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There's that reason, too. But that reason also goes way beyond lawn equipment. Cars, pickups, tractors, houses, etc. The Jones' are...

After 29 years in a small house on a small lot, we contemplated moving to a 5 acre lot and house. The major contemplation was what to do...

Because they need them. One does not have to work a particular job to take advantage of a product. I mow 7 acres with a LOT of things to...

Back in 1998 i paid $350 for a commercial stihl FS80 string trimmer. I have 4 acres and have put probably a half dozen tanks of fuel...

Don't know. Will just have to wait for dry weather and crawl under it and see what's going on. But thanks for the tip.

Moisture inside the grass crossing terminals. Good find........

Update time, I was looking thru the circuit again. Noticed that there was a buildup of dirt/grass on the connector to the key switch...

might think about getting some fuse holders and fuse each individual circuit, for example place a 10 amp fuse in the PTO clutch circuit...

Sounds like the bearing in your idler pulley may have gone away.

There's that reason, too. But that reason also goes way beyond lawn equipment. Cars, pickups, tractors, houses, etc. The Jones' are...

That basically confirms that the ignition module is heat failing. And would require the replacement of the ignition module

Ignition would be my first guess, but will need to confirm loss of spark after engine dies with a open gap spark tester, not a blink...

I found the problem, the engine front cover on that unit as a big square old at the bottom and the engine is suppose to have a shield...

10w-30 will shear down awful fast in an air cooled engine. Briggs, Kawisaki, Kohler and so on state multi-grade oils will be consumed...