spicer
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I know but I had to answer. Respect and acknowledgement.Got it the first time.
My response was a convolution interpretation.
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Mystic
We're all born mad
Touche !
Tongue tied?
Today, I got sent with a seed/compost crew and I had to mow one of the properties before anything else. I should ask the manager if it's really necessary for us to have a lawnmower that's older than Keith Richards.
spicer
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Old mower I take it. How does it work? I mean, is it good for the job.
Well, it takes a few thousand pulls the cord to start...stall, start....stall again.... finally it stays running at a slow speed, eventually gets going. Then it keeps running. Now thinking about, that's probably how the earth cooled when it was a ball of lava. Keith ran this very mower over the surface drawing out the heat with the fan action of the blade.
spicer
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Is the rope on a recoil. That would help.
Choke stuck partially (mostly?) open......
You can test that hypothesis, by just dribbling a tiny amount of gasoline into the inlet of the air filter. If it starts a lot faster- you probably have a choke or starting-circuit problem, depending on the design of the carb.
I used to have an old Honda mower, that didn't have a choke, as designed- and the starting-circuit or whatever it had in the carb to serve that purpose, looked to have basically died. Five or ten drops of gasoline onto the air filter, and it started first or second pull...
Regards,
Gordon.
Actually it is. Next guess?
I didn't think to open the air cleaner and look.Choke stuck partially (mostly?) open......
spicer
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Well, I'd be looking to prime it, and I'm sure you would know that.
It doesn't have a primer. I looked thoroughly because Husqvarna has a reputation for hiding them.
spicer
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Starter spray in the intake. Mild cursing might help.
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Me too. Sadly, FGS has come down with Feline AIDS and is now restricted to indoor living for the rest of her numbered days. Can't have her infecting other cats. She was quite the huntress and during hunting season pounced on most of her own calories. Thing is, she's been inside for eight weeks now and hasn't shown any real interest in the great outdoors where she use to spend the vast majority of her time, regardless of the weather.
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Hit it with starting ether ! Before ripping your shoulder out ! Years ago I had one like that drilled an 1/8 hole in the air cleaner just enough for the straw in the starting fluid can to fit in , one shot would start 1 or 2 pull ! Can would last a whole season or two !
When I was young I'd have one really nice car (Mustang, Road Runner, etc) and one total shitbox for winter/nasty weather. One of those shitboxes had a totally frozen choke and being a shitbox I wasn't springing for a new carb. So instead of opening the hood every time I wanted to start it I had a can of starting fluid in the car connected by a length of that plastic tubing one would use for an aftermarket oil pressure gauge, plumbed into one of the carb's vacuum ports. A couple second push of the can and it was running, ah, the crazy stupid **** one does when they'e young & invincible.......
My oil burning winter beater kept puttin to much oil down the carb through the breather so I took some old heater hose and router down underneath the car !When I was young I'd have one really nice car (Mustang, Road Runner, etc) and one total shitbox for winter/nasty weather. One of those shitboxes had a totally frozen choke and being a shitbox I wasn't springing for a new carb. So instead of opening the hood every time I wanted to start it I had a can of starting fluid in the car connected by a length of that plastic tubing one would use for an aftermarket oil pressure gauge, plumbed into one of the carb's vacuum ports. A couple second push of the can and it was running, ah, the crazy stupid **** one does when they'e young & invincible.......
