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Default Fixing an Abandoned, but New Mower

On Jul 16, 1:12*pm, wrote:
On Jul 16, 12:53*pm, ransley wrote:

Checking for spark, thats easy I can help you, remove spark plug, now
hold the spark plug wire in your bare hand and stick your finger in
the hole and touch the engine while someone pulls the starter rope. If
see a spark, and you get a big jolt like a stun gun just hit and
stopped your heart, you know it works. Or with plug out of motor, plug
the spark plug back into plug wire, ground it to the motor and pull
the rope, you should see a spark, and not jump as far when it shocks
you again. Its only 20-40,000 volts.


Hell, he probably won't even know what "ground it to the motor" means,
so you better explain that too...

That means lay the metal part of the spark plug against a metal part
of the engine.


My spark plugs have 2 separate metal parts. Are your's different?