Mountfield R28M Ride-on-Mower Mistake? Any tips..?

sujsuj

ThisIsWeird said:

sujsuj said:

I can see choke symbol, checking manual to see how to put lever in that mode. Looks like just pushing to extreme lower position. let me look around..? Any inputs..?

Good lawd, man. How have you been starting the darned mower up until now?!

Yes, that would appear to be it. The lever is pushed fully down to the 'choke' symbol for starting from cold. Isn't that what you normally do?

Once it fires, you pull the lever up to between the 'hare' - which is the engine's fastest running position - and the tortoise, which is the slowest (and where it should be left when it's not actually moving).

You have two choices...

First) Wash the new plug in petrol. Let it fully dry. TEST it for a spark as explained by S62. If necessary, set up your camera to be videoing it whilst you jump in the seat and crank the engine. See if it sparks. Then either:

1) Replace the plug, set throttle to 'choke', and crank away as before. Listen for at least a 'cough' from the engine. Give it a good half-dozen attempts of 5 seconds each. If nothing doing, remove the plug, look at it closely, see if it's glistening again, and sniff it - does it smell of petrol? It should. Clean it again, and replace it again. And try it again.

Or...

2) Get some 'engine start'. This time, do not set the lever to 'choke', but set it half-way between the two animals. Squirt a second of spray in to the air filter intake (no real need to remove it). Jump on quickly, and crank away. Give it just two attempts. If now't, jump off, and give it another second's spray. Jump on and crank.

Report back.

Bear in mind that if we find out you haven't turned the fuel 'ock back on, we will hunt you down. 

Please elaborate on this line? Thanks
Squirt a second of spray in to the air filter intake (no real need to remove i

sujsuj

Even after working many times oil is seen around bottom of this. Nor sure if that is a problem???thanks

stuhse

Just spray it in the air intake before attempting to start....no need to dismantle in any way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqy7-9ZPbd8

sujsuj

Wow It happened....!! Thanks to this  forum 
https://youtube.com/shorts/cQcjccb0Iic

sujsuj

Thank You all here..

victor2

sujsuj said:

Wow It happened....!! Thanks to this  forum 
https://youtube.com/shorts/cQcjccb0Iic

Well done. Been following this with interest.
Some very patient posters got you going. 

sujsuj

https://youtu.be/mFh8tm7jE1A

sujsuj

https://youtu.be/DjSPZjh_4Yw

sujsuj

what all I did today....I can't recollect all. Not sure what prompted it to work suddenly. 
In fact I was on my final try, some how white smoke started!!

1. I moved mower to hot sunny area & weather was good today
2. I repeated everything everyone told in the forum covering 14 pages one by one again from  the beginning
3. I cleaned filter sponge with soapy water, dried  also filter by gently tapping on the floor, lots of dirt came out of filter
4. I forced spark plug connector to the spark plug more
5. I think I tried choke start couple of times 
6. Just before last attempt, I stupidly opened carburator nut which made petrol to spill out
7. Removed spark plug and tried couple of times
8. Finally worked with old spark plug only which I cleaned with petrol yesterday

Not sure what step made it to work or may be combination of these or may be  just that all oil dried and started working.

sujsuj

No, I am not on a public road in above video!!