i appreciate it, but i'm guessing it's someone out near your area ? There's a place I forgot about that's basically down the street from my work, so I guess I'll take it there tomorrow

Fuel filter?

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So, do you actually have spark at the plug? Pull the wire off and hook it to the old plug and ground the base of the old plug and turn the motor over to check. IF no spark at all, I'm guessing you have a safety switch somewhere not making up- seat switch, start in neutral switch, push clutch in switch, etc, etc. IF you have spark, then you only need full and air to burn, so is the new plug wet from unfired fuel?

Good joint on 115th n Pulaski, cheap n efficient.

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Same shit with my Toro lawn mower, only 3-4 years old and a bitch to start. The ethanol thing is a sorry ass excuse. If they know Ethanol is here to stay, Briggs and Straton needs to design their engines to play nice with Ethanol...fucking Jap crap, they just want you back at the store buying a new one every 5 years.

My Toro mower is a champ. I got it in 2004, and she is running strong.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I agree that the newest equipment , like yours and Bagels', (Bagel's/Bagelses?) the manufacturer should have all-ethanol ready items installed on the engines. How the EPA concerns for the small engine emissions have affected the starting or performance, and the planned obsolescence, that's a whole different topic.

In the one case I personally have experienced, it was quite a stretch to expect the manufacturer to have foreseen the issue: the ethanol reactaed with the rubber boot holding the carburetor to the engine, and attacked the aluminum encapsulated in the rubber. This caused the aluminum to swell and crack the rubber boot, which then broke, allowing the carb to become disconnected from the cylinder. The extra air allowed in through the break leaned the mixture out, and in a two-stroke engine, usually led to piston/cylinder failure. In my case, I caught it before the major damage occurred, but still had to replace the carb boots.

Another problem was that the very small fuel lines in a leaf blower and chain saw swelled due to the ethanol in the fuel, effectively closing themselves off. Just had to replace all the fuel lines, and both ran fine after that.

If only my own clogged arteries could be replaced so cheaply and easily...

Anyone know of a good mechanic in the NW burbs? I have a leak in my exhaust system.

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