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| | | From: 1GoodBird (Original Message) | Sent: 7/26/2008 2:20 AM |
I've mentioned somewhere, my frustating situation as my grass gets shaggier and there my very new lawnmower sits, refusing to start...... Good thing I don't have a gun  |
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Well for what I wanted to do to MSN this AM would be a hanging offense!  |
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hahaa....Bob told me about the guy and his lawnmower. Is Mr. Phoebe gonna fix it for ya? Or will he bring a gun to put it out of your misery. |
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Wow! That could be a very expensive fit of temper! If convicted, he could get up to an $11,000 fine and sixe years and three months in prison! Abby |
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Check the gasoline.  I've done it. I have also called out a serviceman because my car wouldn't start and he moved the gear shift from drive to neutral for me. And then he laughed til he cried. I just cried. Annie |
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The gas tank is full, and it doesn't have a "primer" thingie. I wonder where I put the owner's manual  |
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Have someone check the sparkplug or buy a new one making sure it is timed... And while you are at it get a new fuel filter as they clog up so easily. I have taken lawnmowers apart just to figure out what the heck was wrong... especially the riders.... |
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Back in about 1970-71, I had a 1961 VW Beetle that had an auxiliary tank instead of a gas gauge. I was living in Vancouver, and went out to go to work one morning, and the car wouldn't start. I walked a few blocks to Kingsway, and went into the garage where I always went for gas. I left them the key for my car, my address, and asked if they could go and start the car or tow it in and fix it. I caught a bus to work, and then after work back to the garage. My car was sitting out in front, so I went in to get the keys and ante up for the repairs. I asked the owner what I owed for the tow and the repairs. He said nothing for that, just $5 and change for the gas. I told him thanks, but I could pay for it. He laughed, and told me that it there was nothing wrong with the car except that it was thirsty! I was so embarassed! lol And they washed and vacuumed inside and did all the windows, and didn't charge me for driving to my place or anything ... just the gas! Boy, you sure don't find people like that these day! Abby |
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| | From:  Indy75 | Sent: 7/26/2008 4:07 AM |
See if you can find a manual for it online. Indy |
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You know....I'm thinking about fixing dinner for the local car mechanic who's hot after me, just so I can get the lawmower fixed! |
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I found my package with the owner's manual. Dug in a huge rubbermaid container (my filing cabinet ). Manual wasn't in there, so I hunted some more and found it in a very logical spot (I must've had a momentary lapse in my state of perpetual disorganization when I thought of this place) on a shelf of the storage cabinet, right next to the lawnmower. Go figure.  Didn't help much, but I did locate and check the air filter--looks like new. What else would you expect, considering the fact that it IS new. Anyway....while I was digging in the rubbermaid container, I found a piece of paper from a 9-month quilting swap from a couple years ago, and at the top I'd written the name and phone number of Harley's breeder one night when got a notion to give her an update and searched my old phone records for her number. Might give her a call sometime and see if she's still at the same house after 10 years. |
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If there is a little clear bubble thingy on the mower (if it's a push type or self propelled) all you do is press down on it and watch the gas being pumped in... An older model I wouldn't know.... but the newer ones... most have these, it's a type of choke. If it's a riding mower the throttle is also the choke. Our rider you have to push it all the way up for a couple seconds, then half way back down, and it will start then.... I don't like mowers, but someone has to do it, and since the dogs don't have oposing thumbs, and honestly aren't big enough, guess it's gotta be me. Ever think about getting a goat?  |
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Sheesh.....you gals make me tired! I now know why I have more time to clean......PEBBLE YARDS!!!
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| | | From: Beelady | Sent: 7/26/2008 11:58 PM |
GoodBird, I had to chuckle when I read you finally found the owner's manual in the "most logical spot." That reminds me of myself when I put something away "so I'll know where it will be!" :>) My memory bank must be full because I can never remember where stuff is then. HA HA!!!
And Abby, I can remember those "reserve tank" on the older VWs ... what was your worse fear was going to turn the auxiliary tank on to find it HAD been on. HA HA!!!
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