Jeff Horton
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That or stick a match to it and watch it burn!! That is about the point I was at with this OLD John Deere 420. You may remember I had fits with it last spring. Took me two weeks to find a simple problem. Well this year the same routine except I just got feed up much faster. I could find nothing wrong yet it wouldn't crank.
I knew my starter wasn't working right, it was slow so it needed rebuilding. Found a retired mechanic here on the mountain and got him out. Within 15-20 minutes he had it almost starting. The starter just wouldn't spin it fast enough but it was hitting. The problem? A loose choke cable. When I was pulling out the choke, the cable had come loose and the whole cable was moving instead of pulling the choke lever.
I had spend hours looking at this thing never thought of that. He of course first thing put his hand over the carb. to choke it and when it tried to crank he got to looking and found it.
Got the stater rebuilt and it just spins like crazy now and fired right up with the choke cable fixed.
Moral of the story. When fed up and sick of tired, it's time to pay a pro no matter how stupid you look afterwards.
I knew my starter wasn't working right, it was slow so it needed rebuilding. Found a retired mechanic here on the mountain and got him out. Within 15-20 minutes he had it almost starting. The starter just wouldn't spin it fast enough but it was hitting. The problem? A loose choke cable. When I was pulling out the choke, the cable had come loose and the whole cable was moving instead of pulling the choke lever.
I had spend hours looking at this thing never thought of that. He of course first thing put his hand over the carb. to choke it and when it tried to crank he got to looking and found it.
Got the stater rebuilt and it just spins like crazy now and fired right up with the choke cable fixed.
Moral of the story. When fed up and sick of tired, it's time to pay a pro no matter how stupid you look afterwards.