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Lawn mower update

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Rick
on October 30, 2007
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I went back to Lowe’s early Saturday afternoon to get some more supplies for my lawn mower problem. I was determined to fix the damn thing and I needed a ratchet set so I could take it apart.

I got the ratchet set along with an extra spark plug and some carburetor cleaner and headed out to the back yard.

I took much of the outside containing plastic off to get down into the main engine and fiddled around with whatever looked like it could move or be removed, blown on, wiped off or just generally adjusted.

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Lawn Moaning

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Rick
on October 24, 2007
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Bolens by WTF?I went out to mow the lawn the other day, a job which normally only takes about 20 minutes because my lawn isn’t very big.

It’s nearing winter and I was enjoying the fact that this would be one of the last few times I would have to cut it for the season.

I pull the thing out from the mini shed which is placed awkwardly in the back yard, not quite in the direct center, but not quite pushed to the side fence. I prime it three times, give the chord a crank, it starts, then immediately dies out.

I pull the thing again, nothing.

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