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My Briggs did the same thing since I added Stability last fall 🤪

My Toro's been doing that for years. And I never run it dry in the Fall. I just top it off when it's time to mow again. One of these days, I really should change the oil.

Sometimes, mostly when your mower is young, it works too well.

My Dad has 1992 Toro push lawnmower. It fires up 1st or 2nd pull every spring going on 30 years now. Incredible machines.

I picked up a 1987 Toro a few years ago off Craigslist. The guy had it for $25. I offered him $15. He said if you come pick it up now you can have it for free. Can't beat free.

I was told it ran at one point but wouldn't start when picking it up. My intentions were to push mow the front of my house and use the rider in back. I soon realized I'm way too lazy walking behind a lawnmower. Even if it is self propelled. So it has sat idle for a couple years in my shed. Sick and tired of walking around it I decided to pull it out of the shed. My sister in law just bought a house and thought this might be a perfect time to get it moved and out.

I cleaned the carb up on it last week. Ran a new gas line and gas filter. Replaced the air filter. She fired up on the 2nd pull. Pretty cool to hear an old 2 stroke mower fire up. I still need to run the blade up to my Dad's shop to get it sharpened. My sister should have a good running mower for years to come. These old 2 stroke Suzuki motors Toro put in these mowers are bullet proof if handled right. They have a following online.

I'm sure the pictures are going to be all over the place and out of order. (This new Vanilla sucks!) She didn't see a whole lot of love from the previous owner. I at least removed the dirt.

I'm glad to hear your Honda fired up. They are nice mowers. My grandma's Honda push mower made part of my income as a kid mowing her yard. After my grandma passed it was sold to my Dad's coworker. Still runs like new.

I think it might even be possible with the Worksharp Ken Onion sharpener. My Dad upgraded his old belt grinder last week. (I'm super jealous) He's been looking for anything to sharpen. The neighbor even brought his screw drivers over to get cleaned up. I like the simplicity of your option.

Angle grinder works fine for mower blades. I would not use a Ken Onion Worksharp, you will go through 20 bucks in belts and it will take forever.

But... they COULD be!!

You need the Ken Fescue Worksharp model...

I sharpen my mower blades with a belt grinder as sharp as a 36 grit belt can get them, it makes a difference when you mow at 12 mph!

Hell, I still use a flat file to sharpen my blades

That’s a lot of back and forth.

I have a 9 year old pressure washer that is like a psychopath in the corner with a butcher knife. I used it three weeks ago for 2 hours and shut it down for 15 minutes. When I tried to restart it I pulled the rope so many times trying to crank it I got a huge blister on my finger.

The float was stuck in the carb. Fixed that, and the next day it cranked up on the first pull and ran 5 minutes before the pump went out.

I bought a new one that I have used a lot since then that so far always cranks on the first pull.

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