So in the process of attempting some repair work on my mower today I had a little probelm. First off this is a big mower, a Dixon 6601 with a five foot cut. Apparently the needle and seat on the carburetor quit getting voltage and shut the mower down. After replacing the wire to the aforementioned I poured a little gas down the carb vents (makes it much easier to get started) but didn't reattach the breather assembly yet or tighten down the carburetor. I fired it up and dang if the carburetor didn't catch fire. The only thing I had with any chance of putting it out was an old leather work glove so I attempted to smother the flames the best that I could. Unfortunately I just wasn't able to suffocate it competely. Obviously sitting there with the glove on it was never going to extinguish the fire so at this point I'm thinking to myself 'Don't Panic' even though I was thinking that if the fire got to the gas tank it was going to make a nice little explosion. Luckily I had parked the truck next to the mower after I had gotten tools, etc. for the repair. I jumped in it and zipped down to the lawmower shed (appr. 100 yards) found a bucket and put a couple of galons of water in it. I raced back to the mower and the glove I had left on top of the carb was in flames. I pulled it off, doused the fire with water and the flames quit. So after doing some further troubleshooting with the help of a voltage meter I determined a wire had pulled loose and was causing the lack of voltage. Reattached the wire, put everything back together, fired it up and the mower runs fine. Even mowed for a couple of hours afterwards.
Cliffs: Read the story you lazy shvt.
Moral: Everybody deserves a little good luck every now and then.
Lesson: If other people's stupid stories are better than yours, you're not living!
Cliffs: Read the story you lazy shvt.
Moral: Everybody deserves a little good luck every now and then.
Lesson: If other people's stupid stories are better than yours, you're not living!
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