<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I’ve had a no start condition a couple times with what appeared to be a good engine. Turned out the flywheel key was bad, it had sheared. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Pat Horne <div>We support Habitat for Humanity</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On May 19, 2021, at 7:33 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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All I know is what the 'Knife Stalkers'--they sounded like
Russians--told me. I don't have a scientific explanation, only that
I tore the engine down and found nothing wrong. I do know that
small, basically disposable appliances are built as simply and
cheaply as possible (you can rebuild a Stihl MS170 for about $50).
The blade wasn't broken--I would have spotted that--but a crack
could disrupt a magnetic field somehow. Like I mentioned, the
Pertronix in my Healey 100 apparently fires off the cam lobes, with
no magnet required to trigger (what I suspect) is a Hall Effect
pickup.<br>
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<div> <font size="3">I would find it mildly surprising if they
were triggering off of the blade but any motor I've worked
on is at least 20 years old. On those motors (a couple
Briggs and Scrapiron and a Tecumseh) had the magneto in the
flywheel on the opposite end. They will run without the
blade attached. Triggering off the blade means that motor
is a special-purpose model for that application. The
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To: Bob Spidell <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"><bspidell@comcast.net></a><br>
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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Mower blade orientaaion relative to
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Bob,
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<div>I believe you, of course, but I have never heard
this before. I have a Craftsman 21" walk behind and
I usually sharpen the blade and do maintenance this
month, so I think I will see if the engine will fire
with the blade removed for sharpening.</div>
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<div>For this to make sense to me, there would need to
be some sensor on the blade, or they are using iron
mass of the blade as part of the inductance field to
signal the position for coil firing. The aluminum
sump of the motor protrudes through the steel deck
of the mower, so I suppose it is possible. There is
quite an air gap between the blade and the sump of
the engine, however.</div>
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<div>You have me very curious and I will let you know
if the mower will fire without the blade attached
(if it does, I will not let it run as it is hard to
predict what would happen without that flywheel
attached to the crankshaft).</div>
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<div> Possibly of some interest: I had a Craftsman
walk-behind that quit running suddenly. I tore
the engine down, didn't find anything, then
finally took it to a repair shop. They told me
the blade had a crack in it that caused the
problem; supposedly the blade is part of a
timing loop that fires the spark. Sort of makes
sense if you think of the blade as a flywheel
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I run Snapper walk behind mowers and have
never gave it a thought. I can't see why it
would matter. If it did, they would have
designed the adapter differently.</div>
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0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,
sans-serif;"> Last time I sharpened my
21” walk-behind mower blade I thought
of something that’s never occurred to
me, after using the same brand of
mower for 25 years..</div>
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sans-serif;"> On a Snapper, the blade
can actually go on any way onto the
square adapter keyed to the
crankshaft. The mounting point is
square, no pins, no longer side,
nothing.</div>
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sans-serif;"> One way would be aligned
with the cylinder at TDC/BDC, and the
other way would be across. It’s been
off many times and there’s no way to
tell how it was mounted originally.
The manual is silent on this.</div>
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sans-serif;"> Power stroke shouldn’t
matter, but maybe some dynamic issue
one way or the other?</div>
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sans-serif;"> Thanks!<br clear="none">
Karl</div>
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