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Originally Posted by stevej37
It runs like a champ now that I found and tightened the loose bolt. It's something that I would have never thought to check because I've never heard of them loosening on their own.
The only thing I can think of that might have caused it is...I was using it a few days back and a falling leaf landed on the spark plug while it was running wide open. It shorted out the plug and it back-fired a few times before I could get the leaf off. Wondering if the back-fires caused the bolt to loosen up?
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Many years ago my brother came home from work as the neighbor was trying to start a riding lawn mower. Lots of profanity, and no start. My brother walked over and the neighbor said do you want a free %$#@**^%^ lawn mower. My brother smiled, and said hang on a second, I will be right back. He when home and got a few tools, took a closer look, and tightened up the carburetor. Literally just two loose bolts, seconds of work, and it started tight up.
The neighbor cussed some more, and said I just gave away my mower. My brother said, nope, he does not want it. The neighbor mowed my brother's yard for fee for years until they sold the house and moved away.