/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>buy new weed eater
>shaft falls apart the first time I start it
Meanwhile, my mower was made in 1953 and has never let me down

>>1549084
>my mower was made in 1953

>>1549062
Does yours have the deadman device on the handle, like pic related?

>>1549086
I’m not the guy with the 1953, but I admire his good fortune in having it. Here’s more:
The Ford NAA tractor is a tractor that was introduced by Ford as an entirely new model in 1953 and dubbed the Golden Jubilee. The NAA designation was a reference to the first three digits of the serial number style used starting with this tractor. It was designed as a replacement for the Ford N-Series tractors.

>>1549086
>>1549110

>>1549062
>instantly floods engine
>WHY WONT IT START

>>1549062
Its a briggs and stratton, not a Tecumseh. You need little to no priming. Glad mowers no long have Techumseh motors.

>>1549149
That would be because Tecumseh went under. Meanwhile, I have to clean the carb on my B&S every spring, even after draining the gas and running it dry in fall, because their carbs are shit. Does anyone make non-shit motors you can drop into things like lawn mowers? Something around 5 HP would do me.

Heres how it goes
1. Spark check for it
2. Fuel do the same
3. Air is it getting it?

>>1549240
Honda

>>1549264
haahahhaha chad pays for a name

They have a magneto or some shit? May need to pull a safety thing and chuck in garbage. Been like thirty years since I bought a lawnmower. Just talking out my ass really.

>>1549267
>talking out my ass

>>1549240
>non-shit motors you can drop into things like lawn mowers? Something around 5 HP would do me
Predator from Harbor Freight
They're so much like a Honda that Honda sued them.

Don’t over-prime. Let sit for a little if flooded then try again.

you forgot to pull the cord

>>1549240
>Something around 5 HP would do me.

True...replaced a blown up tecumseh on a snowblower with a predator and it starts within 2 pulls every time, including during the “polar vortex”.

>>1549062
Maybe there's a book that came with it. I can read it to you if you post it for me.

>>1549266
Best small engines on the planet faggot

>>1549282
yeah ok CHAD keep telling yourself that

I have a 1965 Briggs 3.5 on a tiller that still runs since new...why? Because I change oil, never replaced a spark plug . I treat the fuel and oil the cylinder in winter. In the old days we just ran em dry. If you cant make / keep a small engine running you're an idiot my friend

a honda that isnt maintained is worse than a predator thats taken care of...eat shit chadelodian

this thread is hilarious

bunch of grown men shit talking each others lawn mower preferences

i seem to be doing a ton of small engine work lately

got a 1970s acklands welder fixed up for a guy. updraft carb and auto high idle/governorn was all fucked up. rebuilt/cleaned carb, cleaned up/setup governor, set the timing, new plug leads, rigger nigged up some better linkages. the motors all clapped out to fuck so it runs like a wet fart but she welds like a ranger

that and a 1976 alpine 640 with a tillotson had me scratching my head for a week

>>1549283
Living life as a pissed off virgin must be pretty depressing. Why don’t you just hire a hooker or fuck some fat slut?

>>1549387
>yer mom

Take it back

>>1549062
Ok, so OP has a NEW mower that he cant start. So, OP,
Is it operator error, like the deadman control, no wire on the spark plug, or are you giving up?

>>1549062
Prime one pull, turn off prime, pull again. Source: my genny had shitty instructions.

>>1549459
most big box stores won't take it back once you've put gas/oil into it. you'll have to deal with the manufacturer

OP here
I hate to even admit this but Im anon so here it is
I put diesel in it by mistake that is all

Prop start with impact wrench.

>>1549691
We should have figured already. Ok if we just keep talking shit for a couple of week?

>>1549084
Based 8N poster

>>1549084
For me, it is the Farmall Cub.

>>1549706
Same boat, my Cub does the mowing

>>1549084
Nah, you can buy 1953 8N's. Last production was 1952 for the 1953 model year. (Psst... if you go buy a 2019 car today, guess when it rolled off the assembly line?)

>>1549694
It wouldn't be /diy/ if we didn't keep restating the same thing long after OP left.

>>1550912
Yeah, I know about the model year/production year thing.
I ran the numbers on mine, it's a 1953 NAA golden jubilee like >>1549110 said, just not as pretty as the one in their pic

>>1549062
Are you sure it was gasoline that you put in?

>>1553201
>Are you sure it was gasoline that you put in?
>>1549691
>OP here
>I hate to even admit this but Im anon so here it is
>I put diesel in it by mistake that is all
reading comprehension

>>1549062
Did you remember the spark plug?

>>1549264
>>>1549240
>Honda

Second that. I have absolutely abused my mower and it still runs great. Left it outside in the Northeast Ohio rain and snow for six months and it started right up on the first or second pull. I should add that it still had old gas from the prior year. I have changed the oil once in this thing in the 8 years I've owned it, and I'm going to change to my third blade soon. Craftsman branded 23" self-propelled mulching mower with a Honda engine.

>>1549062
not getting the last 2 stroke mower engine made in Europe.
6HP at 3000rpm made in Germany.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va9rtgifW8I
>>1553603
needing a spark plug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAYjCzJwM6E

>>1549062
Check is the spark plug is properly connected. Maybe it got loose during the transport or on purpose by the manufacturer for safety reasons.

>>1549062
buy an electrical you martir

>>1549062
allowing the 4-stroke jew into your gayrage

>>1549240
Stop using fuel with alcohol in it.