As part of trying to clear out my mother's garage we've managed to set up the storage trailer, made from an old camper trailer. Contents from the garage, including shelves, have been moved from the garage and set up in the trailer. Some items are being scrapped or thrown out in the process of moving from the garage to the trailer. One of the items that was on the chopping block was an old push mower we had that had stopped working probably over a year ago. As with most small engine powered equipment, it ends up being the carburetor that fucks up on these things. In the very beginning I was unable to source a replacement carburetor for this particular push mower engine, but fast forward a year and a quick search on ebay turned up a replacement carb for a real cheap price so obviously I ordered one. After waiting for the item to arrive it finally came a couple of days ago.
I decided to work on the push mower this past Sunday in the morning before going to the job. Of course because of the hurricane that passed by over the weekend, rains have been light yet steady all morning. The storage trailer comes to the rescue again! There was enough room in the trailer to move the mower inside and still be able to sit down to work on the thing comfortably. It didn't take long to swap out the carburetor as its only held on by a few small screws. Funny thing too was that there was still gas in the tank, old but still viable. Conveniently this carb has an optional choke flap on it too, the old unit did not as it used a priming button to prime the thing to start up. It didn't take long at all to get the thing to sputter back to life in a poof of smoke and run smoothly. I shut it down and moved it outside and fired it up again, effortlessly. With the mower up and running now we can be able to do more concentrated mowing in closed up areas without the worry of the electric push mower going weak and/or dead prematurely. Also with the mower I have the option to use the bag to gather grass clippings for compost if I choose to do so once again. On a side note after finishing with the push mower I did bring down our small pancake compressor from the garage in order to store in the trailer. I decided to take some 8' long pressure treated 2x4's and use the air nail gun to nail the boards between two of the fence posts right after where the wood fence ends for the old dog yard. We will be taking on the building of the wood fence continuing from the dog yard along the perimeter to the driveway. Only thing now is to catch a sale on fence pickets....
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