[AT] Semi OT....Troy Bilt Junior Tiller issues

[Francis Robinson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>


> Your next to last sentence holds the answer -- It's a Tecumseh.  :-)
>
>
> Larry




    ROTFLMAO... That was my first reaction exactly as I read that message... 
;-)
    It could need a carb cleaning. "NEVER" assume that just because a 
"professional" worked on it that anything he did was done right. Also even 
if his work was excellent a similar or unrelated problem could pop up in the 
same area minutes after he did his work.
    Always begin at the beginning... If it has fuel and air in the right mix 
and compression and a good spark at the right time it will run. Everything 
else is secondary. A lot of things can make it lose power but if it dies it 
has to be one of the basics. Throw a new plug in it and then look at the 
carb. It may not be the plug but a new one is a cheap easy way to rule out a 
problem there.
    Larry can tell you all about how cranky these things can be in spite of 
most of the right things being done...   :-)   (especially with today's gas) 
They are, I'm sure, the work of the devil. That is why they tend to attract 
guys like "Evil Dave". (Hi Dave)  ;-)



--
"farmer"

Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net