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The great lawn mower rip off.........
Boggert:
I have a Briggs and stratton powered mower, single speed thing but has always done the job... I got it new about 4 years ago for £100.
Well after 4 years it sounded a bit rough so its service time... after a few calls the cheapest was £75! + £5 for a new carb diaphram!
Well the air filter is made of sponge so it cleaned like new dispite being covered in oil.
The plug was fine and I had a pot of lawn mower oil.
Cost so far £0.00! :lol:
Ebay supplied the carb diaphram for £3.50 and the rest was a matter of a spanner and a screwdriver.
It took all of 45 mins to get it running like new!
So how the hell do the justify £75 for a service!
Mudlark:
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Well the air filter is made of sponge so it cleaned like new dispite being covered in oil.
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Did you re-oil the air filter?
Bishops Finger:
Supply and demand...
Most folk just buy £ 30 disposable electric mowers..not much demand for people who service proper mowers... :roll:
hairyasswelder:
You can buy a 0.6l oil for a couple of quid or B&Q were selling the service kit for a fiver (spark plug missing) in the reduced section 8)
3.5 B&S engine
Steve
Boggert:
--- Quote from: "Mudlark" ---
--- Quote from: "Boggert" ---
Well the air filter is made of sponge so it cleaned like new dispite being covered in oil.
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Did you re-oil the air filter?
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Wasn't sure I needed to... It was soaked in oil... Is that suppose to be normal? Well I have lots of oil if I need to... LOL
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