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From: Mark J cleary <mcleary08@comcast.net>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: rec tech mower
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 12:33:22 -0500
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On 4/11/2025 4:39 PM, sms wrote:
> On 4/11/2025 1:44 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:
>> Ok this is a good crowd for the issue but not a bike. My walk behind 
>> Troy Built self propelled mower won't start. It is a no choke you just 
>> pull and it supposed to start. Well it has been maybe 5 months right 
>> in the garage. The fluid is ok and the mower only has 2 season on it 
>> new 2 years ago. I keep pulling and smell gas but won't really catch 
>> or seem to get close. I read the manual and seems probably a carb 
>> issue and got to take apart and clean it. I don't want to I just want 
>> to get it started and it should work for the season.
>>
>> I tried dabbing some gas in carborator where I took off filter. No 
>> luck do you think starting fluid sprayed direct will get it going. 
>> Give me any real world tips the videos of this are just a pain the ass 
>> and I want to quick start knowing once it gets going it will.
> 
> Just tried to start a small generator. Starting fluid gets it going for 
> a few second, but that's it.
> 
> It's likely that old gasoline has clogged the carb with varnish. I 
> removed the carb yesterday and need to buy some fresh gasoline to soak 
> it in.
> 
> The manual warns that old gasoline left in the tank will eventually 
> cause clogging and says to use fuel stabilizer if it's stored with 
> gasoline in the tank.
> 

Oh, my praise the Lord the starting fluid fired the mower up on 2nd 
pull. I hate yard work and mowing goes back to my childhood. My mother 
made us clean up the yard on Saturdays what a chore I never like it, got 
in the way of Saturday fun.

This mower is ok but really it is only 140cc I should have sprung for 
the bigger motor of 163 to make things easier. Sort related to gearing 
on a bike. You need the right gears and the right power to get certain 
things done better.

-- 
Deacon Mark