cheap push lawnmower question

[beaufort-fj60]

my cheap push lawnmower is running crappy...

when you start it the engine goes..... VROOM VROOM vroom vroom VROOM VROOM vroom vroom VROOM VROOM..... it's annoying. My guess is the two springs on the carb are stretched or misaligned. This mower is an ON/OFF mover. No choke or throttle options.

 

[Rattler]

Come to MI and I will give you a deal on my 3 yo Honda push mower. I moved to a bigger yard in Sept., bought a used JD and don't use it.

 

[beaufort-fj60]

lol... thanks

 

[D'Animal]

It sounds like you governor spring is tweaked or that it is running lean causing it to surge.

Lean running conditions could be because of debris in the fuel tank. The debris will partially block the pick up tube it is starveing of fuel.

Or you bent the crap out of your govenor spring trying to make it go faster.

Or it need the mixture screw backed out a bit.

 

[beaufort-fj60]

I bet it's the governor spring, whatever that is. Every time I cram it into the bushes while mowing, it almost cuts off. Pull the mower out of the bushes and it revs back up. There are two springs that basically sit on top of each other, these are the ones that are affected by the bushes "pushing" on them.

can i buy these anywhere? and are they all the same?

 

[D'Animal]

What engine?

Briggs and Stratton? Tecumseh? Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda, Lawn boy?

Take you model, type and code off of you engine and go to the dealership and get the corrct spring(s). They are not all the same

 

[beaufort-fj60]

What engine?

Briggs and Stratton? Tecumseh? Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda, Lawn boy?

Take you model, type and code off of you engine and go to the dealership and get the corrct spring(s). They are not all the same

I think it's a B&S... it is a 2005 base model cheap-o $99 mower from Wal-Mart.



edit:

it looks like this.

 

[fsusteve]

lol....how's that mower sound again?......lol.

 

[beaufort-fj60]

lol....how's that mower sound again?......lol.

lol... Danimal got it.

 

[fsusteve]

my father-in-law ran my rider in some bushes and it pushed the throttle down enough to where it ran like s***......he couldn't figure it out.

 

[cruiser88]

VROOM VROOM vroom vroom VROOM VROOM vroom vroom VROOM VROOM

Sounds like the carb....when you get it rebuild in like a year post pictures.

 

[D'Animal]

At least he put straight gas in it.

my father-in-law ran my rider in some bushes and it pushed the throttle down enough to where it ran like ****......he couldn't figure it out.

 

[beaufort-fj60]

VROOM VROOM vroom vroom VROOM VROOM vroom vroom VROOM VROOM

Sounds like the carb....when you get it rebuild in like a year post pictures.

it's the springs... hilux

 

[john_eckels]

Mine stuff, espeicially the pressure washer has done that occasionally. It mostly happens after the stuff has sat for a while. The gasoline forms a varnish and gunks up the jets. Spray witn car cleaner, run a gasoline additive, and if that don't work, you may have to take the carb apart and clean it.

 

[Eric Winkworth]

I just threw out a mower because it was doing that... some self throttle B&S.... the carb was a joke on that thing.... it was a wallmart purchase years ago....

Personally I throw it to the curb and source a good lawnboy!

 

[fsusteve]

beaufart only uses stuff he finds buried with his metal detector.

 

[Eric Winkworth]

where you from beaufart, I just kicked a lawnmower to the curb with the same issues... you aren't the guy that stopped and picked it up are you?

 

[D'Animal]

LOL!,


Now that would not be so funny if it was not possibly true.

where you from beaufart, I just kicked a lawnmower to the curb with the same issues... you aren't the guy that stopped and picked it up are you?

 

[beaufort-fj60]

bump for danimal.. the rebuild thread has me motivated.

here is the sticker on the side. The engine sticker states "3.5hp classic... throttle free design"

can I customize this to a use a throttle? for cheap

 

[fsusteve]

lol....customize it.....lol.