Just finished another Suzuki refurbishment � it�s only the second one I have encountered in my travels which was scored beyond economical repair.
The mower came up a treat after the first carby clean. It starts easily, idles much smoother than any other 2 stroke engine I have worked on and at full speed there isn�t much this engine can�t handle.
The key point from my experience is the carby. Take your time cleaning it and ensure you use the right size jet drills to clean out all of the small passages in the jets and emulsifier in particular. The emulsifier in this instance took 3 days of soaking to get it out. Be patient and don�t rush it otherwise it will never come out and the carby will effectively be useless.
Be very careful with setting the choke butterfly correctly, it needs to be fully closed and not partially closed. Worst case these engines start of the second pull if tuned correctly. I have the governor spring set on the lowest RPM level similar to the last unit. For some reason the engine seems to sound smoother on the lower RPM level � maybe grumpy might now why.
Funny how the previous owner said the mower shop couldn�t get it working properly!
Anyhow once I get a new fuel cap splash washer via Bruce on the ODK store this mower is ready to go and continue working:
It got the standard suite:
New Foam air filter � I am pretty sure the previous filter never got oiled as it crumbled in my hands
New Plug � standard CJ8 (happy to be corrected if others think different)
Four new rover blades
A good exhaust clean! Carbon fell out everywhere after a session with the mallet.
The top and bottom seals where all good.
To ensure ongoing reliability make sure the linkages are moving smoothly, otherwise you may have trouble starting in future.
One last point is that these mowers seem to run better after a really good work out in the long grass. It might be to do with the fact this mower hasn�t been run in years. I think Mark Electric first mentioned this point a while ago and after completing this refurbishment so I�d have to agree with him after giving this mower a good run.

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