Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
From: spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller)
Subject: Re: Need help with a riding mower that won't start
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 02:09:40 GMT

In article , "John A. Weeks III"  wrote:
>In article <445a919e.189805641@news.so.centurytel.net>,
> jplasater@NOSPAMjuno.com wrote:
>
>> I have a 10 year old Poulin Pro that has a Kohler engine.  The
>> symptoms of my problem are simple.  After the mower has sat overnight,
>> it is easy to start.  Even if I run it only a short time, it is easy
>> to start.  However, if I run it for an hour or two and shut it down, I
>> may not be able to start it back up.  It appears that the problem
>> occurs only if the engine has been run an extensive amount of time and
>> then shut down.  In that case, it won't start until I let it sit
>> overnight.  What is going on?  Any advice will be appreciated.  
>
>In order for an engine to run, you need 3 things.  You need
>air, fuel, and spark.  You need to determine which of these
>three things is missing, then troubleshoot that system.

Well, that's certainly true -- but his symptoms point to exactly *one* of 
those three things: spark. I'm betting he has a bad magneto, and it's failing 
when it gets too hot.


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        Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.