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any resources to become familiar with lawnmowers? There's a job opportunity to fix them for a landscaping company, pay and all is very appetizing.

>> No.2624353

>>2624348
find them on the side of the road and try to make them run again without buying any parts. you'll learn you don't want anything to do with them. fuck small engines and fuck carbeurators

>> No.2624419

>>2624348
if only there was some global network of computers in which might reside the knowledge of the literally thousands of instructional opportnities for small engine repair
or, perhaps, house the very knowledge itself for use by the autodidact
ohh, but it would be useless if undiscoverable
one would need some kind of search ability to locate this engine knowldge
inconceivable
you'd best just give up now and go back to moisture farming

>> No.2624529

>>2624348
oh yeah you just make sure the thing is hooked up to the carb and you pull the thing to check the spark and once that's over you test the blade and BOOM you're done

>> No.2624545

>>2624348
I actually learned a lot about this on howstuffworks.com in the beginning of my studies. It will help you come to understand the basic parts like carburetors, ignition coils, valves, etc. Once you come to understand the purpose and function of the basic parts, you'll rapidly gain an understanding of the diagnostic flow when someone says "It won't start!"

>is it sparking?
>carb clean and fuel good?
>compression?
>free flowing intake and exhaust?

If you have spark, fuel, and compression then the engine will run.
That said, unfortunately new lawnmowers are so damned cheap that there's little money to be made on flipping them unless you can get lots of easily fixable mowers for free. All the higher value units are under warranty for commercial users.

>> No.2624562

Fix them. And by fix them i mean buy a $15 carb off amazon and bolt it on.
Or youtube. But you have to watch multiple videos to get a clear picture of what you want to know.

>> No.2624565

Honestly its hard getting properly into it without some old mechanic teaching you or without you taking some Briggs Stratton/Sabo/Husqvarna training.

You gonna need some special tools to do it properly. Big industrial mowers are another level.

>> No.2625158

>>2624545
The price of new lawnmowers has doubled in the past couple years.

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>>2624348
>become familiar with lawnmowers?
what are you, some kind of homower?

>> No.2625192

>>2624348
It's easy stuff to learn. Get factory service manuals and for anything common check out videos by this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Cd9kKYXFakV7ChvU_rjKw

He acts retarded for views but country folk are chuckleheads so that's the smart play. He's actually very good and works to turn the machinery serviceable not restore it. (Mowers are really consumable equipment):