mcp6453 wrote:

We took the mower to the shop. Their diagnosis was they had to rebuild
the carburetor. Of course, that's always the diagnosis. I decided not
to tackle it after I took off the air cleaner. The primer was not
working, and I couldn't figure out how it was supposed to work. It's
as if it had no vacuum.

Maybe I'll find a junk engine and try tearing it apart. There are lots
of benefits to having a formalized instruction versus trying to
understand a picture or a description. We all learn best in different
ways, I guess.

Sometimes it is fun to learn by figuring it out yourself, too. More
frustrating, for sure, but the reward is worth it.

Jon