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Another long term update. Still have not had to adjust my Select Drive cable and I still have some 2-3 dial increases I can go. The HRX217 handles the wet ground from the summer monsoons much better my HRN216 did. The mower will not always crank on the first pull so I do a gentle slow pull...

My mower has been doing well. After Hurricane Ida we had to have a bunch of work done inside, take a tree down, replace my fence, and now waiting for the patio to be replaced. When the fence was replaced I told the guys I would spread the dirt/clay from the fence post holes. Well I did that...

My mower has gotten a tested quite a bit this year so far. Quite a few soggy lawn cuttings and three debris filled lawn cuttings after Hurricane Ida. It takes some time for the small debris to finally go away as new debris gets scattered on your yard as trees get cut, your home gets roofed...

We are well into the monsoon season here so I have had to cut my lawn a few times when it is mushy leaving mud tracks everywhere like all the other folks here. Along the fence where my old Toro and Honda 216 would drag a lot from the tires sinking in the mud the Honda HRX217 does much better...

The Toro Personal Pace systems absorbs most of the vibration in the tension of the drive cable as the handle slides back and forth so advantage Toro there in the mower wars. My old Honda HRR216 had foam padding on the handle which worked well to eliminate the vibration. Right now for me it is...

Well the monsoon season has arrived and here to stay a while. It has rained for 6-7 days straight leaving a little standing water along my fence in the river slit soil my entire yard has. Usually my old Toro and old Honda 216 would sink down dragging the mowers to a stop every so often along...

Today I now have mowed my yard a total of six times. Five of the six times were light cuttings. I lowered the mower one more notch today to the last one to try it out over the whole yard. The rear wheels were not hard to adjust as others have complained since I always lift the wheels corner...

I have completed two total yard cuttings(1st one mostly weeds, 2nd one light grass) and 2-3 pine straw pickups so far. In between time I played around cranking the mower every few days to see how many pulls it would take to start. With the warmer weather it only takes 1-2 pulls. In cold...

Interesting, I had figured the GCV190 would have been easy to start just as my GCV160 is since they are both basically of the same prior design.

gotomow, did your HRX217 have the GCV190 or the GCV200 engine? My old Honda had the GCV160 engine that would crank 90% of the time on the first pull and in real cold weather you may have to add 1-2 pulls. After playing around a bit I think the trick in cold weather is to "prime" the engine...

You have been agreeing with my original assumption of fuel vaporization. I was looking for possible answers other than fuel vaporization, if any, that I have overlooked. The engine would probably start on first pull every time if I would squirt a little fuel into the carburetor throat first...

That is the physics class information you where learn about the characteristics of the transition of a material between the three physical states. Thermodynamics courses takes a deeper dive. My question is exactly what basic action is occurring during the longer wait times between engine pulls...

The weather here has been crazy as it was in the rest of the nation. It has been either too wet or too cold to cut the few winter weeds in my yard. During this time I did some testing with starting my new Honda HRX217YKA mower. I am retired so I have the time and with a engineering degree the...

Thanks!

Yesterday I used the Lowe's Chat window to check on my Honda HRX217VKA mower order as it never showed any status change since ordering 4days before. The computer chat said my mower had been delivered two days prior. I finally got a real person chat and they stated it would take 5-7 business...