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Anyone know anything about petrol lawn mowers....Iv bought a jonsered mower at auction. Won't start but looks the business....just wondering if it's worth mending. It looks an expensive thing!

 

I'll try and put a pic up

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They usually are pretty simple really I wouldn't claim to be a mechanic or anything but fixed a few in the garden from time to time old fella next door used to say if it isn't Briggs and Stratton engine it wasn't worth a wank give spark plug a good clean check filters and that there's no shite in petrol tank

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Dido there's a place in kirkham mate that will give it a goodservice cheap as as well if not he will buy of you mate let us know if you want the number

Cheers pal....I'm going to have a go myself. Got my new workshop set up and need a project

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My son worked for a landscape gardener and they sent him to a main dealer for a week to learn about stripping the machines down and fixing them and he says its pretty simple mechanics , so give it a try Is there fresh petrol in there, if you pull the starter do the blades turn , is there a spark then look at the carb

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My son worked for a landscape gardener and they sent him to a main dealer for a week to learn about stripping the machines down and fixing them and he says its pretty simple mechanics , so give it a try Is there fresh petrol in there, if you pull the starter do the blades turn , is there a spark then look at the carb

I'm crap at mechanics so I'm really looking forward to having a play.... going to start with fresh fuel and all the simple stuff and see what happens

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They usually are pretty simple really I wouldn't claim to be a mechanic or anything but fixed a few in the garden from time to time old fella next door used to say if it isn't Briggs and Stratton engine it wasn't worth a wank give spark plug a good clean check filters and that there's no shite in petrol tank

 

B&Q use those in their premium range but does that guarantee you get a quality carb made by the same people?

 

Cheap Chinese carbs are terrible, my brother gets given them all the time to rejet and sort of for cars and it drives him nuts that people wont spend on quality webbers.

 

Hey there's an idea, strap a pair of 40IDF webbers to the mower DIDO that would be fun :D

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They usually are pretty simple really I wouldn't claim to be a mechanic or anything but fixed a few in the garden from time to time old fella next door used to say if it isn't Briggs and Stratton engine it wasn't worth a wank give spark plug a good clean check filters and that there's no shite in petrol tank

B and s ain't what they used to be ... I'm told Honda engined mowers are the ones to have if your doing serious mowing work
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They usually are pretty simple really I wouldn't claim to be a mechanic or anything but fixed a few in the garden from time to time old fella next door used to say if it isn't Briggs and Stratton engine it wasn't worth a wank give spark plug a good clean check filters and that there's no shite in petrol tank

:thumbs: and to start from cold , use the choke , on the side = press it get fuel in to the little bowel to the carb, just once then few pulls it should start , then rest of the day to restart , no choke

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