{"id":13368,"date":"2011-03-17T15:56:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T15:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wgz-web.weingartz.com\/expert-advice\/?p=43"},"modified":"2011-03-17T15:56:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T15:56:48","slug":"disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Disconnect The Spark Plug Before Doing Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Q:<\/strong> I heard somebody say once that you should disconnect the spark plug before you change your mower blade. Why?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> Probably the most important safety precaution that you can take when doing your own repairs or maintenance on a lawnmower is to disconnect the spark plug wire before you do anything else. This is especially true when doing anything with the mower blade. Mowers start by centrifugal force that turns the crankshaft (where the blade is attached) until a spark is created that starts the combustion process. Sometimes it doesn\u2019t take much movement in the blade to start the process and you don\u2019t want to be anywhere near that mower blade if the engine turns over.<\/p>\n<p>To disconnect the spark plug, simply remove the rubber \u201cboot\u201d that connects the spark plug to the wire and turn it so the back of the boot is facing the spark plug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I heard somebody say once that you should disconnect the spark plug before you change your mower blade. Why? A: Probably the most important &#8230; <a title=\"Disconnect The Spark Plug Before Doing Maintenance\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Disconnect The Spark Plug Before Doing Maintenance\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[932,996,1054,1257,1259,1441],"brands":[],"class_list":["post-13368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lawn-garden-help","category-lawn-mower-repair-maintenance","tag-lawnmower","tag-maintenance","tag-mower-blade","tag-remove-spark-plug","tag-repair","tag-spark-plug","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lawn Mower Maintenance: Why You Should ALWAYS Disconnect The Spark Plug First<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Q: I heard somebody say once that you should disconnect the spark plug before you change your mower blade. Why? - Click for answers!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawn Mower Maintenance: Why You Should ALWAYS Disconnect The Spark Plug First\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Q: I heard somebody say once that you should disconnect the spark plug before you change your mower blade. Why? - Click for answers!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Weingartz Expert Advice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-17T15:56:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mr. Weingartz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mr. Weingartz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mr. Weingartz\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#\/schema\/person\/7e552b4a5b6664efc49ab3eeb5f57cfd\"},\"headline\":\"Disconnect The Spark Plug Before Doing Maintenance\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-17T15:56:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"lawnmower\",\"maintenance\",\"mower blade\",\"remove spark plug\",\"repair\",\"spark plug\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Lawn\",\"Repair &amp; Maintenance\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/\",\"name\":\"Lawn Mower Maintenance: Why You Should ALWAYS Disconnect The Spark Plug First\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-17T15:56:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#\/schema\/person\/7e552b4a5b6664efc49ab3eeb5f57cfd\"},\"description\":\"Q: I heard somebody say once that you should disconnect the spark plug before you change your mower blade. Why? - Click for answers!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Disconnect The Spark Plug Before Doing Maintenance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/\",\"name\":\"Weingartz Expert Advice\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#\/schema\/person\/7e552b4a5b6664efc49ab3eeb5f57cfd\",\"name\":\"Mr. Weingartz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/292b869c50ad59fcaed66b8a4229fff0858e1e372b71dbaa746c4fdfc060555d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/292b869c50ad59fcaed66b8a4229fff0858e1e372b71dbaa746c4fdfc060555d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mr. Weingartz\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/author\/mr-weingartz\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lawn Mower Maintenance: Why You Should ALWAYS Disconnect The Spark Plug First","description":"Q: I heard somebody say once that you should disconnect the spark plug before you change your mower blade. Why? - Click for answers!","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lawn Mower Maintenance: Why You Should ALWAYS Disconnect The Spark Plug First","og_description":"Q: I heard somebody say once that you should disconnect the spark plug before you change your mower blade. Why? - Click for answers!","og_url":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/","og_site_name":"Weingartz Expert Advice","article_published_time":"2011-03-17T15:56:48+00:00","author":"Mr. Weingartz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mr. Weingartz","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/"},"author":{"name":"Mr. Weingartz","@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#\/schema\/person\/7e552b4a5b6664efc49ab3eeb5f57cfd"},"headline":"Disconnect The Spark Plug Before Doing Maintenance","datePublished":"2011-03-17T15:56:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/"},"wordCount":158,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["lawnmower","maintenance","mower blade","remove spark plug","repair","spark plug"],"articleSection":["Lawn","Repair &amp; Maintenance"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/","url":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/","name":"Lawn Mower Maintenance: Why You Should ALWAYS Disconnect The Spark Plug First","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-03-17T15:56:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#\/schema\/person\/7e552b4a5b6664efc49ab3eeb5f57cfd"},"description":"Q: I heard somebody say once that you should disconnect the spark plug before you change your mower blade. Why? - Click for answers!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/2011\/03\/disconnect-the-spark-plug-before-doing-lawnmower-maintenance\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Disconnect The Spark Plug Before Doing Maintenance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/","name":"Weingartz Expert Advice","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#\/schema\/person\/7e552b4a5b6664efc49ab3eeb5f57cfd","name":"Mr. Weingartz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/292b869c50ad59fcaed66b8a4229fff0858e1e372b71dbaa746c4fdfc060555d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/292b869c50ad59fcaed66b8a4229fff0858e1e372b71dbaa746c4fdfc060555d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mr. Weingartz"},"url":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/author\/mr-weingartz\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13368"},{"taxonomy":"brands","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgz.powerweb.app\/expert-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brands?post=13368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}