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Hi slomo, I simply tell the customer I will not work on a machine in a "rigged condition". If they will not accept that, then I cannot...

Hello Justwayne, I've had very good results using 8-ten belts for many customer applications for a few years now and no complaints.

Heck! don't change the oil until the engine locks up. LOL I've seen that happen before.... New oil and filter, but the engine locked solid.

This is nothing really new to me, or other who work on equipment regularly, but a lot of new mowers are quickly developing running...

Hmm, reading the operator manual must have been more than the owner could stand.

I've caught several seat switches jumped recently, but customers hate to listen to reason. It's just inconvenient to be safe for some...

Hello motormike, I apologize, I lost track of out earlier conversation, and this site has delay issues that creates frustration and...

That problem favors a seat safety switch issue. A person has to be sitting on the seat to allow PTO activation.

The little cable assembly is for grabbing the hose end once it is forced through the tank grommet, that way the filter can be put on the...

Hello Meridian28, First question is the bearing correct? If so.... Polish the outer surface of the pulley fit area for the bearing...

Hello Trout bum, The belt guides for the crank pulley need to be close to the outside of the pulley to prevent the belt from jumping...

I tried to reply to the no compression issue on one cylinder earlier, but my reply disappeared somewhere. Anyway, the engine likely...

Hi motormike, The reason for the air shrouds is to concentrate air around and through the cooling fins of the cylinder(s). The flywheel...

The EPA and engineers are so anal about making sure fuel vapors cannot escape into the atmosphere that it is almost an obsession. In...

Yep, as fuel is used air is drawn in through the cap vent. If the cap vent is plugged the fuel tank will go from atmospheric pressure...