this is totally new territory for me but i recently bought my very first lawnmower, a cheap s/h 4stroke Gardeners Choice powercut400 mower, which i now discover is a chinese hybrid/copy... sometimes marketed as a Sanli lazercut 400... nothing wrong with that, they make millions and surely they cant all break down ?
i initially assumed it would be a piece of cake to get this little baby running again, petrol, new plugs and she'd be away.. not that easy... that was the start of a whole new education, particularly to the demon ethanol based petrol
so after stumbling upon this forum, and the excellent threads, i gather my mower and its OHV engine uses a 'Ruixing' carb, based upon the GXV160 carb
i am in the act of cleaning the carb as this mower has been standing for ages and refuses to fire at all. this forum makes it very clear i need to give the carb a good clean out as a starting point
in my initial search for a carb kit (gaskets etc) i found brand new GXV 160 carbs on ebay for just $19... this appears to be an obvious cheap fix. would this carb do the job ?
as opposed to stripping down and cleaning the old one, although not as satisfying and educational as getting hands-on and breathing new life into the old one...
also i havent been able to find is the carb insulation block and manifold gaskets gaskets that i'll need to replace the old ones ? any ideas where to look ?
thanks in advance
