My yard is up to my goddamn knees because my rider briggs mower is a piece of ------- ----. It will only run with the choke all the way out.. turn choke off and it dies.. doesn't have enough ---- to engage the blade. put a 150.00 carb on it last year, put new coil on it, new plugs, checked all of the filters.. still same prob.

 

:P

 

Like for car I say: buy a Honda! 6hp minimum

 

you need to learn to adjust the carb needles.

 

Should try to find one of these:




We've got one and it's about 20 years old and runs awesome. Best lawn tractor ever made.

 

Yeh I've seen those type of mowers run forever. Plus its a heap of fun also

 

my honda started first pull after sitting all winter.

 

stop leaving fuel in it to go bad and you wont ---- up your diaphram, go get a carb kit.

 

ok this is the easiest fix there is, find the carb, find the bowl, reach underneath the bowl and feel for a bolt head, take that 'bolt' out which is actually a needle, have someone hold finger over hole, clean the needle with carb cleaner and ---- blow it out with a air comp, put needle back in and try to start it.
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turn the needle out 3 turns from bottomed out SOFTLY. start it. take choke off slowly. if it dies lean.. richen it. if it chugs, lean it.