Lawn mower follies

Finally home after another work related abscence. Great to be back, except for the front yard mess.

The Dandelions were grown 4 or 5 inches above the grass and the grass was 6" tall! I guess the rain came and kept coming so there was little oppertunity to get mowed, not that I had planned for that anyway (remember wife has a broken foot).

So I proceeded to cut it to the highest setting on my MTD so as not to create too much clipping mess, thinking I would give it another going-over in a day or so.

I parked the machine and tooka pull of a well earned beverage. The stink of gasoline filled my shed and soon I noticed a puddle forming under my machine. The Muffler was leaking gas (more like it was pouring) all over the floor. I quickly grabbed a vice-grip and choked off the fuel line. Let's see hot muffler, gasoline. Add a spark and, well sir, you got yourself a blaze! Fortunately there was no spark but I'm sure the sheer heat of the muffler after running 2 hours was plenty.

I spent the whole weekend dismantling and re-assembling my poor little MTD. The fuel spewing has been addressed, however, the full throlltle running engine is a new problem. No big deal I guess, I like to go at full speed anyway.