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    My son and I picked up a self propelled mower sitting alongside a dumpster at a RV park. It looked pretty good and our old one was getting hard to start.

    We found that the float valve was pressed into the carburetor body (not threaded) and the vibration moved it down so the carb could not get very much gas. Drove it back into place and staked the valve into place with a center punch around the edges. We put the second year on it this summer.

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    Good for you. I call that a scrapper break. You get those every now and then.
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    I just picked up a 14.5 ohv lawn tractor. Things looks immaculate. Guy said motor burned out. I took a cursory look at it before even loaded on the truck and I think the valves need adjusting. Famous problem where they need adjustment once a year or it wont start. Well told the guy, I think its 20 to fix. Do you still want it gone?
    He says yes and away it goes. A $500 used tractor was haunting my consciousness and had too.

    Next few days will play with it and see if im right. If nto got a motor laying around from my last scrap tractor I used for 2 summers and will fix it right up.



    My thoughts is if you tell hey..u scrwe up, nothign wrong and they still take it, then your mind should be clear.


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