lawn mowers/ how do you start them these days?

[boatmanalso]

I went to the town transfere facility.... and saw a lawn mower sitting there. Well ya know that bramble patch I would love to hack down.... What a great idea. I'll grab this dump mower and hack down the patch and return it before wifie sees what I borrowed for a few hours...Cept.. there are more gizmoes on the thing than you can shake a stick at... Lets see. A start/lock key, a primer button/? attachment with a cable . A engage lever and a run bar.., There might be more but I had to come sit down... I noticed my 40' ladder isn't sitting next to the garage.. Not that I probably shouldn't be on a 40fter any more or try to handle it by myself but....

[crash1371]

Does it have spark, will it crank,have you tried starting fluid what kind of motor is on it .Is it a ridding mower and if so did you sit on the seat there is a safety switch, push the brake peddle all the way down is it in neutral and did you sleep at a Holiday Inn last night. And it is obvious that you are not qualified to operate this piece of machinery

Edited October 27, 2010 by TimW Texas

[boatmanalso]

Does it have spark, will it crank,have you tried starting fluid what kind of motor is on it .Is it a ridding mower and if so did you sit on the seat there is a safety switch, push the brake peddle all the way down is it in neutral and did you sleep at a Holiday Inn last night. And it is obvious that you are not qualified to operate this piece of machinery

I brought it over to my buddies house. We/he got it started. What looked like a primer with the cable was a easy start feature. Some sort of spring loaded system that you depress that button and bring a pull bar to run up where you hold the mower while cutting the woods. I opperated it fine . Last time I used a lawn mower was..... and it didn't have

any of that stuff. I guess you need to be a kid to run a lawn mower these days... Its was a good thing it is a self propelled too. I might even still be out there if it wasn't getting dark.

[billinstuart]

Took me years to deactivate the dam seat/ignition interrupt switch. Clever bastids used a connector with a tiny concealed shorting tab which activated if you unplugged the seat button.

[DFreedom]

I don't, my 14 year old son does.