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Vicki Mathis Posted on Jul 23, 2009
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My riding lawn mower won't start. New battery (cables & connections are clean), new filter, plug, rebuilt carb. It's getting spark but won't start? I cleaned the magneto and flywheel. Any other ideas?

  • Vicki Mathis Jul 24, 2009

    Every thing is new. I figured out the problem. When I adjusted the remote throttle, I lined the hole in the governor up right, but I had gone beyond fast and was on choke. I re-adjusted it and changed the oil and it fired right up! I had major gas in the crankcase oil. Now if I knew where to hook the tach dwell tester to, I could set the idle at the recommended setting instead of guessing! Thanks for the help.

  • Mike McDowell May 11, 2010

    How fresh is your gas? Make sure the fuel filter is clean.

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Spray starting fluid into the air box if it starts and dies out there is a fuel delivery problem if the mower has a petcock fuel shut of valve disconnect the fuel line after the petcock and hold a container under the hose turn on the valve to ensure gas flow to carb if there is no petcock valve I would still check the line to carb make sure gas flows through the hose to carb.

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