Hi, interesting forum with lots of good info, but I want to download the scott bonnar 38 edger manuals and it won't let me? I 'spose it means I have to make at least one post before I can?
Have a Scott Bonnar 45 reel mower and a 38 edger, both with B&S engines (60102 and 60112 respectively) that I'm repairing for personal lawn care.
I believe the manuals are subscription (Is that the right word) based. If you've paid a Mod will be able to help you with that.
By your name I assume you have/like Fiats?
I had a 1985 Fiat x1/9 1.5 5 speed around 10 years ago. Sold it and regretted it ever since. It was a beautiful car and hard to find back then. Near impossible now!
yes did my apprenticeship on Fiat vehicles, and Dad was a dealer for 30+ years.
Still own a couple of X19's, and had a 130 sedan for a while about 20 years ago.
Problem I actually have with the SB38 is no spark from the 60112 B&S engine, and I can't see any sort of kill switch wiring... but figure I've got the ignition earthing somewhere between the magneto/coil and the plug, any ideas whereto begin looking (I like to consult a manual before simply tearing things apart.)
I do believe there will be kill-switch wiring. However, the Model 38 had different model numbers... Example:
What we really need is the Model, Type and Code to know the exact specification of the Briggs engine. As I guess you know, these are stamped into the cowling.
Turns out the plastic cowling for the throttle position lever has (probably) been fitted reversed... I had the lever moved to the "start" position trying to start it... as you would...and there was no spark (or run) ...
Just by chance I tried starting with the lever moved to the "stop" position and it revved off it's nut at full throttle ... and moving the lever to 'start' kills the engine..
Sometimes what looks like a difficult job turns out very simple, and sometimes the opposite is the case!
Yes the old boy had a very long run as a Fiat dealer, and an even longer run operating his mechanical repair business... he turned 80 the other day and still opens and closes the doors of the same premises he started at in 1957, that's over 58 years... and still no sign of him retiring.
Well that's a great result! I guess power equipment repairers have similar stories, and the moral is to assume nothing. Perhaps a previous tenant had a mean streak...
So a great story with a lesson. For me, the biggest story was about your dad - 58 years!!!
I highly recommend you record - written, oral, video - his memories. Social history is the most interesting and rewarding.
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