my lawn mower has trouble starting and blows out smoke?

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i have a push mower. the average nothing fancy..
i have had it since maybe april 2011 and its sept. 2012... i dont know much bout lawn mowers just tryna get rid of grass...
since ive started using this year at the begining when i turn it on it blows out lots of smoke but after a minute it is normal...
and also i usualy have troubl starting it cuz the blades at the bottom usually get stuck so before i turn on the mower i usualy have to spin the blades a few times with my hand..
so basicly th proble is smoke at the start and blades dont move properly.. at the start..

plz help thnx allot

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Please don't move the blades with your hand unless the spark plug is disconnected from the magneto wire. If the dead-man's switch has failed (very possible) the mower could start and chop off your hand or fingers very quickly, even with just one compression.

The smoke probably happens because the mower is tilted a certain way while spinning the blades. Oil gets into the combustion chamber and has to be burned off. Try tilting the mower away from the muffler next time (lift up the muffler side) and it will probably smoke less. Mowing on steep hills can also cause this.

As far as the blade, it might've hit a rock and is off-balance. Take off the blade and grind with a dremel until you can balance the blade with one finger at the center (where the bolt goes). Dents in the housing might also need to be hammered out or debris removed from the shaft (nylon ropes, tough weeds, etc.)

Serious question about my son, serious answers only please?

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Disclaimer: This might be long, I will try my best to keep it short and sweet.

My youngest son is 9 years old and he has always had anxiety even since he was a toddler. When he was little he was afraid of loud noises (low airplanes, lawn mowers, vacuums, etc...)

I always thought as he got older it would get better but it just seems to get worse. He is terrified of Thunder (which we get a lot of during the summer). Every little thing that happens can set off his anxiety these days for example....last night our smoke detector went off for no reason (prob need battery change) and all night he was scared we were going to have a fire or that there was a fire. No matter what I said he was crying and upset. I finally had to lie and tell him that his brother pushed the button and that was why it went off. Luckiy he fell for that and was okay. Then there was a beetle in the house and we killed it and he started asking tons of questions about beetles and if there will be more and if they are in his room etc...This morning we heard a noise like a bang (prob someone outside throwing something loud into the garbage outside), he wouldn't go down to the playroom because he convinced himself the noise came from there.

He worries constantly about the weather and we have to check weather.com like 6-10 times per day to see if any thunder storms are coming toward us. This past spring he played baseball and some kid on his team told him that the world was going to end in 2012 and ever since he asks me at least two times per day if that is true. No matter what I say it doesn't help.

He recently started taking Concerta because he has attention issues in school and I feel like since he started the medicine, his anxiety has gotten worse, like all his focus has gone to worrying about things. It's great that he is focusing better and even doing his worksheets better but geez. He has an appointment in Aug for a check up to see how the meds are going and I will bring this all up to the doctor who already knows about his general anxiety issues. Has anyone ever dealt with anything like this?

Before the medicine the extent of his anxiety was mostly on thunder storms and asking a lot of questions about things like where we are going, what we will do there etc...and I feel like I could ease it by talking it out with him but lately it's just getting ridiculous.

I know the doctor is going to bring up the idea of anxiety medication because he has in the past but I've always said no. I have heard horror stories about anxiety meds affecting children in a bad way and causing suicidal thoughts. I just don't know what to do anymore.

Oh I forgot to mention...the main thing here too is that my son has a learning disability and he has an IEP at school so he gets a lot of special services. So he has learning issues, attention issues and anxiety. He has no behavioral issues, he is a really good boy and is well behaved, caring a sweetheart. The doctor said it's hard to know what comes first (kind of the chicken and the egg) does his learning issues cause the anxiety and attention or does the attention cause the anxiety and learning issue or does the anxiety cause the learning issues and attention issues? Or is it just a combination of everything that exasperates the others.

Since he has had anxiety from a young age I am starting to wonder if that is the main culprit. *shrug* I am so at a loss and it kills me to see my son be so anxious about everything but I don't know how to help him. Maybe I should get him counseling? I have 3 older boys who are 14, 14, and 12 and are all honor and high honor students and have never had issues like this so I don't know where it comes from.
If it's the concerta should I try a different ADHD medicine or should I just stay away from the meds? Will other meds have the same effect? I am also concerned about his appetite which has been really low since taking the meds.
maybe what he needs is counseling for the anxiety and not attention issue medications?
kroos: I have tried all those things and more to ease his fears it doesn't help. My older boys do not say things to scare him, they would never do that but they do tend to get frustrated with him when he gets scared of things and then he just gets more upset because he knows people are upset with him for how he feels.
Lauralee, I think with my son it's not so much the noise itself that scares him. He's not afraid of vacuums or lawn mowers anymore. Plus it's not just noises, it's anything like they had a flood watch in effect because of all the rain and he was worried about that. I think just need to stop watching the news! LOL

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If you participation on this board is a true representation of who you are then. Go with your gut. Your an awesome mom with excellent judgment. If your leaning towards counseling I think you should go for it. It may just be able to teach him new coping technique's. You never know which ones will be effective but you can't use them unless you know them.

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