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where's the mower choke? Jerry 05-08-2008
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Posted by dpb on May 9, 2008, 12:34 am
Dan Espen wrote:
>
>>> I think that's called a primer.
>>>
>>> I've never seen a lawnmower with a manual choke and
>>> I don't think they have automatic chokes. I think the
>>> primer is all they need.
>>>
>>> My latest mower doesn't have a throttle either.
>>> Just as well, always ran it full out anyway.
>>>
>> You've never seen a mower with a manual choke? What are you three years
>> old?
>
> You're rude to strangers and you think I'm 3 years old?
>
> I'm 62.
>
> I know I had a car with a manual choke but can't remember the model.
> Mowers, nope. Had lots of mowers too. Some even gas powered.

Just got off one w/ manual choke. Other one has one, too. Of course,
one's about 40-yrs old, the other "only" about 25 or so... :)

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Posted by Bob F on May 9, 2008, 4:14 am

>
>>>>
>>> I think that's called a primer.
>>>
>>> I've never seen a lawnmower with a manual choke and
>>> I don't think they have automatic chokes. I think the
>>> primer is all they need.
>>>
>>> My latest mower doesn't have a throttle either.
>>> Just as well, always ran it full out anyway.
>>>
>> You've never seen a mower with a manual choke? What are you three years
>> old?
>
> You're rude to strangers and you think I'm 3 years old?
>
> I'm 62.
>
> I know I had a car with a manual choke but can't remember the model.
> Mowers, nope. Had lots of mowers too. Some even gas powered.

The mowers with "manual" chokes I've seen used a little higher than full
throttle setting to engage the choke.



Posted by dpb on May 9, 2008, 9:43 am
Bob F wrote:
...

> The mowers with "manual" chokes I've seen used a little higher than full
> throttle setting to engage the choke.

The "new" one here uses that modern innovation, the other two are
separate control levers... :)

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Posted by on May 9, 2008, 11:45 am

>Bob F wrote:
>...
>
>> The mowers with "manual" chokes I've seen used a little higher than full
>> throttle setting to engage the choke.
>
>The "new" one here uses that modern innovation, the other two are
>separate control levers... :)

MANY years ago, I had mowers that had a little "thumbgrip" on the carb
that you pulled out to choke the engine. The grip was on the end of a
tube that slid in and out. They also had a "tickler" to prime things
when needed.

The handlebar mounted choke levers came after that. More recent mowers
do not have a choke, but instead have a little rubber primer bulb. I
find this to be an improvement, and makes for a much easier to start
engine than in the good old days.



Posted by S. Barker on May 9, 2008, 10:42 am
You must be on a different planet then. I'm only 50 and i've never seen a
mower that didn't have a manual choke.

s

as for rude, maybe. But rude is funny 99.9% of the time.


>
>>>>
>>> I think that's called a primer.
>>>
>>> I've never seen a lawnmower with a manual choke and
>>> I don't think they have automatic chokes. I think the
>>> primer is all they need.
>>>
>>> My latest mower doesn't have a throttle either.
>>> Just as well, always ran it full out anyway.
>>>
>> You've never seen a mower with a manual choke? What are you three years
>> old?
>
> You're rude to strangers and you think I'm 3 years old?
>
> I'm 62.
>
> I know I had a car with a manual choke but can't remember the model.
> Mowers, nope. Had lots of mowers too. Some even gas powered.



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