[Grrrrr609]

Exhaust pots little plugged up on the F series motor.

Plus the bottom seal is out.

 

[Grrrrr609]

And the after pic

 

[Austen]

It cleaned up nicely! A plugged up two stroke is never a good thing.

 

[Grrrrr609]

It cleaned up nicely! A plugged up two stroke is never a good thing.

Yea it did. All cleaned up and back on the deck. So hope it starts now.

 

[Grrrrr609]

 

[Austen]

Lookin' Clean!! I'll bet she fires right up!

 

[Grrrrr609]

She spit a little on first pull. couple more pulls she fired up and died. pulled a few more pulls and nothing. moved throttle cable off choke and she roared to life. Runs great.

 

[bwdbrn1]

Wow, that's clean! What's your secret for getting it that spotless?

 

[Grrrrr609]

Wow, that's clean! What's your secret for getting it that spotless?

SeaFoam. As recommended here and by the mechanic at the local lawnmower repair shop. Had to let it soak 3 separate times then use wooden dowel till it quit working and small screwdriver. with the piston blocking the exhaust ports, spayed sea foam till it filled all holes, it stayed right there and didnt seep out like i thought it would. then I worked the holes with wooden dowel. When the wooden dowel quit working I grabbed small screw driver and just kept soaking and "scratching" at it till it was gone being careful of the piston. Blew all the holes out then moved the piston and blew thru the spark plug hole clearing out any debris that may have gotten into the cylinder.

My first time. I just did what all you guys recommended and it worked pretty good.

 

[Grrrrr609]

Wow, that's clean! What's your secret for getting it that spotless?

And if you were talking about the whole motor, I use alot of Simple Green. Scraped off the thick heavy crap, grass, grease, spiders, etc. Then soaked with simple green. Hosed it off. Resoaked, scrubbed with toothbrush, hosed it off. Tempted to use pressure washer but afraid may get water into motor, even tho I plugged up intake and exhaust and spark plug hole.

 

[Brad]

A job well done! You should be proud of the results.

Isn't that the sweetest sound, a LawnBoy roaring to life after you've gone thru the engine and cleaned it up?

 

[Grrrrr609]

A job well done! You should be proud of the results.

Isn't that the sweetest sound, a LawnBoy roaring to life after you've gone thru the engine and cleaned it up?

Yea it does. Really does. Especially since I had no clue how to do any of this till the end of July whe my nephew taught me.