Re: [Amc-list] Old Gas, Kinda OT

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I'd have tried a shot of oil in the cylinder before sending it off to the shop.
Could have washed the oil off the rings and maybe if it of fired it would have free'd up and run again.
Maybe not too...
Just a thought.

I personally find it very frustrationg that for all my automotive knowledge, lawnmowers and small engines are like a dark secret that I have not been able to penetrate very far!
Anything more then plugs or a simple top off the carb to clean the dirt out leaves me scratching my head!
I did replace the lower case gasket a few years back. I did some serious web searching before diving into that one.
the plug wires on my lawn tractor are mouse chewed in spots, rather then risk screwing things up by trying to replace the wires coil assembly I put 1/2" heat shrink over the entire length of the wire and over the edge of the plug boot.  It did work though!!!

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I needed to mow the lawn and my neighbor's lawn today
> so I got out the mower and it had no compression.  I
> had used old stale gas in it the last time I used it. 
> The gas had been drained out of a Rambler (AMC topic)
> sometime in the past and had sat here for months.  I
> knew better, but thought I could get by with it.  The
> mower ran OK at the time (last week), but today it had
> no compression. I tried carb cleaner, Kroil and fresh
> gas.  No cigar.  My diagnosis was a stuck intake
> valve, but it could also have been stuck rings.  The
> ignition fired fine.
> 
> I took it to the small engine shop down the street
> after messing with it for about an hour.  The fix
> won't be cheap.
>   
> Stupid stupid stupid.
> 
> Joe Fulton
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