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Originally Posted by Prince
1) Our lawn mower. We moved into our new place a couple of months ago and got this thing as a housewarming gift. It ran once, but after the initial run I didn't touch it for a couple of weeks and now it won't start. It's been sitting in the garage so it hasn't gotten wet or anything. It just sounds like it wants to start, and once it started for about 3 seconds but that was it. It's called EasyStart or something like that...a very basic, cheap mower. Any ideas as to what could cause it to not run? I've heard that if you don't start a lawn mower once a week it will stop running. I never had this problem back in Europe, we'd have ours in the garage for 6 months in a row and it would start fine, so I didn't expect this to be true.
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Not running for a week shouldn't cause it to not work... Well, unless mice have been nibbling on it...
two things come to mind,
1) Does it have gas? I know, seems simple, but I had to ask...
2) Does it have a kill switch? On a lot of models there is a kill switch attached to a bar on the handle for the mower. Is the handle is not depressed, the mower won't start.
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Originally Posted by Prince
2) I need ideas as to how to shelve my garage as cheaply as possible. I'm not much of a DIY guy so I don't have a load of tools and gadgets, but there's a bunch of chemicals, bottles etc I need to get off the floor so I can actually park the car there. There are shelves at WalMart but they're a bit too pricey and definitely a lot nicer than what I need.
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I don't know where you live, but in my town we have a "swap shop" at the local dump. Stores going out of business sell their fixtures and shelves. Auctions, fleemarket or ebay... If you were more of a DIY'er I'de say 2x4s and plywood...
If you just need a shelf or two... Places like HomeDepot and Lowes (or your local hardware store) would have triangular bracket that screw to the wall, and you put a board between them... They will also have the two rail system that you screw to the wall. Bracket hook onto the rails, and you lay a shelf (or board) between the brackets. it all depends on what and how much you need to arrange...
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Originally Posted by BadNick
1) I don't even bother trying to start my mower without spraying a little shot of starter fluid spray (ether) into the intake air cleaner. Then it kicks over instantly.
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If the mower is brand new you shouldn't need starter fluid...
There may also be a "bulb" (sometimes a button) with instructions to "push this 3x" before starting.