Hey guys,
After thinking & thinking I decided to go ahead & see what kind of trouble I can get in to with some non-working mowers. I have noticed so many success stories that I decided to attempt to get some broken mowers & fix them. The first one I am going to attempt to save is a 2003 Bolens. It has a Briggs & Stratton engine but not sure of the horsepower. In the ad it was offerred on Craigslist for $15, being sold as a locked up engine. Turns out the mower was caught on something & turns over freely. Has good compression & no binding at all when pulling the starter cord. Since it was pouring down rain I couldn't look at it too well but this weekend I'm gonna pull it out of the garage and see what I can find out. Provided it has good spark & the oil looks good I'm gonna try to fire it up & see what happens. I'm hoping it won't need much so that I can get it sold relatively quick. I bought this one & a Craftsman self propelled 6.5 HP mower for the total of $35 so if I can get this running without much money being put in to it I should be able to make back the money on the one alone. Tomorrow I'm gonna get a pic of the mower as it sits in my garage & hopefully get it running & cleaned up. While I don't know much about the mowers right now there's no better place to start than one that may be an easy fix... or I hope is an easy fix.
After thinking & thinking I decided to go ahead & see what kind of trouble I can get in to with some non-working mowers. I have noticed so many success stories that I decided to attempt to get some broken mowers & fix them. The first one I am going to attempt to save is a 2003 Bolens. It has a Briggs & Stratton engine but not sure of the horsepower. In the ad it was offerred on Craigslist for $15, being sold as a locked up engine. Turns out the mower was caught on something & turns over freely. Has good compression & no binding at all when pulling the starter cord. Since it was pouring down rain I couldn't look at it too well but this weekend I'm gonna pull it out of the garage and see what I can find out. Provided it has good spark & the oil looks good I'm gonna try to fire it up & see what happens. I'm hoping it won't need much so that I can get it sold relatively quick. I bought this one & a Craftsman self propelled 6.5 HP mower for the total of $35 so if I can get this running without much money being put in to it I should be able to make back the money on the one alone. Tomorrow I'm gonna get a pic of the mower as it sits in my garage & hopefully get it running & cleaned up. While I don't know much about the mowers right now there's no better place to start than one that may be an easy fix... or I hope is an easy fix.