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RobP
06-10-2002, 10:53 PM
The briggs&stratton in my lawn mower ran before it went into one year storage. I drained the gas before storage. Now I cannot get it to run. It will run if I pour gas or starter fluid in the carb so I'd assume the ignition system is ok. I did a rebuild on the carb, new needle, rubber seat, float bowl and airfilter plate gasket. However when I push the rubber primer bulb, I get no prime or gas squirt. I've shot half a can of carb cleaner thru this puppy. Any ideas? I would guess it has something to do with the primer bulb. And gas is getting thru the carb from the tank. If I unscrew the float bowl it just continuously runs gas out, so no blockages there.
Thanks.
LL6
06-10-2002, 10:58 PM
What kind of blm's are you getting? ;)

Am I the only one to see a trend here?
86IROC
06-10-2002, 11:01 PM
Originally posted by LL6:
What kind of blm's are you getting? ;)

Am I the only one to see a trend here?graemlins/lol.gif

I'm sure Bernard will chime in soon....in chat the other day he was telling us about his Pro Stock lawnmower. ;)
RobP
06-10-2002, 11:07 PM
Originally posted by LL6:
What kind of blm's are you getting? ;)

Am I the only one to see a trend here?DIE DIE, you shut-up and DIE DIE DIE! graemlins/devil.gif
Hey, my 92 Z28 and the 71 Impala run...and...and so does my gas powered weed wacker.
WS6 VERT
06-10-2002, 11:11 PM
I'm sure Bernard will chime in soon....in chat the other day he was telling us about his Pro Stock lawnmower Hahahaaaa, I totally forgot about that... I'm not exactly familiar w/ the setup you have, but it sounds like teh float is stuck shut for some reason, perhaps needs adjustment?
RobP
06-10-2002, 11:23 PM
The way I understand it as gas fills the float bowl, the float, well floats, lifting the needle off the rubber seat allowing gas in the carb. So mabye the needle is not lifting or there is some blockage under where that rubber needle seat is?
RobP
06-10-2002, 11:24 PM
Sorry, double post.

[ June 10, 2002, 20:25: Message edited by: RobP ]
Kat
06-10-2002, 11:44 PM
ohh I know.. It is because ya need the 50 shot of NNAAWWWZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ to get it goin :D

Kat
WS6 VERT
06-11-2002, 12:01 AM
Actually, its the opposite. As gas fills up the bowl, the float floats, and shuts off the gas flow so the bowl doesn't overflow.

I wonder if something maybe got lodged in one of the metering orifices... should have blown them out w/ some carb cleaner or something...

[ June 10, 2002, 21:02: Message edited by: DenaliTech ]
RobP
06-12-2002, 12:30 AM
Update,
The PW is really freaking out and BLM is....
oh wrong problem :D
Actually, I think the gasket around the float bowl is allowing air to pass. I pulled the carb and recleaned every passage with carb cleaner, then blew compressed air through, everything is whistle clean. I put it all together, still no prime on the bulb. So I shot some air thru the bulb (it has a tiny hole in the end) and blew the gasket out of the float bowl. So I took that back apart, got the gasket in as perfect as I could (its a new rubber gasket but seems about 1 or 2 mm too big). This time I got the thing to prime a few seconds, engine ran for a few seconds and then same thing, no prime on the bulb.
When the bulb does prime it dribbles gas out the bulb hole, so something still isn't correct. Any ideas before I cart if off to the lawwmower man?