stopped working while I was cutting the grass.
This thing has been 'old faithful' for nearly fifteen years. It was made in Ohio by Murray, with a Briggs & Stratton Industrial/Commercial engine.
Being an air cooled 4-cycle, I use Shell Rotella-T oil. My backup emergency generator has a B-S engine with an oil level switch that shuts off the spark but this one is a smaller engine with no fancy bells or whistles except that it is self-propelled.
Anyway, I was happily mowing when all of a sudden the thing died. It had plenty of gas. I checked and the oil level was down slightly so I topped that off.
Normally, I push a prime bulb three times and this baby takes off on the first pull. But this time, nothing. Ok, so I got out the starting fluid, gave it a shot, pulled the rope and it came to life. Then it died as soon as the ether was spent.
I'll get into it in the morning (noon is morning to me). - Dave
This thing has been 'old faithful' for nearly fifteen years. It was made in Ohio by Murray, with a Briggs & Stratton Industrial/Commercial engine.
Being an air cooled 4-cycle, I use Shell Rotella-T oil. My backup emergency generator has a B-S engine with an oil level switch that shuts off the spark but this one is a smaller engine with no fancy bells or whistles except that it is self-propelled.
Anyway, I was happily mowing when all of a sudden the thing died. It had plenty of gas. I checked and the oil level was down slightly so I topped that off.
Normally, I push a prime bulb three times and this baby takes off on the first pull. But this time, nothing. Ok, so I got out the starting fluid, gave it a shot, pulled the rope and it came to life. Then it died as soon as the ether was spent.
I'll get into it in the morning (noon is morning to me). - Dave
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