On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:42:14 -0700 (PDT), ransley
wrote:


Is there any point to any of the three? *That is, does pressing the
red bulb bypass the bowl and tube to the primary jet, and is that
where the problem is?

It's getting cold out and I have a recently broken arm, and recent
abdominal surgery, but I really want to fix this, and mow my lawn with
my own mower, before winter comes.

Any help is appreciated. *

cant wash paper filters, you can buy a new one, carb need a pro

OK I figured not but my friend was convincing. It's filthy but I'm
not saying it's the reason the engine won't run more than 8 seconds.

cleaning. Only maybe over winter will a carb gum up, but does it even
have a fuel filter, it may not be his fault but went bad over years.

Well, thanks to you and Bob F.

It was cold and windy today, but I planned on removing the carb and
cleaing it in what is apprently professional parts cleaner (though it
doesnt seem as strong as the stuff I bought 45 years ago. An old guy
at a motorcycle shop told me they don't sell the good stuff to anyone
anymore.)

But unlike the Briggs and Stratton engine, for this Sears, it looked
like the carb woudn't come off easily (the muffler was in the way of
one screw) especially with the recently broken arm weak and hurting
when I bent it in most directions)

So I took off the bowl and most of the gas came out through the screw
hole in the bottom of the bowl, but what was left looked terrible.

The little holes in the screw were fine and I think the tube that goes
up to the carb is clogged. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are
supposed to be in the 60's I think, or at least sunny. I'll do
something more then.

What does the red bulb do anyhow? It sprays gasoline in the throat
somewhere but where does the gas come from in most engines, which have
bowls? From the bowl? From something closer to the gas tank?

I have a book on repairing lawnmowers, but I coudn't find this detail.


(I have to mow my lawn once before winter, and it's either fix my
machine or borrow my neighbor's. He and I aren't getting along and I
don't know if he'll like me more if he does me a favor, or if he'll
think I'm indebted to him. Plus if I don't clean my mower out now,
it will be much worse by spring.