fixing problems with briggs and stratton+small engines

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muntjac

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try here for a simple tip or trick that may solve your starting or running problems with small engines on mowers rotavators etc

http://www.small-engines.com/
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« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2007, 09:21 »
Cheers Muntjac nice link, very useful  8)
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« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2007, 17:47 »
cheers munty good link added to favs :D

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« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2007, 17:11 »
For Briggs and Stratton engine manuals and parts lists:

http://www.briggsandstratton.com/display/router.asp?DocID=78498

For generic information on small engine repair:

http://www.repairfaq.org/samnew/lmfaq.htm

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« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2007, 13:04 »
brilliant post mate,,,  :D

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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2009, 15:50 »
New to forum so this might have been covered but here goes,everytime iv'e come across a briggs and stratton mower that will start and only run for a few seconds it has needed a new carburettor diaphragm,hope this helps.
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« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2009, 20:47 »
Cheers reggyboy tips are always welcome

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Re: fixing problems with briggs and stratton+small engines
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2009, 22:58 »
Hi

Another tip, if ti is not giving a very good spark, scratch a pencil on the electrode.  As an emergency thing but a switch in the ht lead, will double the spark.  Not good to do this for long periods though!

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« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2009, 14:12 »
Hi

I have a Ride on mower and today when i got on it there was on overwhelming smell of petrol but no leak the fuel tank was full yesterday but was now empty.  I took the filter bowel off and air filter and found the filter full of petrol and noticed a small leak coming from the exhaust pipe i took the pipe off and found the engine full of petrol obviously a seal has gone but which one? and where do i get one from?

Any help is greatly appreciated

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« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2009, 14:19 »
Briggs and Stratton
Model 28T707
type 1154E1
Code 970730ZA

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Re: fixing problems with briggs and stratton+small engines
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2009, 23:15 »
hi sounds like the carb float needlestuck open,strip carb check floats not punctured and clean out with carb or brake cleaner.fit it back together and give it a try.leave the spark plug out over night for the excess fuel to evaporate.
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« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2009, 11:09 »
Hi Slider,
Thanks for that, i overhauled the carb with new bits and this seems to have cured the problem.
Many thanks

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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2009, 19:52 »
Hi All,
           I have a Wolsley Major Rotovater, can't get a spark at the plug, I have cleaned the coil, still no spark, it has a Pulsa -Jet Carburetter.
Can Aynone help ?

Bill

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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2009, 08:35 »
Ignition system in small magneto engines (coil inside flywheel) consists of two circuits, low tension (LT) & high tension (HT).

LT is a coil of wire which is 'charged' by the magnet in the flywheel. The HT is a coil which is 'charged' by the collapse of the charge in the LT.

How does LT charge collapse? - The points. These open & causes the charge in the LT circuit to collapse. This induces a charge in the HT circuit.

Now that the HT coil is charged, it jumps across the spark plug so it too can discharge.

Simples....  Two circuits, each will light a torch bulb if connected with a battery. (assuming points closed). No light, no circuit - magneto coil dead - replace. (Coil slides off armature).


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« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2009, 00:14 »
This is a tip which may be  useful to others. I have an old lawnmower with a pulsa jet carb. It has been playing me up for some time . Sometimes it would start first pull, then next time it wouldn't start. I found that if I put a bit of petrol down the carb it would usually start then stop, pointing to a fuel problem. I had taken the carb off previously and cleaned it all out but still wouldn't go. Today I got a new diaphram for the carb and fitted it. More importantly , it came with fitting instructions which tells you to hold the choke open by 3/8ths inch before tightening the screws to pretension the diaphram. Obviously last time I took it off I just bunged it back on and tightened it all up and the diaphram wasn't pumping up petrol. Since I've changed it , the engine has started first time every time, so I probably didn't need a new diaphram, but it was worth it to get the installation info.and cure the problem. Hope this is off interest to others with old B and S engines.



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