Greetings Lawn World,
I do refer to mower as being "old", it is 20 years old and to me seems old for a mower but what do I know, jus' sayin'. I bumped the air gap to .015" but no luck. There have been some comments about testing for spark correctly, could I have been doing it incorrectly? I have the plug connected and I ground it on a freshly cleaned (1000 grit emery) part of the engine and trun the fly, with the kill wire connected and disconnected. I held it in my hand just as a last resort and felt a mild, very mild, jolt from time to time, not consistant-and not a good way to test-You'll only make that mistake once. As for points and condenser, I looked under the fly wheel and see nothing, also there were no such parts listed in the exploded diagrams I've seen. I haven't taken the fly wheel off though. I've had a lot of cars in the past with points etc. but the ignition system on this thing seems dead simple, if there were points and a condenser they would have to be in line somewhere. I'm leaning toward the original idea that B&S may have sent me a defective part. There have been some good ideas here and I am greatful for the help.
I do refer to mower as being "old", it is 20 years old and to me seems old for a mower but what do I know, jus' sayin'. I bumped the air gap to .015" but no luck. There have been some comments about testing for spark correctly, could I have been doing it incorrectly? I have the plug connected and I ground it on a freshly cleaned (1000 grit emery) part of the engine and trun the fly, with the kill wire connected and disconnected. I held it in my hand just as a last resort and felt a mild, very mild, jolt from time to time, not consistant-and not a good way to test-You'll only make that mistake once. As for points and condenser, I looked under the fly wheel and see nothing, also there were no such parts listed in the exploded diagrams I've seen. I haven't taken the fly wheel off though. I've had a lot of cars in the past with points etc. but the ignition system on this thing seems dead simple, if there were points and a condenser they would have to be in line somewhere. I'm leaning toward the original idea that B&S may have sent me a defective part. There have been some good ideas here and I am greatful for the help.
