I was headed out of the neighborhood Wed. going towards Church. I saw a mower handle and green deck ! Behind a trash can I looped back around and it was a 2 Cycle I know the guy so I stopped and asked about it . Safety cable and drive cable broke not sure if it had fire . He took it in with a couple of other mowers and didn't feel like messing with it he helped me load it. It has compression no spark. I ordered a coil off Amazon . If I can get it running I will work on it from there.
#2
tom3
Seems like those bigger motors have a lot of problems with coils, mine did too. I got a Chinesium coil for mine and had to do some adaptation to get it mounted up, but works fine so far.
#3
FuzzyDriver
Blast the coil with a heat gun, or your wife's blow dryer if you don't have one. Get it good and warm, like a little hotter than hot-to-the-touch. Often that is all it takes to make a coil start firing the plug again.
Blast the coil with a heat gun, or your wife's blow dryer if you don't have one. Get it good and warm, like a little hotter than hot-to-the-touch. Often that is all it takes to make a coil start firing the plug again.
I received my coil today. Once installed the mower fired right up . I am holding the safety cable with vice grips. I will mow some heavy grass with it to see how it does before I spend more money on it
#6
FuzzyDriver
That's good news. What's wrong with the safety cable? Or are you just saying you don't like holding the handle? I use a bungee cord to hold the handle for me when I mow.
Back in the day, I use to make a steel wire hold down at the engine and make a quick kill wire on the coil (with a toggle switch) to ground out the plug. The fun days when I would modify my own stuff. Naturally I wouldn't with customers, even the ones that would ask. Too much liability anymore.
I honestly wish it wasn't self propelled . But when are picking up out if the Garbage you can't be picky ? I ordered a brake cable today . I sometimes take stuff to use at the church so I want it somewhat original
#10
FuzzyDriver
Ty: Thought about it, but by just using a plastic-hooked bungee I can just take it off if I'm gonna let someone else use it. Not to mention, like you said, I'd have to lock the brake away from the flywheel. Too much messing around when all I need is that bungee.
Roy: You can remove the self-propelled stuff if you are trying to get rid of the weight. Or if it's one of those Lawn-Boys that doesn't roll easy because of friction in the self-propelled part.
I have thought about removing the self propelled mechanism. It will never see uses that need self propelled drive while I have it. I mow with a Gravely professional 12 Walk behind tractor and a 40 in. kidney deck. Or a troybuilt bronco rider or a Grillo G85D walk behind tractor with a Zanon 28 in deck . I also have a very nice Craftsman self propelled mower. The lawnboy will be used to mow around the garden ,inside an electric fence and a couple of small areas I can't get the big mowers in .
#12
FuzzyDriver
You have quite the collection of diverse lawn mowers! I have 5 Lawn-Boy push mowers and a John Deere Z335E for mowing the big part of my property.
Considering I have about a half acre I think I have it covered . Oh and I forgot the Cub Cadet wheeled string trimmer. In my defense the Gravely professional 12, nicest one I have seen in person was a gift it came with a snow blade. You can't turn down a free Gravely . The troybuilt bronco rider was bought mainly to help out a elderly neighbor. It sees more use rowing tools and supplies around in a trailer than mowing.
Is it a steel-deck 10323 or an aluminum deck 10550? Most likely its a 10323 with drive bail (Variable Speed, same as Toro). What you're looking for is for it to go into 'power-hum' when warmed up and cutting. Also make sure you pull the throttle off of 'Choke' after starting, to the 'Run' or 'rabbit' position. I've seen so many of them smoking heavy with owners who didn't know to just pull the throttle back to the 'Run' position. There is a small adjustment for engine speed , the round knurled wheel at the base of the air vane. You can use this to smooth out the idle and also pick up a few Rs on top. Make sure its got a clean and oiled foam air filter in it.
Well I received my brake cable today . It is installed and working. It is now on my usable mower list . It is starting to run good new gas and just using it seems to help
I know the guy so I stopped and asked about it . Safety cable and drive cable broke not sure if it had fire . He took it in with a couple of other mowers and didn't feel like messing with it he helped me load it. It has compression no spark. I ordered a coil off Amazon . If I can get it running I will work on it from there.
