Funny...
When I was a kid...thinking about 7th grade, my father picked up a used mower on the side of the road. Something was wrong with it (too young to know at the time), and the answer to save money was to just open the carb up full, and disable the governor. I ran that mower from 7th grade, push mowing 2 acres at the time until I moved out about age 18, mowing only 1 acre the last half. All that time, that mower ran FULL OPEN, we changed the oil and blade yearly, but nothing special. It was the best mower I have ever used - never missed a blade, and could keep up with my near jogging speed of mowing when I got older and stronger. We only got rid of it after I moved out, and my dad upgraded to a riding mower.
When I was a kid...thinking about 7th grade, my father picked up a used mower on the side of the road. Something was wrong with it (too young to know at the time), and the answer to save money was to just open the carb up full, and disable the governor. I ran that mower from 7th grade, push mowing 2 acres at the time until I moved out about age 18, mowing only 1 acre the last half. All that time, that mower ran FULL OPEN, we changed the oil and blade yearly, but nothing special. It was the best mower I have ever used - never missed a blade, and could keep up with my near jogging speed of mowing when I got older and stronger. We only got rid of it after I moved out, and my dad upgraded to a riding mower.
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