What type of oil is used in a Briggs & Stratton 400-500 series lawn mower engine?

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Dennis M

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Go to this link on the Briggs and Stratton website, there is a chart that shows you which weight oil to use under different temperature conditions

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Merchandise was repoed after it was paid for. What can I do?

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My husband worked for a furniture/appliance store for 5 years and was good friends with the Manager. My husband asked the Manager if he could cut him a deal on a good riding lawn mower since we had just bought a home with a big yard. The Manager told him that he had just repoed a riding mower and he could have it for the amount owed on it ($600.00). We paid $200.00 down and a couple weeks later paid the remaining $400.00. We have the receipt showing that we paid $600.00 however because this was done under the table (manager and my husband were good friends) no official contract was ever drawn up. My husband a short while later quit the store on good terms for a better paying job. All was well, no hard feelings. Yesterday, a YEAR after we purchased the mower, the Manager shows up at my house knowing my husband is working and not at home and states he has to repo the mower because we havent made payments in a year! I argued with him that we paid it off and he knows that we did. He just said "sorry" and loaded it up and took it! When my husband worked at the store, he did collections. The stores collection process starts when you are two payments behind, that is when the phone calls, home visits, collection letters ect start. We never received one phone call, one letter, one visit. No one even mentioned anything about this mower until he just showed up to take it out of the blue a year later. My question is, what can we do since we had no contract? Did he basically just steal $600.00 from us?

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No, he "stole" your lawn mower. But since you (apparently) gave him access to it rather than call the cops, you'll most likely have to take it up in civil court now.

Won't be easy without a contract, but good luck. :)

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Toro lawn mower will not start. July 22, 2013.?

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July 22, 2013.

I have the following Toro lawn mower. The lawn mower engine showed a continuous decline in running time. Five weeks ago, the lawn mower continued to run in perfect order. As time passed by, the engine would not run as long. The engine would run, but die after a certain time. The engine running time continued to decrease as time passed by. Now, the engine will not start.

Toro 6.5 horsepower GTS lawn mower
Toro model number 20017
Toro serial number 240121813

Tecumseh Power Company
engine model number: LV195EA
spec: 362003B
engine family: 4TPXS.1951BC

Round one: We replaced the spark plug and air filter. The engine would run for one or two seconds.

Round two: We removed and cleaned the small metal bowl attached to the carburetor with carburetor cleaner. We removed and cleaned the main jet by using a small wire. We filled the fuel tank with one-week old 87 octane unleaded fuel. The engine would run for one or two seconds.

We drained the fuel tank and filled the tank with fresh 93 octane unleaded fuel. The engine continue to run! Hurray! We pulled the starter cord an hour later and the engine continue to run! Hurray! Two successful tests made me very happy.

When I transported the lawn mower from my friend's home to my home, I pulled the starter cord. The engine failed to start! The engine would not even run for one or two seconds.

I wanted to try starting the engine the next day.

Round three: The next day, I pulled the starter cord and the engine would not start. The engine would not even run for one or two seconds.

We cleaned the fuel tank with carburetor cleaner and the tiny mesh screen that serves as the fuel filter. We rinsed the fuel tank with fresh 93 octane unleaded fuel twice and refilled the tank with fresh 93 octane unleaded fuel.

We applied carburetor cleaner through the fuel line between the fuel tank and carburetor. We applied carburetor cleaner to the float in the small metal bowl. We did not fully disassemble the carburetor.

I pulled the starter cord and the engine would not start. The engine would not even run for one or two seconds.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you again for your help and guidance.

-Mark

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I used to have the same problem. Every other season or so. I would remove the carburetor and spray electrical contact cleaner through all of the ports. The ports are fixed in this machine I believe, and there are no needle valves/adjustment screws. I would also stick a fine copper wire through these ports. It took about an hour start to finish including re-installing the carburetor . Ran like a raped ape after that.

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Adam

My dad and I have been mowing some lawns commercially on the side for the past 7 or 8 years. I have one job that is about 6" to 8" tall when we mow it and it is not like city grass, it's like grass that grows in the country. It is about 5 or 6 acres of that with little trees that try to grow in the grass. That yard takes about 5 or 6 hours of mowing each time. The rest of my yards are in town and a lot smaller. For the jobs I have right now I have been using a 2007 Cub Cadet Tractor mower, 24 horsepower, 50" cut that I bought this year and I works we'll but I bought it used and it already has some problems. I recently narrowed down my selection to a mower with 24+ hp and a 42" + cut zero turn mower under $3,500. It has to be durable and be able to do this job and not fall apart. I was looking at the 2013 Hustler Raptor (23 hp Kawasaki engine, 54" cut with a really strong deck and build for $2,899) and a Bad Boy MZ Magnum (27 hp Briggs and Stratton motor and a 54" deck built also really strong for $3,499) I would much rather have more hp but I heard someone say that the Kawasaki motor runs so much better, but is it as powerful as the 27 hp Briggs and Stratton motor? Any suggestions on other ztr mowers and and answer to this question of which one would be better for my job(s) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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That cub is a hard mower to beat. I think I would look and see how much to repair it first.

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