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The fuse box is where I would start There are 2 circuits switched power & unswitched power In each case a single feed wire splits into 2 outlet wires at the box All of the wiring on ll of the Z series I wave worked on has been the same this is it

Back to the original question Exclude the cub cadet they are all rubbish As for the second series of comments, a ZTR with suspension is worth the extra money By the time thee is suspension added you are in the true commercial range and almost any one will be fine Rear discharge is always...

The air filters on the FR series are rubbish and can often leak Now if you are using a bagger then good chance you have excessive wear in the rings You cay you do maintenance on it yearly doe that include removing the blower housing & cleaning the fins ? Ofyrn smoke on start up is because the...

Get it aerated You should be able to hire the machines for a day You want the ones that pull a plug out of the grass These will smooth out rough places You can do it every second year if you like Concentrate on the really bad spots The next question I always ask is why grass ? There are...

And probably the spacer as well

Clutches have few different set ups to stop the bolt backing out Some use a split washer and others use a cupped washer Very common to find the cupped washer on up side down IT has to go dome to the bolt head so you are flattening it as you tighten Also they do go flat over time & need...

Undo the fuel solenoid You will need a very narrow 1/2" wrench With it out of the engine and resting on some thing metal turn your ignition on and off The plunger should move vey fast ( to fast to see it moving ) and make an audible click. Debris builds up in the bottom of the carburettor float...

For this reason i always get them to start the mower & show me the problem About 1 in 50 look real sheepish and find a reason why it will not start , usually claiming the battery is flat so I grab the jump pack and they suddenly remember it started to shake bad

Greenfields Fast Cut 36 but you are probably not allowed to buy them in the USA

I thought this bannana republic had both the worst & most expensive internet on the planet Up until the war inUkraine my usual web consumption was about 10GB /month . Like you I had an ASDL connection that was pretty bad often dipping into kbs territory However changes in the tax department...

In that case it grounds through the carburettor body On rubber mounted carbs there should be a grounding strap that goes on one of the carb studs . These often break or fall off unnoticed when the carb is removed as there is generally a fir bit of gunk there . heck the body of the carb to the...

I know how you feel I have a soft spot for broken thinks Everything I have was broken when I got it It is a common "man" thing, real men fix things . So no surprise the woman I fell for was also broken & I was stupid enough & arrogant enough to think I could fix her as well ( naturally I cold...

I it is driving oil will flow and they will self purge over time The reason why purging has to be done is the displacement of every piston is tiny and if there is any resistance to motion then the air in the end of the cylinder just compresses & decompresses as the cylinder block rotates which...

with that part number it will be a MTD mower so an MTD shaft will fit Lots of parts suppliers never cross the the std MT part so if the deal with Columbia was to give all the parts exclusive Columbia numbers so parts can only be obtained via the Columbia dealer network . Unless it is a very...

I missed the first post. I am assuming that this is the articulated Stiga we are talking about If so when was the last time you grease the pivot pin between the 2 halves ?

In OZ the only after market Kubota parts I can get are blades , belts & non-Kubota engine parts so I rarely work on them A rattle will be some thing stuck under there or some thing loose and the thing that goes loose are the blades & pulleys so before you spend lots of money remove and replace...