Briggs and Stratton 3.5 hp lawnmower engine problem

On Mon, 28 May 2018 11:07:16 -0500, Fox's Mercantile <jdangus@att.net>
wrote:

Just a random thought.

I used to work as a mechanic at a small engine repair shop.
One of the cartoons that found a home on the front counter:

A kid sitting in the driveway with the lawn mower totally
disassembled. And his dad standing there looking at him.
"I found the problem. It's out of gas."
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The caption should have been "You're paying me how much to fix this"?

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The question remains - did you ever get the beast running again?

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
 
On 2018/05/29 5:01 AM, pfjw@aol.com wrote:
The question remains - did you ever get the beast running again?

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
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Indeed, it's not like these are convoluted electronic devices. Intake
(mix of gas and air), compression, ignition, exhaust. Each cycle can be
tested easily enough - starting with a compression test.

John :-#)#

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Too funny. At least Darwin went right for the reproductive organs. Fastest route to stopping the genetic defects.
 
On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 11:16:21 AM UTC-4, Terry Schwartz wrote:
> Too funny. At least Darwin went right for the reproductive organs. Fastest route to stopping the genetic defects.

Leaving the most important question, from The Lancet, April 1, 1960-something:

Is Sterility Hereditary?

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
 
On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 11:08:10 AM UTC-4, captainvi...@gmail.com wrote:
> I apologize if part of this seems off topic but I thought that the electronic component of it might be on. I have this 3.5 horse engine on my old push mower. The engine is about 38 years old now but the mower is used very infrequently so the hours are not that bad. About 5 or 6 years ago I replaced the old OEM coil that used points, with a used newer electronic type that eliminates the points. The mower is on it's third carburetor, gas tank and second deck but it has always started ok. I tried to start the mower this morning and as sure as my wife said, (I hate it when she's right), "You'll never start that old thing", it wouldn't start. Long story short there is no HV spark to the plug. It seems as though the coil is bad again. I was going to hit up a few used lawnmower places to try to get a replacement coil because I have no engine numbers on my machine to look up the part but I was wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to bench test these things. Thanks for any help Lenny

nope haven't gotten it working yet. Need to find a lawnmower graveyard
for a coil.Lenny
 
On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 11:08:10 AM UTC-4, captainvi...@gmail.com wrote:
> I apologize if part of this seems off topic but I thought that the electronic component of it might be on. I have this 3.5 horse engine on my old push mower. The engine is about 38 years old now but the mower is used very infrequently so the hours are not that bad. About 5 or 6 years ago I replaced the old OEM coil that used points, with a used newer electronic type that eliminates the points. The mower is on it's third carburetor, gas tank and second deck but it has always started ok. I tried to start the mower this morning and as sure as my wife said, (I hate it when she's right), "You'll never start that old thing", it wouldn't start. Long story short there is no HV spark to the plug. It seems as though the coil is bad again. I was going to hit up a few used lawnmower places to try to get a replacement coil because I have no engine numbers on my machine to look up the part but I was wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to bench test these things. Thanks for any help Lenny

nope haven't gotten it working yet. Need to find a lawnmower graveyard
for a coil.Lenny
 
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