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Posted by Ed Huntress on May 3, 2008, 1:42 pm
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>> > Couple years ago, I got an ETQ, 1200 watt generator from Ebay. Cost
>> > $140,
>> > including freight to my door step. Weight about 55 pounds. The couple
>> > times
>> > I've used it, been worth every penny. I run mine dry, and it can be
>> > challenging to restart. Someday, I'll drill a hole in the plastic
>> > cover,
>> > over the air filter. So I can spray a couple drops of ether on the air
>> > filter.
>>
>> I did exactly that with my Honda lawnmower, which is a great running
>> engine
>> but a cold-blooded starter. But it doesn't require ether in this case,
>> just
>> a small squirt of gasoline from an old Ronson lighter-fluid bottle, right
>> down the carburettor throat. Starts on the first pull every time, which
>> is
>> good for someone like me, with rotator-cuff tendonitis.
>
> WD-40 makes the best starting fluid I have ever used ;)
As a matter of fact, I used that once on a neighbor kid's engine, a
horizontal-shaft B&S, because I didn't have anything else handy. I was
surprised that it worked, but it certainly did.
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Ed Huntress
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Posted by Gerald Miller on May 3, 2008, 3:57 pm
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On Sat, 3 May 2008 13:42:54 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
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>> WD-40 makes the best starting fluid I have ever used ;)
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>As a matter of fact, I used that once on a neighbor kid's engine, a
>horizontal-shaft B&S, because I didn't have anything else handy. I was
>surprised that it worked, but it certainly did.
Tried that on a B&D electric weed whacker to clean the commutator,
made a good flame thrower and melted the fins off the spool holder.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada
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Posted by Gerald Miller on May 3, 2008, 3:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Sat, 3 May 2008 07:40:32 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
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>> Couple years ago, I got an ETQ, 1200 watt generator from Ebay. Cost $140,
>> including freight to my door step. Weight about 55 pounds. The couple
>> times
>> I've used it, been worth every penny. I run mine dry, and it can be
>> challenging to restart. Someday, I'll drill a hole in the plastic cover,
>> over the air filter. So I can spray a couple drops of ether on the air
>> filter.
>
>I did exactly that with my Honda lawnmower, which is a great running engine
>but a cold-blooded starter. But it doesn't require ether in this case, just
>a small squirt of gasoline from an old Ronson lighter-fluid bottle, right
>down the carburettor throat. Starts on the first pull every time, which is
>good for someone like me, with rotator-cuff tendonitis.
Usta do that with my '50 Austin A40 at 20 below F. - pour a half cup
of gas down the throat, full choke and crank it with the Armstrong
starter, an away we go!
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada
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Posted by Joseph Gwinn on May 3, 2008, 6:11 pm
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> > Couple years ago, I got an ETQ, 1200 watt generator from Ebay. Cost $140,
> > including freight to my door step. Weight about 55 pounds. The couple
> > times
> > I've used it, been worth every penny. I run mine dry, and it can be
> > challenging to restart. Someday, I'll drill a hole in the plastic cover,
> > over the air filter. So I can spray a couple drops of ether on the air
> > filter.
>
> I did exactly that with my Honda lawnmower, which is a great running engine
> but a cold-blooded starter. But it doesn't require ether in this case, just
> a small squirt of gasoline from an old Ronson lighter-fluid bottle, right
> down the carburettor throat. Starts on the first pull every time, which is
> good for someone like me, with rotator-cuff tendonitis.
I have a Honda lawnmower, and it became hard to start. Turns out the
choke cable needed to be adjusted. It was the first thing to try listed
in the service manual for hard starting. If a spritz of gas is what
starts your mower, I'd be looking at the choke.
Joe Gwinn
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Posted by Ed Huntress on May 4, 2008, 1:03 am
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>> > Couple years ago, I got an ETQ, 1200 watt generator from Ebay. Cost
>> > $140,
>> > including freight to my door step. Weight about 55 pounds. The couple
>> > times
>> > I've used it, been worth every penny. I run mine dry, and it can be
>> > challenging to restart. Someday, I'll drill a hole in the plastic
>> > cover,
>> > over the air filter. So I can spray a couple drops of ether on the air
>> > filter.
>>
>> I did exactly that with my Honda lawnmower, which is a great running
>> engine
>> but a cold-blooded starter. But it doesn't require ether in this case,
>> just
>> a small squirt of gasoline from an old Ronson lighter-fluid bottle, right
>> down the carburettor throat. Starts on the first pull every time, which
>> is
>> good for someone like me, with rotator-cuff tendonitis.
>
> I have a Honda lawnmower, and it became hard to start. Turns out the
> choke cable needed to be adjusted. It was the first thing to try listed
> in the service manual for hard starting. If a spritz of gas is what
> starts your mower, I'd be looking at the choke.
>
> Joe Gwinn
Hey, thanks, Joe. I'll have to pull out the manual and check it out.
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Ed Huntress
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