I have now removed the piston from this engine to find that the piston skirt has a few vertical scratches that can be felt easily by hand and the bore has slight vertical lines but is smooth to the touch. The bore is very smooth which I initially thought was good but after researching this, it is wh...

Ok 1, Most of the time it starts easy but sometimes wont start, when it's running it maintains revs well and accelerates and runs well. 2. Electrodes are black. 3, Slightly when going from idle to full throttle but clears quickly. 4, It tries to start but fails to get going haven't tried new plug, t...

The mower only seems to work on the suppressed cap so maybe it does build up voltage, when I shut the engine off and pull the plug the piston is wet and shiny i assume this is oil as it doesn't evaporate if left a while, the cylinder is smooth not a scratch on it, but the piston and valves have slig...

Hi cancunia, Thanks for the reply, Ignition stators are readily available for about £50 they are non original made under license from the original manufacture which was Wipac, so they are probably as good as an original. It's a reasonable price if it fixes my problem, I'm pretty sure the coil is at ...

Hi Beagle2 thanks for the reply, I've fixed this problem, the bottom two bolts holding the cowling to the engine had stripped threads (a common problem I'm encountering on this mower) so i tapped them to a bigger bolt and this pushed the cowling slightly out of line with the engine, after enlarging ...

Hello new to the forum, hoping someone can help me with this problem I have with my lawnmower. The lawnmower is an a114 aluminium engine and has the Dellorto carb, mechanical governor, and two pole ignition coil so I reckon that it's late 80's maybe 1988, anyway the problem is the recoil starter kee...