River19 87 #1 Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Wanted to move the C-160 around in the shed as I was spending my C19 quarantine finishing up building out the interior of my shed, workbench, shelves etc. So in the summer when we moved it fired right up and even with mostly flat tires we got it into the shed. So I was thinking, "should fire right up and I can just move it out of the way make building easier"........Throttle up, Choke up, E-Brake all the way up, reach my left foot around to depress the brake and "magic button".......seat hinge still needs to be done so no sitting..........crank it over once....nothing. I went to crank it again......not a sound but a puff of smoke from the left side, like the battery gave up the ghost......crap. For giggles I wiggled the battery connection.....cranked again and confirmed there was just a loose connection, cool solved that mystery. Crank again.......nothing. OK. I pull the plug wire, secure it back in place because "why not". Checked the fuel lines, made sure fuel was on....... I checked everything I could think of in the moment. Won't start. I went through my mental check list again, air....filter isn't THAT dirty. Battery is strong. Starter sounds strong as ever. Spark plug should be fine. Huh.....left the shed and then as it was getting dark..... Wait.....grabbed the flashlight.......and confirmed what you all have suspected if you read this far........gas. I am fairly certain filling it with gas will help this whole starting situation immensely. I here these here Wheel Horses tend to run better when they actually have gas in them...... Yup I am a dipstick...... Edited April 7, 2020 by stevasaurus bad word changed to dipstick 3 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,340 #2 Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Sounds like something l would do!! Brother your not the only one! Actually a senior moment! Edited April 6, 2020 by The Tool Crib 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
River19 87 #3 Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, ebinmaine said: @River19 I want you to know that I was going to set up a post and you just kind of happened to beat me to it. I wanted to use my sawzall. Electric sawzall. Put the piece I wanted to cut in the vice. Confirmed I had the right blade in the sawzall. Set myself where I wanted to cut the piece. Pulled the trigger of said sawzall. Nothing. It took me a few trigger pulls and some empuzzlement. Yes that's a word. I made it up. Then I realized I had not plugged the damn thing in. My chop saw had that same problem the other day when working on the shed. 2 plugs, 3 tools.....guess which one was the odd man out? Man I just admitted to 2 dipstick moments in one week........well, off to check the blinker fluid in my wife's truck......heard it might be low .... Edited April 7, 2020 by stevasaurus bad word changed to dipstick 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan.gerous 2,696 #4 Posted April 7, 2020 10 hours ago, wallfish said: Have you ever cut through the power cord with the tool you were using? Me either Yep, and burnt through the air line on a gas axe.... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bottjernat1 2,194 #5 Posted April 7, 2020 Did this same thing with an old 2 cyinder hand start. But when i figured out i had no gas. There was a temper issue and some colorful language and things thrown. LOL This was the John Deere B i tried to start on fumes. LOL 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
