Lawn Mower, no primer?

Bert

A friend of mine is out of town, and I elected to mow his lawn. But upon looking at it, and checking the manual, I can't find the primer. I searched all over, even lifting some of the hood.
The lawn mower is built so that you just press down the handle and pull the cord and it starts. But the oil and gas doesn't automatically get into the engine. There 'has' to be a way to pump it in. Any ideas?
Problem is, this one doesn't 'have' a black easily accessable buttton. I just tried it, tugging it about 20 times more and it came on. Then when I was trying to put the choke somewhere, I let go of the handle and it turned off.
After that, I couldn't get it working again.
21st century, and there's no lawn mower that can be as easily turned on as pressing the power button of a remote.

Answer
Some mowers have a little rubber type button that you press a few times to prime ( send fuel) into the engine. Its usually black, accessable, and visible. The oil automatically lubes the engine as it goes. Even if you don't prime the engine, it may still start with a few extra pulls.

Grinding parts in my lawn mower?

need_4_spe

I have a John Deere LT155 Riding mower. Today when I started i up i took it out of the garage and it started to make a grinding sound. When I pushed the parking brake, it stopped. Does any body know whats wrong?

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Sounds like your parking cable/mechanism is rubbing on the pulleys under it. Then when you put the brake on, it tightens and lifts out of the way. Check the parking brake cable and see where its hitting.

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How do I remove the Flywheel from a Briggs and Strat. 310707 lawn mower engine?

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Acornhead

I blew a piston on my riding lawn mower and I know that the pistons are kept underneath the flywheel. I've managed to take off everything except for the fly wheel and it's stuck on. I had my brother and me try to lift it and still couldn't get it off. Does anyone know how to remove it?

Answer
Loosen the flywheel nutand then put it back on just finger tight. Then hit the nut with a heavy hammer. Put a block of hardwood on the nut so you lessen the chance of ruining the threads. Then the wheel should be loose enough to pull off. For the amount of time and trouble and the money involved, you can buy a replacement motor from Harbor Freight and have a new one to install. A small engine rebuild is expensive and hardly worth the trouble when you can buy the replacement for about $600.

How to raise and lower wheels on a lawn mower with the levers?

Mag97

I have never done this and the lawn mower I inherited is too low for my grass and the motor cuts off. I mashed the levers on the side of the wheel and can't get it to budge either way.Help! I know it is silly, but I can't help it

Answer
how new is the mower? what brand? I know on my craftsman the lever on the right manually raises and lowers the deck. newer mowers may have hydraulic lifts...on john deere try inside lever on left

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What is wrong with my John Deere riding lawn mower?

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Q. We have a John Deere Lawn Mower model number L118 42" deck. It is cutting unevenly on one side. The blade on the right side cuts fine but the blade on the left scalps on the left side and leaves a long rough cut on the right of the blade or in the center of the mowing path. We put on new blades, but that didn't help. The blades look even. What else could be wrong?

Answer
Easy, either the deck is not level, or the spindle on the left side is worn out. To level the deck, check the tire pressure, 14psi r, 10 psi f, there are two leveling bolts that attach the deck to the lift. On a level surface, set the mower to the correct cutting height and then using a tape measure, check the height of the blade tips with the blades perpendicular to the mower. Turn the nuts on the leveling bolts to level the mower deck. Also check that the front-rear leveling is correct. The rear of the deck should be 3/4'' to 1'' higher than the front. Use the deck leveling bolts and the front hanger.

If the spindle is worn out, there should be a distinct scraping sound when you run the mower.

Take the mower to your local John Deere dealer and they will be able to fix the problem.

J. Hitt
John Deere Service Tech.
Albany Tractor Company

How to load riding lawn-mower in back of pickup truck?

chrisnjody

This probably seems like a really dumb question, but here it goes. I have a problem. I'm trying to load my riding lawn-mower onto the back of my pickup truck. Sounds easy right? Well, there are a few problems. I don't have a ramp, I don't have a trailer nor do I have the money to buy either of the two. Outside of those two problems, I don't see anyway I can lift it even half-way. I am not Hulk Hogan. Any suggestions?

Answer
Do you have some boards lying around somewhere? We have used 5 or 6 ft pieces of lumber - preferably at least as wide as the tires Place them like a ramp between the ground and the truck bed to match the width of the tires. If you don't have any lumber lying around, you might check craigslist or place an ad on freecycle.

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Would a lawn mower battery work in my truck?

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StevenC

My truck battery is dead and the best one we had around was a lawn mower battery.
I've tried it but it wont seen to keep a charge. any ideas?
It would start the truck at times but if it sat over night it wouldn't work in the morning, If looked over everything I can think of but nothing should be pulling power while the truck if off.

Answer
You've got two questions- Would a small battery start a big truck? Probably not, since you need a lot of cranking amps to spin the big truck's motor.

Why does it not start in the morning? Though you believe nothing "should" be using your power, it apparently is. Here are two things you can do. Check the age of the battery. There should be a sticker on top with year and month bubbles which will tell you how old the battery is. If it's an 18-month battery that's five years old, you need a battery. If it's a 60-month battery that's a year old, you *might* need a battery, but you have recourse with the vendor of the battery.

Next, clean both battery terminals well, using the wire brush battery cleaners that your local auto parts store sells for $1.99. Then check for battery draw with this simple test. Loosen the negative battery terminal. As you lift the cable on and off the battery terminal, look for a small spark or listen for a small, staticky noise. If you see or hear something, your car is drawing power, even though you think it's not. You can confirm this by leaving the negative terminal off overnight. Then in the morning, put the terminal back on and try to start the car. If it starts with the battery disconnected overnight, you *do* have a draw somewhere. Locating it will be a bit harder, but not impossible. The usual suspects are the radio or alarm, but it could be anything. You can try to find the culprit by putting an ammeter temporarily inline with the battery and terminal, then pulling one fuse at a time out of the fuse box, but this may take awhile. If you see the small draw disappear when you pull a specific fuse, that'll tell you where to look further.

If you just buy a new battery, you may solve the problem temporarily, but batteries don't like to be discharged, so your new battery might take the overnight draw and still have enough cranking amps in the morning, but you may end up with the same situation if you don't diagnose the reason for the problem. Hope you find the solution. ... Good luck!!

Lawn mower problems pleases help me?

Chris

Um well my lawn mower thing that lowers the blade is just easy to push and i opened the hood to the mower and there is a little hook to attach to this thing and it will not reach what do i do?

Answer
Hi, Chris. Guessing that you have a riding mower with a control arm that moves too easily and no longer seems attached to anything, perhaps that little hook that's close. With the mower not running and the hood up, try moving the arm toward the hook thing, then with a friend lift the deck up a little to see if that gets the two closer. If progress, what would hold them together, once there? Maybe missing a bolt, bracket, or clamp?

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How to load riding lawn-mower in back of pickup truck?

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chrisnjody

This probably seems like a really dumb question, but here it goes. I have a problem. I'm trying to load my riding lawn-mower onto the back of my pickup truck. Sounds easy right? Well, there are a few problems. I don't have a ramp, I don't have a trailer nor do I have the money to buy either of the two. Outside of those two problems, I don't see anyway I can lift it even half-way. I am not Hulk Hogan. Any suggestions?

Answer
Do you have some boards lying around somewhere? We have used 5 or 6 ft pieces of lumber - preferably at least as wide as the tires Place them like a ramp between the ground and the truck bed to match the width of the tires. If you don't have any lumber lying around, you might check craigslist or place an ad on freecycle.

Why is my lawn mower not getting enough power and not working?

johnson870

Cranks up and then blade spins at half speed. If I lean the lawn mower back, it speeds up. If I lean the lawn mower forward, it shuts off.

Tory-bilt 22" key start push mower.

Answer
I'm not good on lawnmowers but I have problems if the air filter gets full of dust and bigger stuff and that sucks the life out of it. I pull mine out and give it a good knock. You also could have something twisted around the blade so that it has a hard time turning when it is cutting grass. I found I also have to start mine by lifting the blade off the grass and then lowering it and letting the motor warm up a bit before I start cutting.

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What is wrong with my John Deere riding lawn mower?

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Q. We have a John Deere Lawn Mower model number L118 42" deck. It is cutting unevenly on one side. The blade on the right side cuts fine but the blade on the left scalps on the left side and leaves a long rough cut on the right of the blade or in the center of the mowing path. We put on new blades, but that didn't help. The blades look even. What else could be wrong?

Answer
Easy, either the deck is not level, or the spindle on the left side is worn out. To level the deck, check the tire pressure, 14psi r, 10 psi f, there are two leveling bolts that attach the deck to the lift. On a level surface, set the mower to the correct cutting height and then using a tape measure, check the height of the blade tips with the blades perpendicular to the mower. Turn the nuts on the leveling bolts to level the mower deck. Also check that the front-rear leveling is correct. The rear of the deck should be 3/4'' to 1'' higher than the front. Use the deck leveling bolts and the front hanger.

If the spindle is worn out, there should be a distinct scraping sound when you run the mower.

Take the mower to your local John Deere dealer and they will be able to fix the problem.

J. Hitt
John Deere Service Tech.
Albany Tractor Company

How to load riding lawn-mower in back of pickup truck?

chrisnjody

This probably seems like a really dumb question, but here it goes. I have a problem. I'm trying to load my riding lawn-mower onto the back of my pickup truck. Sounds easy right? Well, there are a few problems. I don't have a ramp, I don't have a trailer nor do I have the money to buy either of the two. Outside of those two problems, I don't see anyway I can lift it even half-way. I am not Hulk Hogan. Any suggestions?

Answer
Do you have some boards lying around somewhere? We have used 5 or 6 ft pieces of lumber - preferably at least as wide as the tires Place them like a ramp between the ground and the truck bed to match the width of the tires. If you don't have any lumber lying around, you might check craigslist or place an ad on freecycle.

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