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Lawn Mower stopped running, no spark
6 hp Briggs & Stratton
Was working fine until this week. Started up and then died and wouldn't restart. No spark at all. Any suggestions? TIA |
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Lawn Mower stopped running, no spark
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news:yIDni.8180$fj5.1542@trnddc08... 6 hp Briggs & Stratton Was working fine until this week. Started up and then died and wouldn't restart. No spark at all. Any suggestions? TIA The engine will not run without spark. Take off the shroud and look at the induction timer. On mine, a nesting mouse prevented spark ignition. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Lawn Mower stopped running, no spark
Don Phillipson wrote:
"F.H." wrote in message news:yIDni.8180$fj5.1542@trnddc08... 6 hp Briggs & Stratton Was working fine until this week. Started up and then died and wouldn't restart. No spark at all. Any suggestions? TIA The engine will not run without spark. Take off the shroud and look at the induction timer. On mine, a nesting mouse prevented spark ignition. Did that. All I found was a dried up snail. |
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Lawn Mower stopped running, no spark
Meat Plow wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:41:34 +0000, F.H. wrote: 6 hp Briggs & Stratton Was working fine until this week. Started up and then died and wouldn't restart. No spark at all. Any suggestions? TIA How did you test for spark? Pulled the plug, opened the throttle to open the kill switch, held the plug against the engine (as it was getting dark) and pulled the starter cord a few times. No visible spark. Maybe I should get someone to hold it while I pull? Just to make double sure? g |
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Lawn Mower stopped running, no spark
Have you tried a new plug?
"F.H." wrote in message news:lMKni.8258$fj5.709@trnddc08... Meat Plow wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:41:34 +0000, F.H. wrote: 6 hp Briggs & Stratton Was working fine until this week. Started up and then died and wouldn't restart. No spark at all. Any suggestions? TIA How did you test for spark? Pulled the plug, opened the throttle to open the kill switch, held the plug against the engine (as it was getting dark) and pulled the starter cord a few times. No visible spark. Maybe I should get someone to hold it while I pull? Just to make double sure? g |
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Lawn Mower stopped running, no spark
Meat Plow wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:43:29 +0000, F.H. wrote: Meat Plow wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:41:34 +0000, F.H. wrote: 6 hp Briggs & Stratton Was working fine until this week. Started up and then died and wouldn't restart. No spark at all. Any suggestions? TIA How did you test for spark? Pulled the plug, opened the throttle to open the kill switch, held the plug against the engine (as it was getting dark) and pulled the starter cord a few times. No visible spark. Maybe I should get someone to hold it while I pull? Just to make double sure? g That's a good idea but ,,,,that someone could get a jolt without enough juice to jump the gap. Of course I wouldn't do that. I suppose you of course tried a new plug. Just the gap test like the original. Been a long time since I encountered a bad spark plug. culprit ( take it also that you don't hit big rocks, stumps etc) could be the kill switch mechanism and the mag itself. If you have hit things large enough to stop the engine then there could be an issue with the flywheel sheer key being bent and the flywheel being just enough out of position. I've seen this once and the engine did run prior but would not start after cooling down. Just a basic lawn. No big rocks. I can see the kill switch open and close but I'm gonna check it closer. |
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Lawn Mower stopped running, no spark
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:40:05 GMT, "F.H."
wrote: Don Phillipson wrote: "F.H." wrote in message news:yIDni.8180$fj5.1542@trnddc08... 6 hp Briggs & Stratton Was working fine until this week. Started up and then died and wouldn't restart. No spark at all. Any suggestions? TIA The engine will not run without spark. Take off the shroud and look at the induction timer. On mine, a nesting mouse prevented spark ignition. Did that. All I found was a dried up snail. Why don't you tell us *everything* you've done, so that we don't have to go through lots of useless work on our part, like Don just did. When you posted only 2 1/2 lines, I thought you knew nothing, but maybe you don't understand how things work. |
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Lawn Mower stopped running, no spark
mm wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:40:05 GMT, "F.H." wrote: Don Phillipson wrote: "F.H." wrote in message news:yIDni.8180$fj5.1542@trnddc08... 6 hp Briggs & Stratton Was working fine until this week. Started up and then died and wouldn't restart. No spark at all. Any suggestions? TIA The engine will not run without spark. Take off the shroud and look at the induction timer. On mine, a nesting mouse prevented spark ignition. Did that. All I found was a dried up snail. Why don't you tell us *everything* you've done, so that we don't have to go through lots of useless work on our part, like Don just did. When you posted only 2 1/2 lines, I thought you knew nothing, but maybe you don't understand how things work. LOL, what I know about Briggs & Stratton is darn close to "nothing" but I see (now) that its fairly simple. My bad, I suspected there might be a common problem. Just removed the coil, (after using myself as the Guinea Pig and getting nothing) and I'm off to the local LM shop to see if I can get it tested. |
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Lawn Mower stopped running, no spark
Meat Plow wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:42:17 +0000, F.H. wrote: Meat Plow wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:43:29 +0000, F.H. wrote: Meat Plow wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:41:34 +0000, F.H. wrote: 6 hp Briggs & Stratton Was working fine until this week. Started up and then died and wouldn't restart. No spark at all. Any suggestions? TIA How did you test for spark? Pulled the plug, opened the throttle to open the kill switch, held the plug against the engine (as it was getting dark) and pulled the starter cord a few times. No visible spark. Maybe I should get someone to hold it while I pull? Just to make double sure? g That's a good idea but ,,,,that someone could get a jolt without enough juice to jump the gap. Of course I wouldn't do that. I know, it was a bit of sarcasm on my part. I suppose you of course tried a new plug. Just the gap test like the original. Been a long time since I encountered a bad spark plug. I would go ahead and replace it regardless just to rule it out 100% culprit ( take it also that you don't hit big rocks, stumps etc) could be the kill switch mechanism and the mag itself. If you have hit things large enough to stop the engine then there could be an issue with the flywheel sheer key being bent and the flywheel being just enough out of position. I've seen this once and the engine did run prior but would not start after cooling down. Just a basic lawn. No big rocks. I can see the kill switch open and close but I'm gonna check it closer. If you can, remove the wire from it, that would rule out a bad switch. Put the plug back in and see if it starts. I don't trust 100% touching the cylinder head with the plug body. I've been fooled by it on smaller tool engines. Back in 1983 I roomed with a buddy who work on small engines for a living. He did lots of repairs on the weekends in our garage and he taught me to work on this stuff so I'm not just making wild guesses here. Problem solved. Turned out to be the linkage to the kill switch was sticking. It was moving but not *quite* enough. |
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