Recent content by slomo

Round Up or the ingrediant called Glyphosate 41% kills everything. Including your dominant grass you want to keep.

Fescue is different that St Aug. St Aug is wider bladed. Several types of fescues. Lots are blends of different grass seeds like Kentucky Blue Grass and so on.

Did you change the spark plugs?

Could be. It is correct on a lot of common things I've found. Try it on something you know what it is.

Try another weed ID ap. Look at Google images for Mondo and Lawngrass. See what you think. Take that sprig you plucked to a plant nursery. Get their opinion.

Chickanic on youtube found that canned fuel I think she said was stale or full of water. There was something wrong with it. Maybe it was old age? Anyway she said not to use it. No telling how many years it has been sitting on the shelves. Not many people buy it.

Your dominant grass is St Aug right? What turf type do you have?

Check engine mounting bolts.

Load test the battery.

What RPM do you mow at? Do you ever idle it down????????? All those cranking attempts will drain the battery. No wonder it didn't start back up. It takes several (15) minutes at MAX revs to "nearly" charge a battery back up. Mowers do not have large alternators to immediately top the battery...

Solder and marine grade heat shrink is a nice way to terminate properly. Marine shrink has a glue inside that ooozes out and seals the bond from the atmosphere.

Good tips above. Pull the fuel hose off AT the carb inlet. Drain into a glass jar or can. Look for water at the bottom. Specifically look for a healthy flow out of the hose. Do this till the tank is dry. If it has good flow for a bit then crawls, you have a tank vent issue. Good flow draining...

Pull the weed/grass from your yard. Snap another pic without the St Aug grass around it.

Focus in tighter. I got the same on a wider shot of your picture. Said it was St. Aug as you found.

I would prep the seat pan. Sand off all the old adhesive and paint. Use rough paper to allow the adhesive to get into the metal and stick. It's all about the prep work.