Excellent, I'm glad we're all on the same page here then. Perhaps somewhere along the line someone has misinterpreted exactly what it is that I am attempting, namely repairing and returning to service a lawnmower that HAS been shoddily bodged and haywired together in the past. I have no intention of jury-rigging wires and springs (like the PO has apparently done) which is why I have patronised this fine forum in my attempts to repair it and get it running as well as can be expected for a lawnmower that is roughly 35 years old and has no signs of ever having been looked after.
I have purchased the B&S carburettor overhaul kit from outdoorking.com and based on the information I have gleaned from various sources believe that this should cure the issue nicely; I was hoping that the description of the symptoms and condition of the parts in my original post would make it easier for the experts here to have a stab at diagnosing the fault, I did not expect to be told pompously to go somewhere else for assistance....
You have obviously taken offence....where no offence is implied or intended...what we want to achieve is a good result with your machine...If I have appeared to be pompous in my reply, I apologise....I just wanted you to understand where we are coming from when we give our advice to our members.
Fingernails, we don't want you to leave our site, in fact we would like to help you achieve a great outcome for your machine....but we need to work together to achieve that aim.....and grumpy can help you do that, if you follow his advice and realise he is giving of his time and experience, to help you..
