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| samhou2001@gmail.com 2007-09-27, 1:26 pm |
| i have a murray 20 hp riding mower about 5 yrs old,i had it started
once after beating on the solonoid and pouring some gas in the
carb,but it didnt stay on,reason no fuel i replaced fuel line put
fresh fuel and anew solonoid,but it still wont turn on,it turns over
but wont turn on,ps i noticed oil and posibble gas at the muffler
tip,any suggestions guys,
thank you
sam
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| robson@nf.sympatico.ca 2007-09-27, 1:26 pm |
| On Sep 27, 3:39 pm, samhou2...@gmail.com wrote:
> i have a murray 20 hp riding mower about 5 yrs old,i had it started
> once after beating on the solonoid and pouring some gas in the
> carb,but it didnt stay on,reason no fuel i replaced fuel line put
> fresh fuel and anew solonoid,but it still wont turn on,it turns over
> but wont turn on,ps i noticed oil and posibble gas at the muffler
> tip,any suggestions guys,
> thank you
> sam
flooded
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| Meat Plow 2007-09-27, 1:27 pm |
| On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:36 +0000, samhou2001 wrote:
> i have a murray 20 hp riding mower about 5 yrs old,i had it started
> once after beating on the solonoid and pouring some gas in the
> carb,but it didnt stay on,reason no fuel i replaced fuel line put
> fresh fuel and anew solonoid,but it still wont turn on,it turns over
> but wont turn on,ps i noticed oil and posibble gas at the muffler
> tip,any suggestions guys,
> thank you
> sam
Pull the plugs and crank it over to clear the cylinders. Replace the plugs
and try to start like you normally would. If it doesn't start you'll need
to determine if it is getting too little or too much fuel or no spark.
If it fires but does not stay running check the plugs to see if they are
wet with and have a strong smell of gas. If so the motor is flooding. If
not it's not getting enough gas. Since you have gas in the muffler it may
be flooding or doesn't have good enough spark. If you lack these kind of
troubleshooting skills you're pretty much limited to changing plugs and
what you've already done.
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| On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:36 -0000, samhou2001@gmail.com wrote:
>i have a murray 20 hp riding mower about 5 yrs old,i had it started
>once after beating on the solonoid and pouring some gas in the
>carb,but it didnt stay on,reason no fuel i replaced fuel line put
>fresh fuel and anew solonoid,but it still wont turn on,it turns over
>but wont turn on,ps i noticed oil and posibble gas at the muffler
>tip,any suggestions guys,
>thank you
>sam
Over choked ? See it the choke is stuck closed.
Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..?
Fouled plugs.
--
Oren
"I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it."
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| DerbyDad03 2007-09-27, 5:25 pm |
| On 27 Sep, 14:37, Oren <O...@home.yes.us> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:36 -0000, samhou2...@gmail.com wrote:
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> Over choked ? See it the choke is stuck closed.
>
> Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..?
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> Fouled plugs.
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> --
> Oren
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> "I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it."
-- Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..?
Quick Poll - Who here *hasn't* disabled the deadman switch under the
seat of their riding mower?
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| On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:46:27 -0700, DerbyDad03 <teamarrows@eznet.net>
wrote:
>On 27 Sep, 14:37, Oren <O...@home.yes.us> wrote:
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>-- Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..?
>
>Quick Poll - Who here *hasn't* disabled the deadman switch under the
>seat of their riding mower?
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I haven't, but I only owned one tractor and sold it 
--
Oren
"I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it."
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| DerbyDad03 wrote:
> On 27 Sep, 14:37, Oren <O...@home.yes.us> wrote:
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> -- Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..?
>
> Quick Poll - Who here *hasn't* disabled the deadman switch under the
> seat of their riding mower?
Second thing I do is to bypass that damn switch, first thing is, take off
the crap blades that came with the unit.
Clark...
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| samhou2001@gmail.com 2007-09-27, 5:25 pm |
| On Sep 27, 1:19 pm, Meat Plow <m...@petitmorte.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:36 +0000, samhou2001 wrote:
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> Pull the plugs and crank it over to clear the cylinders. Replace the plugs
> and try to start like you normally would. If it doesn't start you'll need
> to determine if it is getting too little or too much fuel or no spark.
> If it fires but does not stay running check the plugs to see if they are
> wet with and have a strong smell of gas. If so the motor is flooding. If
> not it's not getting enough gas. Since you have gas in the muffler it may
> be flooding or doesn't have good enough spark. If you lack these kind of
> troubleshooting skills you're pretty much limited to changing plugs and
> what you've already done.
I missed to mention that i replaced the spark plugs with new ones, and
bypass the seat switch
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| On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:40:11 -0000, samhou2001@gmail.com wrote:
>On Sep 27, 1:19 pm, Meat Plow <m...@petitmorte.net> wrote:
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>I missed to mention that i replaced the spark plugs with new ones, and
>bypass the seat switch
Lightly tap the carb bowl a few times with the screwdriver handle. The
float /needle might be sticking, so the flooding. Otherwise, clean it
with a spray carb cleaner and check the float.
--
Oren
"I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it."
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"Oren" <Oren@home.yes.us> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:40:11 -0000, samhou2001@gmail.com wrote:
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> Lightly tap the carb bowl a few times with the screwdriver handle. The
> float /needle might be sticking, so the flooding. Otherwise, clean it
> with a spray carb cleaner and check the float.
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> --
> Oren
Agreed, Owen. I just wanted to warn Sam that when he takes off the float
bowl
and removes the float swivel pin to remove it to watch for the needle valve
as it
comes out of the seat. Shake the float and if you hear sloshing it needs to
be
replaced. Shoot some carb cleaner into the valve seat and be sure to
protect
your eyes from splash back. Shoot the carb cleaner into every opening that
you
can find. Just a thought
Chuck
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> -- Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..?
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> Quick Poll - Who here *hasn't* disabled the deadman switch under
> the
> seat of their riding mower?
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I haven't, see no reason to do so.
Bob-tx
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| Clark wrote:
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> ...first thing is, take off
> the crap blades that came with the unit.
Bet it doesn't mow worth a lick that way...
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| DerbyDad03 wrote:
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> Quick Poll - Who here *hasn't* disabled the deadman switch under the
> seat of their riding mower?
I haven't -- but I don't have anything new enough to have had one to
start with...
Well, I take that back, I have one--the JD 955 somebody else had already
done it when I bought it. That count?
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| DerbyDad03 2007-09-28, 1:25 pm |
| On 28 Sep, 09:41, dpb <n...@non.net> wrote:
> DerbyDad03 wrote:
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> I haven't -- but I don't have anything new enough to have had one to
> start with...
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-- Well, I take that back, I have one--the JD 955 somebody else had
already done it when I bought it. That count?
It only counts if you haven't considered hooking it back up. ;-)
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| Meat Plow 2007-09-28, 1:25 pm |
| On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:40:11 +0000, samhou2001 wrote:
> On Sep 27, 1:19 pm, Meat Plow <m...@petitmorte.net> wrote:
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> I missed to mention that i replaced the spark plugs with new ones, and
> bypass the seat switch
Any excess smell of fuel when you try to start it? Does it fire at all?
How does it try to start if it does, need to be more descriptive.
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