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[firemanpat2910]

I need someone to smack me in the back of the head. My dad called me a couple a days ago and said his "Tractor" wasnt running right. After making sure all the tractors were in the barn where they belong I headed to his house to fix his riding lawn mower!!! Its got a 18.5 B&S and it was skipping sputtering and back firing. Air filter was clogged, sparkplug used almost up, fuel filter dirty and gas smelled rotten. I tell him I would be back next day after work. $25.00 trip to tractor supply at lunch. Go back next night(waited till it cooled of to 90) replace all above mentioned parts add new gas with stabil. still runs rough, I was about to remove the carb and start tearing it apart when I see a STICK wedged into the govenor linkage. I dont know how I missed it before. Runs like new again. sorry for the long winded post but keep it simple stupid.

 

[Blagadan]

 

[LBrown59]

I was about to remove the carb and start tearing it apart when I see a STICK wedged into the govenor linkage

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How did it get stuck there?

 

[8NLUGNUT]

KISS.

 

[PILOON]

KISS is the best tool in the box! (not made by snap-on either!)

But then maybe Vice-Grip is the closest to KISS ever made.

I also have heard V-G's called noofie sockets (Cdn joke) and maybe you all call them Redneck sockets!

 

[jinman]

I also have heard V-G's called noofie sockets (Cdn joke) and maybe you all call them Redneck sockets!

Aggie speed wrench...I keep mine next to my crescent hammer.

 

[Soundguy]

Hey.. don't knock those crescent hammers.. I keep a big 18" one in my tractor tool box.. I actually ground down a flat spot on the back specifically to use it as a hammer so it wouldn't deflect off as much!

soundguy

 

[Farmwithjunk]

I need someone to smack me in the back of the head. My dad called me a couple a days ago and said his "Tractor" wasnt running right. After making sure all the tractors were in the barn where they belong I headed to his house to fix his riding lawn mower!!! Its got a 18.5 B&S and it was skipping sputtering and back firing. Air filter was clogged, sparkplug used almost up, fuel filter dirty and gas smelled rotten. I tell him I would be back next day after work. $25.00 trip to tractor supply at lunch. Go back next night(waited till it cooled of to 90) replace all above mentioned parts add new gas with stabil. still runs rough, I was about to remove the carb and start tearing it apart when I see a STICK wedged into the govenor linkage. I dont know how I missed it before. Runs like new again. sorry for the long winded post but keep it simple stupid.

Don't feel bad.

My sister-in-law went to the mall saturday. She came out and got in her car. It wouldn't start. She had an appointment that just wouldn't wait, so she called a cab to get home. $55 Next she called my wife (her sister) so she could drag me down there to figure out what was wrong with the car.



When she got to the mall, she put the car in neutral, put on the emergency brake, and went about the full tilt make-up make-over. When she finished, all she did was turn off the key, get out, lock the door and proceed to shop-until-she-dropped.

The car wouldn't start because it was still in neutral.


Some days even the simple stuff gets complicated

I shoulda charged her $100 for putting it in park.

 

[Egon]

Switch to a pipe wrench. Better fit and better hammer. It's also easier to use for the mechanically challenged!

Just make sure its the steel variety. Them aluminum jobs can break with a snipe.

Course you also gotta be careful on them evening Snipe Hunts!

 

[Soundguy]

Is she related to anybody here in florida? I had a salesman stop by our office a while back, and then a minute after leaving he came in and asked to use the phone.. said his truck wouldn't crank over. While he was making the call I asked if i could take a look.. same issue.. truck not in park... guy was pretty embarrissed.

soundguy

Don't feel bad.

My sister-in-law went to the mall saturday. She came out and got in her car. It wouldn't start. She had an appointment that just wouldn't wait, so she called a cab to get home. $55 Next she called my wife (her sister) so she could drag me down there to figure out what was wrong with the car.



When she got to the mall, she put the car in neutral, put on the emergency brake, and went about the full tilt make-up make-over. When she finished, all she did was turn off the key, get out, lock the door and proceed to shop-until-she-dropped.

The car wouldn't start because it was still in neutral.


Some days even the simple stuff gets complicated

I shoulda charged her $100 for putting it in park.

 

[EddieWalker]

A buddy of mine bought a boat our senior year in high school. After school and on weekends, we'd take it out waterskiing. Shortly after I left for bootcamp, it died on him while out on the water. He couldn't get it to start and had to have somebody tow him back. He said he tried everything, but nothing worked.

Three months later when I got back from boot camp and found out what happened, I asked to take a look. For whaterver reason, he didn't want me to look at it. Instead, we took it down to a boat shop to have them repair it. I was along for the ride, but he did all the talking about what happened. They turned over the key, looked at the engine and in the fuel tanks. They turned the valve to switch tanks and it started right up. His fuel gauge read full, but it was reading the full tank. His setup was such that he had to switch the gauge when he switched the tanks.

A client of mine went to the mall to do some Christmas shopping in her brand new Honda Civic. When she came out, it was gone. She called the police, filled out the papers and had a really terrible Christmas. Sometime in early January, she got a call from the mall telling her to come get her car or they were going to tow it.

She had forgot where she parked it and thought it was stolen when she couldn't find it. In fact, it was where she parked it and it sat there for almost a month without any problems.

One of the pastors from church was on our fourwheeler when it broke down on him. He had plenty of fuel, but it wouldnt start. It's a Honda 300 that has been very reliable. He walked back through the mud with the story and apology for breaking it.

A few of us went to take a look at it, only to discover he had hit the kill switch while riding through the mud.

I think a stick in the engine is perfectly normal. Just funny that you didn't notice it right off, but it sounds like it needed a tune up anyway.

Eddie

 

[wedge40]

I spent two months and lord knows how much money working on my tractor. It would start sometime and as soon as you tried to give it more gas it would stall. I even had some friends come over to help me diagnose. It ended up being the gas shut-off valve was broke in the half open position. Let just enough gas through to get it to start once in a while. But hey like you I ended up with lots of new parts.

Wedge