves if it costs a lot for them to check and fix. Can anyone suggest anything? I can post a video (I think) of my husband trying to start it if anyone needs it.
Side notes:
= It does have an electric start, but there is no key - whilst the keys are pretty cheap and universal, I don't think the batteries for the electric start are, so we don't intend to use it at all in the future.
= It has different speeds, but it seems whilst my husband was trying it yesterday my father helped and pulled at the speed/throttle lever a bit and now it's somewhat loose - but this hasn't made any difference.
Any help will be much appreciated!
- Rebecca
I'm new to the site so please forgive me if I'm posting wrong and let me know what I should do in future please!
My husband and I have started a small lawn care business here in Wales, UK. We picked up a 1991 Lawnflite self-propelled lawnmower with a 5hp Briggs & Stratton engine as a secondary to our main mowers. We have a second Lawnflite which runs the same engine and unfortunately it broke (hit a washing machine pole pretty bad...) so we are hoping to swap the engines over if we can get this one to start, which it wants to but won't quite get there. I'm hoping someone will know some tips and tricks or which part to change out :smile:
We have tried Easy Start, sprayed Carb Cleaner through the air filter pipe and on the carb pot (sorry, not sure on technical terms - it's a small pot that came off the bottom of the carb). There's new fuel in it and plenty of oil. When trying to start the cord pulls well, turns over with plenty of compression, and starts to spark (we know the plug works). However it splutters out - it gets almost there and then dies. If it were a car, all it would take is a bit of a rev when trying to start! We aren't sure what to try next. We have a local place we could take it but if it's something simple that we can do ourselves we would kick ourselves if it costs a lot for them to check and fix. Can anyone suggest anything? I can post a video (I think) of my husband trying to start it if anyone needs it.
Side notes:
= It does have an electric start, but there is no key - whilst the keys are pretty cheap and universal, I don't think the batteries for the electric start are, so we don't intend to use it at all in the future.
= It has different speeds, but it seems whilst my husband was trying it yesterday my father helped and pulled at the speed/throttle lever a bit and now it's somewhat loose - but this hasn't made any difference.
Any help will be much appreciated!
- Rebecca