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Paint the white one black. Gently scuff it with a green pad. Hit it with a plastic primer. Lay on some plastic black base color. It...

Hi slomo, I simply tell the customer I will not work on a machine in a "rigged condition". If they will not accept that, then I cannot...

Thank you brother! Much appreciated. I will go over everything again so make sure I did it correctly and not miss anything.

I hear you. I have scamazon prime so I can return anything I purchase at no cost, even shipping is free.

Did you test the old one? What did you find? Now you have to test this new Chinese switch from scamazon. You don't just whip out the...

Batteries need LOAD tested. All electrical circuits need load tested. The old school carbon pile testers are preferred to the new...

what did you do to verify the battery was good?

I don't have one. Try Google.

Have you checked to make sure there isn't gas in the float making it sink and not stop fuel flow at the float needle. Floats on...

I think I would see if the piston is moving up and down

If I were a shop, I would not touch their mower. Annotate the by-pass condition on the ticket and send them packing.

Brilliant. I can see why you're such a valued member of the community, @slomo

I can smell fuel vapors driving my car with the windows up when passing a gas station.

The EPA and engineers are so anal about making sure fuel vapors cannot escape into the atmosphere that it is almost an obsession. In...

Anything you apply won't last very long.