On 27/04/16 09:36, Another John wrote:
[We've had this discussion before btw.]

My old B&S-powered mower never starts. Not, that is, unless I spray a
couple of bursts of "Sure Start" into the carb. Then it starts first
time, and always starts after that, once it's hot. (Another regular
mentioned that spraying gas from a blow torch (i.e. not lit, obviously!)
into the carb works just as well. It's a bit of a fiddle taking the
air filter off then screwing it back on before pulling the cord -- but I
know it works, so that's what I do.


I had a B & S like this,. I got the valves reground and it was if
anything worse.

Then I noticed the choke wasn't coming on - the throttle cable that
pulled the choke on past 'maximum rabbit' had stretched.. A simple two
screws, slide the cable up a bit and re-tighten had it as new.





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