Hi,
I couldn't have put it better Doug. Unfortunately our local kids must be taught how to take drugs or drink alcohol given the number of court appearances in our local paper but sadly it's true of most of the UK these days. Swearing used to be illegal but it's now encouraged on most TV programs; I was brought up to respect others and to respect myself.
Yes to find an old vehicle or machine that has stood broken and idle for 30 years then restore to its former glory has to be done to believe the joy of such work; I wonder how many kids these days would leave school aged 15 then start their working life down a deep coal mine?
I'm a dinosaur Doug of an age long ago when people had to work hard in order to eat and although I've had a very hard life I am stronger for it.
Yesterday morning I met my chum David at Rufforth Auto Jumble as arranged and David kindly brought along his wayward petrol Briggs & Stratton mower kindly giving it to me; David has bought a new Honda mower and couldn't spend more time working on his old mower; he installed new parts; carb; air filter and spark plug etc but the mower still dies after five minutes running; given the amount of work carried out by David and the new parts I thought the problem must be a failing magneto coil so I did a few quick tests yesterday afternoon; resistance from plug lead to ground read 2.6K cold; I then fired up the mower and sure enough it died at five minutes; a quick check and the resistance was still reading the same and it still had a healthy spark indicating the ignition was OK; I then quickly removed the air filter and poured a drop of petrol directly into the carb intake and the mower roughly fired up for a few seconds normally it wouldn't fire up until it had cooled down; I love these problems and have been working on engines for the last 55 years; I'll wander into the workshop shortly to tinker with the mower.
Kind regards, Colin.
My chum David's wayward mower; it's in for some life support from me like it or not.
I couldn't have put it better Doug. Unfortunately our local kids must be taught how to take drugs or drink alcohol given the number of court appearances in our local paper but sadly it's true of most of the UK these days. Swearing used to be illegal but it's now encouraged on most TV programs; I was brought up to respect others and to respect myself.
Yes to find an old vehicle or machine that has stood broken and idle for 30 years then restore to its former glory has to be done to believe the joy of such work; I wonder how many kids these days would leave school aged 15 then start their working life down a deep coal mine?
I'm a dinosaur Doug of an age long ago when people had to work hard in order to eat and although I've had a very hard life I am stronger for it.
Yesterday morning I met my chum David at Rufforth Auto Jumble as arranged and David kindly brought along his wayward petrol Briggs & Stratton mower kindly giving it to me; David has bought a new Honda mower and couldn't spend more time working on his old mower; he installed new parts; carb; air filter and spark plug etc but the mower still dies after five minutes running; given the amount of work carried out by David and the new parts I thought the problem must be a failing magneto coil so I did a few quick tests yesterday afternoon; resistance from plug lead to ground read 2.6K cold; I then fired up the mower and sure enough it died at five minutes; a quick check and the resistance was still reading the same and it still had a healthy spark indicating the ignition was OK; I then quickly removed the air filter and poured a drop of petrol directly into the carb intake and the mower roughly fired up for a few seconds normally it wouldn't fire up until it had cooled down; I love these problems and have been working on engines for the last 55 years; I'll wander into the workshop shortly to tinker with the mower.
Kind regards, Colin.
My chum David's wayward mower; it's in for some life support from me like it or not.