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"lbbss" wrote:

I have a 6hp lawn mower (2 year old) that is very
difficult to start in
spring and fall, even in the summer it takes 6 tries
to start (and 2
times priming it). If I switch spark plugs with my
old lawn mower it
works great. I checked the gap is the same. The
plug looks clean,
but I sand it down just to make sure no carbon left
on it. Any ideas?
Thanks

Replace the mower. Most sparkplugs are now lifetime
sparkplugs, and
if the sparkplug doesn't work, your mower has reached
the limit of its
lifetime...
=== That's not right; especially considering he has
demonstrated that a different plug works differently in
the machine. The other plug is pretyt likely even the
same plug number considering where it came from, but
the OP didn't say. First a new plug is in order.


I might be frugal, but I'm not going to dick around
with a $2.00
sparkplug that has no user serviceable parts inside.
I'd sport for a
new one.
=== I don't consider that frugal; I consider it
wasteful to buy a new mower when a spark plug is likely
all that's needed.
You sound like the cattle dealer I worked for as a
kid; he bought a brand new Cadillac every year, paid
the diff each time in cash. He did that because he
wouldn't bother with maintenance on a car in any way.
The second owner got a great deal but they also got a
car with 50,000 miles on the original showroom oil.
His handy man kept the tires inflated and hosed the mud
off periodically.

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