PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-736
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 736
MARCH 2014
29
PS 736
MAR 14
The audience and I can
see a photo of it on the
screen behind you.
Your precious
mower could sure
use a fresh coat
of paint, son.
OK,
Minnie,
what’s
your
side
of the
story?
Minnie, when you
called the show,
you told my staff
that the mower
was already in
disrepair before
you borrowed it.
Yes. it was
hard to start
and kept
stalling.
Mower
problems
usually
fall into
one of
three
categories…
compression,
fuel or
ignition.
Or, if the
scheduled
maintenance
is
overdue,
it could be
all
three.
Jack, you say this hap-
pened back in April. Did
you loan the mower to
Minnie with
fresh fuel?
Lots of folks get their
mowers out of storage
in the spring, but because
they left fuel in the
tank over the winter,
that old fuel
clogs
the
carburetor.
Well, I
was busy…
I needed a mower
to knock down weeds
for my yard sale. So
yeah, I borrowed it.
But Jack wants me
back. He only loaned
it to me as an excuse
to see me. When I
refused to get back
together, he got
mad.
Suddenly this junky
old mower means the
world to him.
Save your
breath, son.
This
ain’t
my
first rodeo.
Minnie,
every coin
has
two
sides.
Did you check that the ignition
switch was on when you tried
to start the mower? Was the
transmission in neutral? Spark
plug wire firmly attached to
the spark plug?
I-I don’t
know! {
sob!
}
Then I’m guessing
you
didn’t
check
compression,
clean the spark
plug or check the
gap,
either.
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