neophyte_lawn_guy
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I bought this mower last year. JohnDeere L120 with a 48" mowing deck. The original engine was replaced with a B&S 24. In retrospect I paid too much for it, but it seemed like a good deal at the time. Since buying it, I've replaced the belt twice, till I wised up and replaced all three spindles on the mowing deck. That solved my belt shredding problem.
I went to use it the first time after sitting all winter and after the deck repair, and it started. But was running a bit rough and backfired a time or two. I got through about 70% of my lawn before impending rain made it impossible to continue. It then sat in the garage till last weekend. At that point I tried to start it up and got nothing. Starter turns, cranks, things spin, but no ignition. No sputter, no cough, nada. I pulled the plugs and they had gas but were a bit dirtier than I liked so swapped them out too. Even after that nothing happened when I turned the engine over. I was done for the day. Oh, and I also put a bit of heet in the tank in case there was water there.
I bought starting fluid, this morning, thinking that if I hit it with that and it caught, I would know that spark and compression where probably good. However, after a hit with the starter fluid, it started right up. I got through about 90% of the yard today, only to have the back left tire go bad on me. Spent the rest of the afternoon chasing down a new tire.
Perhaps the cold start that happens once the tire is fixed will go fine. but, I'm guessing that there's another problem there waiting to bite me. Anyone care to suggest a diagnosis on what might have caused it to not turn over at all, but now start fine after the application of the starter fluid? Oh and once it started today. I was able to start it on it's own several times with out any additional starter fluid.
Dirty carb? Or something else?
Tony
I went to use it the first time after sitting all winter and after the deck repair, and it started. But was running a bit rough and backfired a time or two. I got through about 70% of my lawn before impending rain made it impossible to continue. It then sat in the garage till last weekend. At that point I tried to start it up and got nothing. Starter turns, cranks, things spin, but no ignition. No sputter, no cough, nada. I pulled the plugs and they had gas but were a bit dirtier than I liked so swapped them out too. Even after that nothing happened when I turned the engine over. I was done for the day. Oh, and I also put a bit of heet in the tank in case there was water there.
I bought starting fluid, this morning, thinking that if I hit it with that and it caught, I would know that spark and compression where probably good. However, after a hit with the starter fluid, it started right up. I got through about 90% of the yard today, only to have the back left tire go bad on me. Spent the rest of the afternoon chasing down a new tire.
Perhaps the cold start that happens once the tire is fixed will go fine. but, I'm guessing that there's another problem there waiting to bite me. Anyone care to suggest a diagnosis on what might have caused it to not turn over at all, but now start fine after the application of the starter fluid? Oh and once it started today. I was able to start it on it's own several times with out any additional starter fluid.
Dirty carb? Or something else?
Tony
