[TheForge] Mower vs boot scraper

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Jeff,

Thanks for the suggestion.  I'll check that out.  It really did stop cold 
when it hit the scraper, it makes sense that the flywheel kept on rotating 
and sheared off the key.  I had given this mower to my son when he bought a 
house in town about 5 years ago. He gave it back when he couldn't get it 
going this spring.  I cleaned the carb and it ran fine. I was feelling 
preaty smug about getting it going right up untill the boot scraper 
incident.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Wilson" <kc7pme at gmail.com>
To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored 
by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Mower vs boot scraper


Check the fly wheel key.  If the key, which is "soft", let the flywheel
rotate on the shaft the timing is off.
Jeff in Poulsbo
Who has hit more that one big rock and had to fix the mower.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 1:01 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Mower vs boot scraper


>I was trimming around the shop yesterday.  When I came to the door my wife
> had set her goat grain bucket in the way as she does when she wants me to
> fill it.  Well I tried to move the bucket with one hand while holding on
> to
> the mower with the other. My attention was brought back to the mower when
> I
> heard it hit the boot scraper and stop cold. I tried to restart it but it
> would hardly turn over. When I checked it this morning the crank was bent.
> I straightened it with a bucking bar and sledge hammer. It turns free now
> but when it fires makes a funny noise.
>
> It made a huge gash in the mild steel boot scraper, with hardly a nick in
> the blade, but I think the mower is done. I got the mower in 87 when we
> moved to St. Louis, so it had a good run. It hasn't had much use since we
> moved to the farm in 98, most of the mowing is done on the rider. Pretty
> good service from a 3.5 hp brigs.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
>
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