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I received this Briggs and Stratton lawnmower from my Father in Law who bought it from a flea market 7 years ago for $40. In those 7 years I've abused the dickens out of it and only done 2 oil changes in that time. It started being hard to start or randomly shutting off. I figured I finally killed it, but decided to clean the carb, changed the oil, etc, and saw the governor spring had been stretched out. Seeing as I had already given up on it, I clipped it shorter and tried to start it. Second pull and started purring like new.

No one around me cares, but I figured this group would appreciate how good these small engines really are. I'm sharpening the blade and going to cut the yard tomorrow.

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[–] officerdwn@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

I have an old stationary engine from sachs that I got from a junkyard. Already bought a new muffler but can't make time to get to it . Maybe this winter.

Congratulations on your lawnmower project