Went to the town transfer station and saw this old lawnmower in the scrap heap that was not there a few days ago. I loaded it into the Tundra, why not? I worked on it this morning. It is a 1998 Rally 20” mower made in USA by Frigidaire.
It was filthy. The pull rope would not budge an inch. Engine was completely seized. I took out the sparkplug to try Blaster Small Engine Tuneup in the sparkplug hole. The sparkplug I found was brand new.
I cleaned it up. After a few mighty heaves I could spin the blade with great effort. I removed the recoil assembly which was in beautiful condition and worked fine. It was the engine seized. The magneto assembly was tight and had surface rust I cleaned it with WD-40. Drained the old gas, drained the oil which was filthy and put in Mobil 1 10W-30 and 20% Marvel Mystery Oil. Let it sit for 15 minutes for the Blaster to do its thing. Eventually I could turn the flywheel by hand. It seemed to get easier so I put the pull starter back on.
Gas tank did not look too bad just a few spots of surface rust.
After slowly pulling the rope it seemed normal. I sprayed starting fluid in the carb. It started and ran for a few seconds. I removed the air cleaner and cleaned the carb jets with Gumout. Three pushes of the priming bulb and a small spray of starting fluid for luck and I pulled the rope again. It started and ran. There was a cloud of smoke the size of my truck from the Blaster burning the junk out of the engine. After a couple minutes the smoke cleared and engine was running good. So let’s mow some grass with it. It’s brush in my orchard not my lawn.
Here it is after it’s all cleaned up. 1998 Rally 20” push mower with 3.5 HP Briggs and Stratton engine.
It was filthy. The pull rope would not budge an inch. Engine was completely seized. I took out the sparkplug to try Blaster Small Engine Tuneup in the sparkplug hole. The sparkplug I found was brand new.
I cleaned it up. After a few mighty heaves I could spin the blade with great effort. I removed the recoil assembly which was in beautiful condition and worked fine. It was the engine seized. The magneto assembly was tight and had surface rust I cleaned it with WD-40. Drained the old gas, drained the oil which was filthy and put in Mobil 1 10W-30 and 20% Marvel Mystery Oil. Let it sit for 15 minutes for the Blaster to do its thing. Eventually I could turn the flywheel by hand. It seemed to get easier so I put the pull starter back on.
Gas tank did not look too bad just a few spots of surface rust.
After slowly pulling the rope it seemed normal. I sprayed starting fluid in the carb. It started and ran for a few seconds. I removed the air cleaner and cleaned the carb jets with Gumout. Three pushes of the priming bulb and a small spray of starting fluid for luck and I pulled the rope again. It started and ran. There was a cloud of smoke the size of my truck from the Blaster burning the junk out of the engine. After a couple minutes the smoke cleared and engine was running good. So let’s mow some grass with it. It’s brush in my orchard not my lawn.
Here it is after it’s all cleaned up. 1998 Rally 20” push mower with 3.5 HP Briggs and Stratton engine.