Questionno there are no fuel/air ajustment screws that I can see -------------------------
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Yes it has primer bulb on the carb and I can hear it working when I have the air filter off and push it. When I did get it running there was a slight miss as I remember. -------------------------
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I have a craftsman 5hp eger 1 lawn mower that I got from a friend. It was not running at all when I got it. I have an old eger1 mower that I have been using for parts as the engines seem to be the same. I have finally managed to get it to run but the problem is it is very , very hard to get started. Once started it runs great! but if you turn it off then it is again very very hard to start. The old mower that I am using for parts ran great, started first pull every time and it is 20 yr old craftsman eger 1. This one is much newer maybe 8 or 9 yrs old (model # 917 372480) engine model # 143. 424152. I have put the float and needle from my old one on the newer one as well as the spark plug and coil ( not sure that is what its called on a lawnmower} LOL. Anyway what am I missing that would keep it from starting easy? Thanks in advance for your help John
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Check the head bolts, torque to 200 inch pounds. Make sure the intake gaskets are soft, not brittle, and sealing good.
Do you have a primer bulb on the carbuetor?
Eric
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Are there any adjustments on the carb?
Let me know.
Eric
AnswerAre those coils the same? Some of the earlier coils used a differnt flywheel key, this could mess up the ignition timeing.
Unfortunatley strange problems arise when you start swapping problems, I have experienced this on a couple of occassions. It justs takes time and patientce. One trimmer took me 4 months to fix...turned out someone installed the incorrect, too small, insulator gasket on the carburetor.
Have you ever removed a flywheel?
This how you can check the keys...they should be the same color. Older keys were grey newer ones are gold.
Let me know.
Eric
