corvairbob
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i had the neighbor drop off her yardman push mower today and she said it either will not start when cold or is hard to start when cold. she said both but it she must get it to start as she said it starts good after it warms up.
so i too off the carb it looked clean and sprayed it with cleaner blew it all out and put it back on. the plug looked good but i run it ove the wire wheel and gapped it to .030
the air cleaner was good not plugged
it is a elect. start so i put in a battery and got the key to crank it.
i found the primer hose broke so i repaired that and then i tried to crank it it did not start but after 3 pushes on the primer it started. normal! but it would not start without the primer even warm. but it would start with the rope warm.
my questions is this do these engines need the valves adjusted like the riders do? i do not want to mess with this until i get a bit on insight. i think it says on the side of the engine the valve lash so i should be set but having the procedure sure will make it better to do correctly. thanks for any help.
so i too off the carb it looked clean and sprayed it with cleaner blew it all out and put it back on. the plug looked good but i run it ove the wire wheel and gapped it to .030
the air cleaner was good not plugged
it is a elect. start so i put in a battery and got the key to crank it.
i found the primer hose broke so i repaired that and then i tried to crank it it did not start but after 3 pushes on the primer it started. normal! but it would not start without the primer even warm. but it would start with the rope warm.
my questions is this do these engines need the valves adjusted like the riders do? i do not want to mess with this until i get a bit on insight. i think it says on the side of the engine the valve lash so i should be set but having the procedure sure will make it better to do correctly. thanks for any help.