I have always thought of my self as an ok small engine mechanic but my mower is trying to beat me.
This particular mower is the mower that my parents bought when I was in middle school which made it the first riding mower I ever used.
Well recently they gave it to me and it needs a little bit of work. The first order of business was to get it to where it would start with the electric starter.
Well first off I took and hooked my jumper cables directly to the starter and it couldn't spin the motor past the compression stroke so I ordered a new starter. Then when the starter came I swapped it in and got the exact same results at which point I remembered that it has an exhaust valve lifter compression relief that lowers the compression enough for the starter to be able to work and when the mower was a few years old my stepdad had to change the camshaft for that very same reason.
So now I order a new camshaft and tonight I pulled the motor apart to find that there was nothing wrong with the compression relief and I just wasted $90 on a camshaft for nothing.
So apparently I should have done a tune up and adjusted the valves first before buying parts.
So yeah I have $130 of parts that will be sitting on the shelf waiting for my mower to need them.
I guess this is also a lesson in patience and proper diagnostics instead of throwing parts at a problem hoping it will go away.
Oh yeah and apparently I am a terrible mechanic.
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This particular mower is the mower that my parents bought when I was in middle school which made it the first riding mower I ever used.
Well recently they gave it to me and it needs a little bit of work. The first order of business was to get it to where it would start with the electric starter.
Well first off I took and hooked my jumper cables directly to the starter and it couldn't spin the motor past the compression stroke so I ordered a new starter. Then when the starter came I swapped it in and got the exact same results at which point I remembered that it has an exhaust valve lifter compression relief that lowers the compression enough for the starter to be able to work and when the mower was a few years old my stepdad had to change the camshaft for that very same reason.
So now I order a new camshaft and tonight I pulled the motor apart to find that there was nothing wrong with the compression relief and I just wasted $90 on a camshaft for nothing.
So apparently I should have done a tune up and adjusted the valves first before buying parts.
So yeah I have $130 of parts that will be sitting on the shelf waiting for my mower to need them.
I guess this is also a lesson in patience and proper diagnostics instead of throwing parts at a problem hoping it will go away.
Oh yeah and apparently I am a terrible mechanic.
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The motor is back together and mounted.
