Man, I'm tempted to get a paper suit, a bunny suit, to do that. I ran the push mower (with bagger) through a small patch of poison ivy and 3 weeks later I think I've gotten rid of the last of the rash... Depending upon how much you have I'd hit it with some Brush B Gone. Seems to work good for me for killing off the ivy, once I get ahead it seems to stay gone.
Toro 22" what size engine?
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Originally Posted by supton
Man, I'm tempted to get a paper suit, a bunny suit, to do that. I ran the push mower (with bagger) through a small patch of poison ivy and 3 weeks later I think I've gotten rid of the last of the rash... Depending upon how much you have I'd hit it with some Brush B Gone. Seems to work good for me for killing off the ivy, once I get ahead it seems to stay gone.
Poison Ivy is the worst. I used to ride through the woods on my atv as a teenager and never had an issue brushing up against it. Now I can look at it from 20 feet away and I'd probably get it all over me.
Man, I'm tempted to get a paper suit, a bunny suit, to do that. I ran the push mower (with bagger) through a small patch of poison ivy and 3 weeks later I think I've gotten rid of the last of the rash... Depending upon how much you have I'd hit it with some Brush B Gone. Seems to work good for me for killing off the ivy, once I get ahead it seems to stay gone.
Poison Ivy is the worst. I used to ride through the woods on my atv as a teenager and never had an issue brushing up against it. Now I can look at it from 20 feet away and I'd probably get it all over me.
Yeah, I'm noticing I'm starting to react more. Maybe it was always like that, and I was able to just avoid well enough. But this new house of mine has a couple of patches that I've been hosing off with Brush-B-Gone, and without thinking about I hit a small patch with the mower. I swear, new patches of reaction were still breaking out 2 weeks later, I think it was migrating over me as I slept and rubbed my arms or something.
My wife usually doesn't let me spray the ivy as I take a scorched earth policy when I do it.
My wife usually doesn't let me spray the ivy as I take a scorched earth policy when I do it.
Thanks Amazon! Any tips for this? Do I need to tune it? What should the gap of the spark plug be?
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Do a search for Tecumseh float valve O ring. They are all the same. Get a new float bowl gasket at the same time.
Originally Posted by LeakySeals
Thanks Amazon! Any tips for this? Do I need to tune it? What should the gap of the spark plug be?
Gap should be .030", and you should be able to just bolt on the carb and go.
Thanks Amazon! Any tips for this? Do I need to tune it? What should the gap of the spark plug be?
Gap should be .030", and you should be able to just bolt on the carb and go.
Originally Posted by jeepman3071
Originally Posted by LeakySeals
Thanks Amazon! Any tips for this? Do I need to tune it? What should the gap of the spark plug be?
Gap should be .030", and you should be able to just bolt on the carb and go.
Okay I just slapped it together and it starts! It just doesn't seem to be high RPMs unless that's a Toro thing. I would have expected to be revving up further.
Edit: disregard. Turn the carb screw. Now it's on Max
Originally Posted by LeakySeals
Thanks Amazon! Any tips for this? Do I need to tune it? What should the gap of the spark plug be?
Gap should be .030", and you should be able to just bolt on the carb and go.
Okay I just slapped it together and it starts! It just doesn't seem to be high RPMs unless that's a Toro thing. I would have expected to be revving up further.
Edit: disregard. Turn the carb screw. Now it's on Max
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Good deal! I wouldn't put a lot of faith in the no-name spark plug, but if she's working for now, go with it!
Yeah it's a different size then what I took out. Which was loose BTW. The part that screws in is the same. But the body is a different size. I didn't take a picture of it. But it's definitely longer.
The number is on the metal fan shroud for the engine.
Originally Posted by ragtoplvr
Some older Toro had under deck muffler, as did all
2 cycle lawnboys. DO NOT EVER MOW POSION IVY WITH ONE OF THESE!
Rod
The Duraforce LawnBoy engines do not have the exhaust in the bottom, it gets piped under then back up and out the front.
Some older Toro had under deck muffler, as did all
2 cycle lawnboys. DO NOT EVER MOW POSION IVY WITH ONE OF THESE!
Rod
The Duraforce LawnBoy engines do not have the exhaust in the bottom, it gets piped under then back up and out the front.
My neighbor does it. He says poison ivy doesn't bother him. Why I was more than happy to fix his beater mower. I turned the new carb way up so it didn't stall out in the high weeds. I could hear it today screaming loud cutting brush and hitting debris up the end of the street. Poor thing.
Originally Posted by bubbatime
That is a 195cc flat head Tecumseh. A total dog of an engine. I throw those things right in the garbage anytime I come into owning one. A durable and long lasting engine for sure, but doesnt have the power I require, in current modern times, to mow MY lawn.
You should mow more often than once a month then.
That is a 195cc flat head Tecumseh. A total dog of an engine. I throw those things right in the garbage anytime I come into owning one. A durable and long lasting engine for sure, but doesnt have the power I require, in current modern times, to mow MY lawn.
You should mow more often than once a month then.
Originally Posted by LeakySeals
Okay I just slapped it together and it starts! It just doesn't seem to be high RPMs unless that's a Toro thing. I would have expected to be revving up further.
Edit: disregard. Turn the carb screw. Now it's on Max
That screw on the carb is NOT an engine cutting speed adjustment screw, it is an idle speed adjustment. The mower will never cut properly if you turn-up the engine RPMs here because the governor will not be able to properly compensate for varying load.
When you replaced the carb you should have adjusted the governor on the side of the engine (located behind the air filter, engine NOT running) by loosening the 1/4" screw and turning the governor shaft counter clockwise until it stops, and then tightening the screw while holding the shaft against it's stop. The governed cutting speed of the engine is adjusted by bending the tang where the governor spring is mounted (but first turn the idle screw back down). The correct RPMs for a 22" mower should be about 3000.
Okay I just slapped it together and it starts! It just doesn't seem to be high RPMs unless that's a Toro thing. I would have expected to be revving up further.
Edit: disregard. Turn the carb screw. Now it's on Max
That screw on the carb is NOT an engine cutting speed adjustment screw, it is an idle speed adjustment. The mower will never cut properly if you turn-up the engine RPMs here because the governor will not be able to properly compensate for varying load.
When you replaced the carb you should have adjusted the governor on the side of the engine (located behind the air filter, engine NOT running) by loosening the 1/4" screw and turning the governor shaft counter clockwise until it stops, and then tightening the screw while holding the shaft against it's stop. The governed cutting speed of the engine is adjusted by bending the tang where the governor spring is mounted (but first turn the idle screw back down). The correct RPMs for a 22" mower should be about 3000.
I wasn't sure that's why I asked how to tune it. It just seemed low out of the box. The higher idle does help a little bit because when it goes into the thick stuff the idle is way up and then it starts to bog down. But I will at some point catch the neighbor and try to fix it I know what you're talking about it's right behind the air filter on like a clip. Thanks for the tip I'll do that
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