Not So Stupid;>.....

[mdehners]

One of the most sadly Amusing things in my life is that the guy that was the "Go To Guy" for problems in your apts wherever I lived is treated like a Retarded Child by his family...even more amusing because my younger brother is less adept at such things, but he's Het.
An on-going source of "exaspiration" in my family is over my inability to get our lawnmower to work decently. It's been in the shop twice...of course because of stupid-ol' me.
So this AM I decided NOT to say anything to anyone and fix it myself so I "googled" the model to troubleshoot. Guess what? over 90% of folks have had the SAME PROBLEMS with the model and ALL say they'll not buy a Craftsman Mower again(including folks you'd bought this model because they'd bought one more than a decade ago and had no problems with them until they died....
Sadly for me, the best advice(other than getting another non-Craftsman mower;>)is to rebuild the carborator and blow out all the lines. I HATE rebuilding carborators so much I can'tr even spell them correctly;>!
Cheers,
Pat

Comments

[heethen_crone]

Too many small parts. Every brand has lemon models. Sadly, it's a real pain when it's your lemon.

[mdehners]

I know. This afternoon I'll clean the carb and air filter and see how that goes.If not, I'll TRY replacing the fuel filter(haven't on this model but others have been almost as bad as a Pontiac Astre(a car I had back in the late 80's...the filter was between the frame and the tank...you had to drop the gastank to change the fuel filter!).
Cheers,
Pat