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riding mower wont start
i have a murray 20 hp riding mower about 5 yrs old,i had it started
once after beating on the solonoid and pouring some gas in the carb,but it didnt stay on,reason no fuel i replaced fuel line put fresh fuel and anew solonoid,but it still wont turn on,it turns over but wont turn on,ps i noticed oil and posibble gas at the muffler tip,any suggestions guys, thank you sam |
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On Sep 27, 3:39 pm, wrote:
i have a murray 20 hp riding mower about 5 yrs old,i had it started once after beating on the solonoid and pouring some gas in the carb,but it didnt stay on,reason no fuel i replaced fuel line put fresh fuel and anew solonoid,but it still wont turn on,it turns over but wont turn on,ps i noticed oil and posibble gas at the muffler tip,any suggestions guys, thank you sam flooded |
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On 27 Sep, 14:37, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:36 -0000, wrote: i have a murray 20 hp riding mower about 5 yrs old,i had it started once after beating on the solonoid and pouring some gas in the carb,but it didnt stay on,reason no fuel i replaced fuel line put fresh fuel and anew solonoid,but it still wont turn on,it turns over but wont turn on,ps i noticed oil and posibble gas at the muffler tip,any suggestions guys, thank you sam Over choked ? See it the choke is stuck closed. Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..? Fouled plugs. -- Oren "I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it." -- Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..? Quick Poll - Who here *hasn't* disabled the deadman switch under the seat of their riding mower? |
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:46:27 -0700, DerbyDad03
wrote: On 27 Sep, 14:37, Oren wrote: On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:36 -0000, wrote: i have a murray 20 hp riding mower about 5 yrs old,i had it started once after beating on the solonoid and pouring some gas in the carb,but it didnt stay on,reason no fuel i replaced fuel line put fresh fuel and anew solonoid,but it still wont turn on,it turns over but wont turn on,ps i noticed oil and posibble gas at the muffler tip,any suggestions guys, thank you sam Over choked ? See it the choke is stuck closed. Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..? Fouled plugs. -- Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..? Quick Poll - Who here *hasn't* disabled the deadman switch under the seat of their riding mower? I haven't, but I only owned one tractor and sold it -- Oren "I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it." |
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DerbyDad03 wrote:
On 27 Sep, 14:37, Oren wrote: On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:36 -0000, wrote: i have a murray 20 hp riding mower about 5 yrs old,i had it started once after beating on the solonoid and pouring some gas in the carb,but it didnt stay on,reason no fuel i replaced fuel line put fresh fuel and anew solonoid,but it still wont turn on,it turns over but wont turn on,ps i noticed oil and posibble gas at the muffler tip,any suggestions guys, thank you sam Over choked ? See it the choke is stuck closed. Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..? Fouled plugs. -- Oren "I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it." -- Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..? Quick Poll - Who here *hasn't* disabled the deadman switch under the seat of their riding mower? Second thing I do is to bypass that damn switch, first thing is, take off the crap blades that came with the unit. Clark... |
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On Sep 27, 1:19 pm, Meat Plow wrote:
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:36 +0000, samhou2001 wrote: i have a murray 20 hp riding mower about 5 yrs old,i had it started once after beating on the solonoid and pouring some gas in the carb,but it didnt stay on,reason no fuel i replaced fuel line put fresh fuel and anew solonoid,but it still wont turn on,it turns over but wont turn on,ps i noticed oil and posibble gas at the muffler tip,any suggestions guys, thank you sam Pull the plugs and crank it over to clear the cylinders. Replace the plugs and try to start like you normally would. If it doesn't start you'll need to determine if it is getting too little or too much fuel or no spark. If it fires but does not stay running check the plugs to see if they are wet with and have a strong smell of gas. If so the motor is flooding. If not it's not getting enough gas. Since you have gas in the muffler it may be flooding or doesn't have good enough spark. If you lack these kind of troubleshooting skills you're pretty much limited to changing plugs and what you've already done. I missed to mention that i replaced the spark plugs with new ones, and bypass the seat switch |
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"Oren" wrote in message ... On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:40:11 -0000, wrote: On Sep 27, 1:19 pm, Meat Plow wrote: On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:36 +0000, samhou2001 wrote: i have a murray 20 hp riding mower about 5 yrs old,i had it started once after beating on the solonoid and pouring some gas in the snip Lightly tap the carb bowl a few times with the screwdriver handle. The float /needle might be sticking, so the flooding. Otherwise, clean it with a spray carb cleaner and check the float. -- Oren Agreed, Owen. I just wanted to warn Sam that when he takes off the float bowl and removes the float swivel pin to remove it to watch for the needle valve as it comes out of the seat. Shake the float and if you hear sloshing it needs to be replaced. Shoot some carb cleaner into the valve seat and be sure to protect your eyes from splash back. Shoot the carb cleaner into every opening that you can find. Just a thought Chuck |
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-- Your are sitting on the seat right - deadman switch..? Quick Poll - Who here *hasn't* disabled the deadman switch under the seat of their riding mower? I haven't, see no reason to do so. Bob-tx |
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Clark wrote:
.... ...first thing is, take off the crap blades that came with the unit. Bet it doesn't mow worth a lick that way... -- |
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DerbyDad03 wrote:
.... Quick Poll - Who here *hasn't* disabled the deadman switch under the seat of their riding mower? I haven't -- but I don't have anything new enough to have had one to start with... Well, I take that back, I have one--the JD 955 somebody else had already done it when I bought it. That count? -- |
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On 28 Sep, 09:41, dpb wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote: ... Quick Poll - Who here *hasn't* disabled the deadman switch under the seat of their riding mower? I haven't -- but I don't have anything new enough to have had one to start with... -- Well, I take that back, I have one--the JD 955 somebody else had already done it when I bought it. That count? It only counts if you haven't considered hooking it back up. ;-) |
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