OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Walk Behind Lawn Mower Frames Four Stroke Lawn Mower Frames old/new mower

hi Bruce , guys

I finally bought me and old mower,
stipped it down completly, every boltexcept getting to the piston i dont have the right tool.
anyway i put it back together, tank/carby completly cleaned,have compresion, have spark,
new airfilter..
could it be maybe the magneto gap to fly wheeel ?
what is it? the spark is very strong, maybe spark plug gap..?
i push the primer bulb and i see petrol going in.
I,m ttrying to start it with out the throtle cord attached does that make a differance ? i know the linkages aren't touching the stop switch

i know theres a lot but i thought i'd get it over in one mail... rather than 2 or 3 days

thanks a lot Bruce guys

hi me again

I just went out put the magneto closer to the fly wheel, I read to use electrical tape as a guide.. opened up the sparkplug gap till i got an even true spark, pulled the cord and it came to life
I'm rapt my first mower from the tip done

thanks guys

new it was to good to be true,
when i went to strt it the next day it sounds like a little back fire... then nothing

any ideas guys

thanks

briggsboy,

One question did you try to start the mower without the blade plate on?

hi yes I took the blade (single blade) off

briggsboy,

Does the mower have a bar blade?

Is that what you mean by one blade?

hi

a blade but it has bolt on blades on the ends

its not a round disk wth blades

Briggsboy,

If you had the blade bar off and tried to start the engine the bet is you have sheared the flywheel key.

The bar and blades act as a counter weight for the timing.

hmm ok thanks Bruce