Spring-governor 690251

Replaced springs and throttle cable. In addition clean and lubricated throttle plate. Everything works like new.

Changed spark plug (piston was hitting it and mashing gap closed), carb kit both I already had, changed oil (had so much oil in it it was coming back through the air filter), replaced the 2 above mentioned springs, and replaced the blade (had the incorrect blade and they took an impact gun and put it on really tight. This was my neighbor\ ... Read more 's mower which she bought at a yard sale. Watching her boyfriend start it and as you can imagine lots of pulling and no running. Took a couple hours total and only 15 min for the above springs to fix it and it runs well now

1. remove the shroud, three small bolts
2. remove the air cleaner
3. gently clean all the external parts of the tank and carburetor with solvent or kerosene and a brush
4a. image or note all the positions of the existing parts
4b. compare the existing position to the images in the parts diagram
5. take off th ... Read more e air vane from the magneto, one small bolt, take off the old link- air
6. take off the old link and spring remnants from the linkage, mark the holes with a sharpie
7. put the new link on, and test assemble the air vane, if it works freely, assemble with thread locker
8. put the new yellow spring on, the long end threads like a needle
9. put the smaller governed idle spring on, pay attention to which way the coil lays, it matters
10. put the shroud back on, the bolts don\'t need thread locker
11. carefully check start the engine, if it doesn\'t sound like your neighbors\' it isn\'t right
12. if it does sound like your neighbors put on the air cleaner and happy mowing!
13. the new link-air is better than the old, so replace all three even if just one is broken or defective