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Awe shucks, now I am all red faced & embarasses. Glad to hear it worked out well And even more thanks for coming back it is always good t know how things panned out .

I think you have a funny idea about EPA regulations and what is & is not allowable Swapping parts that are all certified for that short block ( engine series in EPA parliance ) is quite fine Using parts that are not certified for that engine is not . IF the EPA employees have nothing better to...

Cranking circuit and magneto kill circuits are totally separate The magneto circuits are all open then close to ground to turn the magneto off Cranking circuits are all battery power so either open or 12V . The solenoid on the carb can be replaced with a short bolt or the plunger cut off I do...

Pull the muffler off and pack it with heavy duty pot scourers Get some pipe, bend it down & weld to the end of the muffler this sends the pressure pulses down into the grass From back then the exhaust port should be threaded with std water pipe thread. If so you can put an extension pus an elbow...

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Not usually There should be 4 basic wires connecting the mower to the engine. 1) kill wire - with the brake on & PTO off should go from ground to open when you turn the key from off to on 2) carb solenoid wire - should go from open to battery voltage when key goes from off to on 3) Power wire...

Nothing new in the video but nice to hear a tuber admit they do not know anything about some thing that they are a passionate supporter of . The E-Truck would be good for stock deliveries from a BDC to supermarkets . While loading at the BDC there is anything from 15 minutes to 1/2 hour if every...

No If you had the deck on all of the safety switches are higher than the deck The cranking circuit goes Battery > solenoid ( via cable ) > fuse > key switch > PTO switch > parking brake switch > solenoid trigger wire > battery ( via ground strap ) Wiring diagram is front page of the parts book...

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check for a spark If there is none one of the safety switches is active

All of the engine load comes from the spinning of the blades . Thus then you turn them on the throttle opens up & you go from high idle he full power so the engine itself will vibrate more The deck mounting geometry is totally different between tractors & ZTR's A tractor has almost equal...

Funny All of my commercial customers use Dragon Fly heads and precut trimmer line. When you have spent 4 hours using one your back will tell you just how much better those heads are to use .

I do not want this to become a slanging match, however replacing the epa certified carburettor on a 651 with the epa certified carb from a 691 would not constitute a violation of any EPA regulations as both carbs are certified for use on the exact same short block. Fitting a 4 barrel Hollie or...

Weird, We had a bumper early mango season in Oz as well Prices dropped to 20¢ a piece for small ones and 50¢ for football sized ones. Then after chrissie when they really come in,,,, nothing back up to $ 3 a hit . We had 3 floods in a row which seems to have knocked the fruit flys for a 5 so...

Take the muffler off and have a peek at the piston & cylinder walls ME thinks it will not be a pretty sight

Also pull the blower housing off & remove the kill wire which will isolate a wiring problem when I have one of these I fit an inline spark tester to check that I am getting a spark every revolution . The valve lash sounds right but are the vales protruding the same length into the rocker housing...

I originally bought the 4 common wire terminals and cut 2 of them up to make the 2 feeds However we might be jumping the gun & his fuse box might be fine. FWIW every time this has happened it was after I got called out for a no start, or no charge situation and found the ground wire loose or...

No he did not and his comments were only applicable to that particular head. All of the heads I keep, you do not remove anything, just align some marks feed the string through Then on some you hold the bumper and turn the body while others you hold the body & wind the bumper . Now if the f-wit...

It won't hurt anything other than your wallet It won't make the mower any better or last any longer either IT will tend to leak out when the mower is not in use as things like oil seals designed to hold back SAE 30 when cold MAY not hold back 10W 30 / 10w40 which are a lot thinner when cold ...

The sales rep should have tried to sell you one as an add on accessory when you bought the machine .

Husqvarna have nearly all of their parts books available on line as free download

Time for a decoke Carbon has built up inside the cylinder . It glows red hot during use and when the spark is off will be hot enough to ignite the incoming charge till it cools off .

Because this is only for Speed Feed type heads that have only been around for about 5 years and probably make up about 10% or less of my total customer base . Another case of a 1/2 wit blathering on about a subject they have less than no knowledge about while pretending to be an expert. he is...

No Get 2 new plugs they are cheap The mower will probably smoke a bit for an hour or more while accumulated unburned fuel burns off

Not as far as I know I no longer repair any hydros, I am not set up for it, my workshop is on a farm so there is a lot of fine dust / pollen / seeds blowing around . There is a specialist workshop 1/2 hour away who do an excellent job and give me a full 12 month warranty on their work. Plus...

Sanity prevails I have only done them on the smaller EZ's 225, 335 & 353 so made the assumption that the same applied for all the EZ range

The power supply to the fuse box is two wires that each go to a double connector The usual thing is you get a bad ground which causes to power return wire to overheat which melts the plastic fuse box. Once this happens the fuses only just barely touch which causes arcing. Bad bit is JD only...

The only common electrical problem I come across with EZ series JD's is the fuse box overheating and melting You can not do any better than by buying a copy of the JD technical manual. Not cheap but a lot less than sending it to a workshop and the most comprehensive service manual, written in...

The oil change set up is designed by B & S not Toro Then the engine gets plonked into the frame & out the door they go Seen many a mower where the supplied engine had an original long oil filter that an not be removed without moving the engine. Very common on ZTR's . There are dozens of spring...

Right now you are only 1/2 way through the diagnosis . So you have found out it is only running on 1 cylinder the next step is to find out whu could be a bad coil a shorted kill wire , a dropped pushrod, bad valve lash etc etc etc

I think they are spinning you a line But time will tell AFAIK all the brake module dose is to move the toothed locking plates onto the toothed wheels to lock the axels . It also has a set of contacts to lock out the starter motor unless the brakes are on Never had to touch one to push a Time...

Great but once you have poured it from the protective sealed environment into the fuel tank all that goes out the window. Add to that the recirculating nature of the cube carbs ensures every drop gets exposed to a lot of oxygen from the air and heat from the engine. Which is why if you are not...

You are welcome. If you have already torn it apart then too late, but if not go to outdoor power info navigate to the Nikki section and read through the disassembly & rebuild photo tutorial . people have a tendency to blunder into carbs ripping them apart without first knowing what goes where &...

The lord helps those who help themselves Your parts manual link click the green text You will see there were 2 carbs fitted to this mower depending upon the manufacture date Date code = serial number minus the last 2 digits so you will see there are 2 rebuild kits . I seem to be unique as I...

When tyres are new they are soft(ish) so the treads conform to the surfaces When they get old & hard the individual trad blocks do not conform to the surface. Ask any motorcyclist about riding on old hard tyres. Mower tyres try for a fine balance between grip & rip so they drive the mower...

I am not totally sure that you have a fuel problem And the first step in a diagnosis it isolating fuel from ignition. So slip the kill wire off the coil and tape it out of the way If the problem remains then you do have a fuel problem If it goes away you have an ignition problem Blowers tend to...

No matter what fuel you use moisture will still condense from the air No matter what fuel you use it will still evaporate and clog up the jets & stick check valves closed.

Some ZTR's handle slopes better than others OTOH a garden shed just big enough for a tractor mower is about $ 200 US

Old tyres do have less grip First question is what pressure are you running in them A couple of PSI either way will make a drastic difference. Any you need a 0-20psi gauge so you can do it accurately .

That drainage ditch will be a problem for a ZTR as it is too short to efficinetly mow in up & down and will slip & slide when mowing along it The rest of what I see says ZTR It might just be worthwhile to keep the tractor to do just the drainage ditch & use the ZTR for the balance of the yard ...

All depends upon what you mow, the terrain you mow, how may obstacles you mow around.

I ave been a van driver / motorcyclist all of my life For 40ish year I either subbed or ran my own delivery business. Every one I met who drove a flat top had a bad back from lifting stuff to waist height or shoulder height depending upon the truck deck height. Most van drivers had good backs...

Putting a hitch on an existing car can be problem as well A friend is into Subaru's however putting a hitch on his current one would cost $ 3800 ( aus) Apparently you have to change the computer, brake sensors , some of the rear lighting harness and you have to fit the Subaru specific sub loom...

Apart from the crankshaft & oil seal housing the bottom is flat as it has to sit on a flat plate So cut a 4" hole in the middle and you can use a corn flake packet to make a template .

Remove the kill wire from the coil. This means that you will have to choke then open the throttle to stop it so it is only a diagnostic proceedure . Problem goes away = wires shorting out when hot . Problem remains = carb not adjusted properly, most likely too rich on the Low jet .

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An FR691 is an FR691 is an FR691 regardless of what it is fitted into The only difference the S number signifies is the trim , crankshaft PTO size & type of starter motor The internals of all FR 691's are identical in fact the internals are identical across the entire 9 engines So functional...

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Transport lever ? So start with the basics AFTER YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED THE PARTS BOOK, because in the front is the wiring diagram. Put your hand behind the dash, pull the key switch plug & confirm you have battery voltage ( must be the same as when measured across the battery terminals ) at the B...

Hydro drives have a strictly limited maximum speed While on most you can increase the input shaft speed around 10% much more than that will fry it . Fit large wheels & you loose towing capacity. So that leaves you with manual gearboxes & Varidrive pulleys With the vari drive you can go up to the...

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Won't start tells us absolutely nothing we can use to help you Cranks but does not fire ? Does not crank ? If it cranks then the no start has nothing to do with the brake unless you have one of the idiot useless keyless ignitions. If the brake pedal locks down & the mower still moves there is...

Not really sure what you are asking If the foot control moved the control lever on the transmission as far as it goes in both direction then there is no point in modifing it . Transmission has a maximum input speed You can fit a bigger engine pulley or smaller transmission pulley but check the...

Does your engine have a normal mower throttle plate on it ? IF so hook the rod into where the throttle cable wold normally go then fit the bracket to where the cable clap would go You might have to fabricate a support bracket for it or just use a piece of angle iron / heavy shelf bracket...

Side valves & OHV engines have different bolt mounting patterns. Singles & V twins have different bolt mounting patterns . MTD , Murray , Noma ( others probably ) use a removable engine mounting plate so if worse comes to worse you can get one of those from a mower wrecker I might have one in...

It will be different in every state In Aus each State road authority prescribes what can be used on the roads Their regulations down here require that the item of plant must not be modified , be inspected annually display a liscence plate & be insured. Mowers are allowed to travel at a maximum...

I appreciate that Star so it will also need a manifold as that carb had the bolts horizontal & the new carbs bolts are sort of vertical If he has the manifold he can turn it upside down & for a Holly or Webber ( or perhaps a down draft from a Kohler CH twin) I did a generator a couple of...

https://www.smallenginesuppliers.com/html/engine-specs/briggs-engine-specs.html Go to this page , click on your engine series then scroll to the bottom of the page to find a dimensioned drawing of the engine

OK so pictures of the carb & the kit as there is about a 0,01% chance that any one here has ever set one up but a 99% chance ones seen some will know where the bits go .

I am yet to see a belt falling off that trips any safety switches Mower repair 101 Get a copy of the illustrated parts list / manual / book Use that to work out how many safety switches there are and where they are positioned Standard kit is seat switch, parking brake switch . PTO switch...

Well as I have posted many many times, there is nothing magic or super special about any particular carb that makes them unique & unreplaceable I would be very surprised if the current 11Hp carb would not fit You may need to bend some new wires to hook the controls up & some brackets to support...

A real mower repair shop that carries aftermarket parts will sort you out with an aftermarket alternative that will actually work.

In that case it should be set up as is and just remove the throttle cable , cut the end off the existing cable & remove the inner remove the throttle cable clamp at the engine hook the inner to the throttle lever on the engine , set the throttle in the wide open position then wrap the control...

Thanks for getting back A learning curve is what it was and a good one to boot Just sorry it took so long but I did not want to butt into a thread that others were working through

Watch what happens to the old site which I was led to believe that B & S owned . In the height of the greedy 80's we had a spate of morons who bought out quite profitable businesses because the land value was higher than the company value. Then they either sold the land on a lease back deal or...

Right now I have about 50 deceased Ryobi trimmers in the scrap bin I would imagine that most workshops who actually do repairs would be the same . People come in with a Ryobi to repair, get a quote that is anywhere from 8o% to 200% of the cost of a new one so they walk out, & leave the product...

Nice sentiment for local & like you I try to support local. The USA & Canada have 14 plants that make solar cells but very few are for retail sale as they a 3 to 6 times more expensive than those imported from China. So anything you see in the cheap retail stores ( Wallys, HF, Lowes etc ) will...

WElcome. turning on the side allows the float to flood the engine Time to remove the carb & clean it And perhaps the fuel tank as well .

B & S I can understand because the asset strippers want to sell the real estate to recoup what B & S owes before shutting down all production , But the other two are a bit strange in a time when business it tough thems ain't going to be cheap moves .

Just out of curosity Why ?

Way way back we had a contract for Roses Only On Valentines day one of the local newspapers gave away a free tubed rose to every valentine massage in the classified adds. Told you it was a long time ago What was amazing was how many valentines ( mostly husbands ) had absolutely no idea where...

Filters & oil are cheap Pumps & valves are not . Sort of a no brainer isn't it ?

A little bit of that swarf under one of the balls will cause it not to seat And by the sounds of it the splitter is way overdue for a hydraulic oil change and if has not got one fit a filter in the return line . IF it has got one, change it now .

Firstly tap the piston back up the cylinder a little and pull the engine fully apart . Then was & check everything carefully for cracks , add up the price of new parts and compare it to the price of a superceeded engine from Small Engine Warehouse, Small Engine Suppliers, Surplus Centre ...

Thanks Star. Amazing how you can fig around with something all day then remember it wrong 9 hours latter Yes the pin is there sitting in the groove in the shaft where it should be , I just remembered it wrong . After lunch I will cut town an old socket to fit into the pump worm sleeve so I can...

Pull the blower cover off and check for it being a Mouse Hilton over winter complete with a wireing snack bar . Very common Winter corrosion of the battery cables where they connect to the mower is also quite common

Thanks Star, It is actually a 345e and yes it is the lower right set up that snaps into place As for the dowel pin 503 24 09-05 there was not one in the original pump and I can not see where one would go There are no holes for it as everything snaps into place but I will be going down stairs in...

probably no better than the 500 videos of how to convert an old desk top / tower computer power supply to make a workshop 12 V continious power supply, battery charger and a pile of other cleaver things . Every day I probably pass a 1/2 dozen sitting on the side of the road .

What I find dissapointing is these tricks of the trade are very well know They basically have not changed since I was forced to do Pyhc in my 2nd & 3rd year at uni and that was in the 60's . From what Mechanism has posted, he is obviously not a dullard yet he allows himself to be manipilated so...

OK fellas, I am stuck with this one Got a 345 in the shop originally it had a broken piston which killed the bore as well Replaced the barrel , piston bearings & seals Saw runs perfectly But not a drop of oil to the bar 1) pressurised the oil tank & oil ouzed out around the rubber seal, so...

So lets go back to basics If everyone has not read Dale Carnegie's book "how to win friends & influence People" do it NOW Now days you can get it as an audio book so you don't even have to read it . However once you have read it a few times, it will become apparent when some one is trying to...

we will just have to wait till he has his coffee. He could also not be a native English speaker and that is how Google translated the page

For women I tell them to consider it is a shopping trolley for men I tell them to only steer with their dominant hand . For most that is the right hand So the right hand goes forward for left turns & back for right turns The left is just used to speed control . It is all about muscle memory...

To explain it fully 1) EPA decided that mowers must meet the same hydrocarbon emissions as cars 2) Overflow & float bowl drains removed , not that many mowers actually had them 3) float bowl vent moved to a hole near the top of the engine flange 4) solenoid fitted to main jet . 5) manifold &...

No no you are not supposed to do that. I have seen all of he Hollywood movies You are supposed to ride the brake till it fails then swerve all over the road looking hopeless then crash No one is allowed to go back through the gears to slow down. Back in the college days I rode an old A10 BSA...

Welcome What you have posted makes no sense Please sit down with a cuppa organize your thoughts and repost Are you having problems with the log splitter cylinder or the engine cylinder ? Remember you are standing there in front of your broken machine We are here looking at a screen So you have...

Very few large starter motor Tecumseh engines in Oz For what I can not get from one of my wholesalers I go to an auto electrician who I have found has a good supplier although being an older gent he regularly fixes them. So one of the USA members will need to come to the batters plate for you .

Just about any old digital camera will have a video function even most phones can shoot video as well . What you need is a stand and some SD cards, both are very cheap .

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You mean all the ones that blew up killing the drivers or even before they got put into a vehicle

Read some of those emails that turn up showing you how to get 1,000+ You Tube subscribers in a week Then try to look at Scotts presentations with an objective perspective Adulf Hitler was once one of the most popular polticans on the planet Did not mean he was right, just means he said things...

Never had any luck reglueing them From memory they are a silicon based adheasive ( Sikaflex) not an epoxy based one as epoxies do not adhear particularly well to steel, despite what is on the JB weld tube . If you replace it make sure you get a high power 4 pole ( 4 magnet ) starter . Just about...

Time to empty the fuel tank & clean the debris out that is plugging up the outlet just like hair clogs the shower drain, or used to when I had hair on my head .

OK you two Keep this up & I will put some gloves on you both & sell tickets . Back to the actual problem If you make some short jumper wires with a blade terminal at both ends you can unplug the PTO switch and make the contacts shown in the bottom of the circuit diagram manually . Problem goes...

because mower starters are low power devices , designed to stall if the engine is hydrolocked rather than blow the gaskets or bend the pushrod or crack the head. You have to remember than vertical shaft engines are made exclusively for mowers and mowers are very price sensitive . Thus they are...

When you pull it apart, take a lot of photos The IPL's and the contents of the gearboxes are often quite different and lots of the spacers / washers have a specific orientation. Found this out the hard, do it 20 times way

The social infuliencers you watch on you tube say more about you than what they are talking about. If your screaming luniac took a bit of time to research the topic properly rather than using ruhmours off face book for a start he would know the Tesla truck engine is in fact water cooled . If he...

Just a thought Electric clutches are a big current draw item. If the clutch is bad as in dead short or the switch goes dead short then this might momentarily cut off power to the fuel solenoid which will also cause the engine to stop . A bit left field but has been known to happen particularly...

NO NO NO NO NO NO The solenoid just shoves a bung up the end of the main jet preventing fuel flowing into the carb throat so that while the engine is still rotating but there is no spark after turning the engine off, the engine does not push out unburned fuel. The solenoid does not stop fuel...

Disconnect the starter motor If you still get 6V at the output side of the solenoid the solenoid contacts are burned and it needs to be binned If you see full battery voltage at the output side of the solenoid then most likely the solenoid is good & the starter is bad . A starter motor that is...

That is Base Circle Star.

The solenoid gets its trigger ground via the mounting bolt. The mounting bolt is usually a self tapper that when new has intimate contact with the bare steel edge of the hole over time that corrodes . Usually removing & replacing the bolt will reestablish the connection Polishing the under side...

Most branded aftermarket parts are OK . I do not have access to much in the way of original parts so fit about 90% aftermarket parts and have had very few problems with any of them. However there is a massive amount of unbranded junk out there usually sold on Amazon & Ebay. Now most decient...

Either one will work 1/4" past TDC is the factory method Base circle is a method that dates back to the long stroke engine days when cams had a significant quietening ramp so you had to get off the ramp If you are unfamiliar with base circle then go down the fool proof 1/4" path .

Have you check fro spark again with the kill wires removed ? All that cleaning has probably now exposed a freyed wire that is grounding out the kill wire or even has shorted the kill switch .

V=IR OHMS law The solenoid has some resistance which causes the voltage drop If there is no ground terminal then the base provids the ground and is probably corroded pushing up the R .

It will shear again You need to remove the flywheel and lap the flywheel to the crankshaft with some extra fine valve grinding paste Check for any lips or burrs before you start & file them off .

Yep I would use "Button headed allen bolts " in stainless, fitted from the inside so the clippings are not a likley to snag on the bolt heads and don't forget the anti seize

Sorry There might be some different blades you could try Other than that it will require you to alter your mowing regeime Perhaps mow more often & try to avoid wet grass ( not much chance of that I know )

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Those blades are not cheap The proper ones are very thin but funny enough seem to outlast blades 3 times as thick so must be made from a very high grade steel $$$$ . It would be prudent to order them now because they might take a while to turn up I got a lot off ebay from a shop who was selling...

Starting to sound like a franken mower On some of the rear discharge decks the blades are not timed They use the same spindle housing & bearings as the bio clip deck but a different spindle & blade adapter However the single bolt is the same so it would be simple to put the non timed blades &...

I will have a look at the ones I have down stairs tomorrow if I don't sleep till midday 36 C right now at 1 am . And yes parts for the articulated mowers always take a while to come in.

Actually no If you look at the monthly oil consumption figures they barely moved after the pipeline was shut down They did not move after the Russian invasion of Ukrane either, in fact they went down & are still not back to the pre-covid levels . So consumption has been falling, supply has...

If the blades overlap then there has to be a shear pin or they can strike each other if they get out of time Part 506 94 55-01 in the diagram below which came from K & T web page if Star did not send you one Despite there being 2 in each blade pack, you only fit one at a time Bummer about the...

Generally no either normally open or normally closed and some times both if there is a 4 pin plug . I don't have a circuit diagram for your mower so can not be definate buy either on or off will be the go Mowers are not that sofisticated

Actually it was Einstein who is credited with "the only way to prove you have a mind is to change it regularly when presented with new valid evidence that you were originally wrong "

Don't know what they were worth new in the USA but they were $ 8,000 down here more with a Kawasaki engine. The discounted ones sold for $ 5,000, just a touch more expensive than the tractor style which were $ 4,000 to $ 5,000 for a 42" deck. Once you get used to the rear ( tiller style )...

I can be just as wrong as the next man But once shown to be wrong I am right from there on in till that theory is proven wrong Comes from a scientific educational background There are no absolute truths just the best descriptions that the current technology will allow. As for the original...

Now days all you need to do is find some natural disaster , pretend you were there then set up a go fund me page To date ASIC have prosecuted over 300 aussies who pretended they were either burned out during the 2019 bushfires and all their animals were badly burned thus needed urgent medical...

When you try to order parts from suppliers they just use the letters NLA because it saves space same as BO or B-O for on back order

Time to clean the carburettor .

yep, Being pushed by the retailers Sell lots of decorations & candy Remember over consumption of throw away items that are the prime cause of global warming . Banning Halloween & (if you like ) Valentines day would do more to combat global pollution than banning petrol powered gardening...

The original articulated rider was designed by Jonsored for Europe and it is a joy to work on although you rarely need to touch it because it was made so well . All the little things like the 3 springs all have hook hoops to make them easy to remove The substantial frame around the deck...

Put it together and check that the spindle spins freely without a washer bridging the inner & outer race . Then have a look at the pulley height to see if they are in alignment Finally check there is some clearance between the bits that are spinning & the bits that are not spinning .

Firstly like a lot of others I ignored the super bowl as it has ZERO relevance to Australia in general & me in particular . Eventually as we get more & more US culture rammed down our throats it will be a national holiday Right now there is a push for a national holiday for Halloween, something...

The one that kills me is the current Victa ride ons B & S imports them from China and they are putrid plastic puss piles . In order to save on one deck idler the engine drives directly to the LH blade spindle . However this means it would foul on the front deck hanger so they eliminated it. The...

Get a universal choke cable Cut the tab the turns the choke on off then drill a hole on the other end to fit the choke cable to The other thing that engine has is a flywheel brake , unless your mower used an engine that had a flywheel brake, it might be just to complicated to set it up as the...

Short answer is no If there is a low lift ( sometimes called a sand ) blade then fit it. Once upon a time mower shops asked questions to determine which particular mower will suit you the best . You problem is you have just bought the wrong mower .

Pressure feed to the big ends Pumped to the upper bushing All else is splash

I find them great I buy the drop in kits in bulk from the factory in China for a couple of $ each then it is a 15 minute job and most of that time is the 10 minutes in the ultrasound . Nothing on a mower engine is as good as it could be except for Honda engines which makes them cost more so no...

The wiring on all mowers is basically the same The power to energise the starting solenoid goes from the battery through the key switch ( B + S ) through the PTO switch then through the parking brake switch to the solenoid. If it is a 2 trigger wire solenoid then the other terminal at the bottom...

And be really really careful because the difference between flooding & burning a hole in the piston can be as little as 1/6th of a turn. I use a colour tune when I adjust the needle on one of these carburettors because they are very sensitive

the throttle holds the choke open So unless the throttle is in the choke position the choke will spring off in your photo As the front plate rotates clockwise the tab just below the spring on the left side will engage the arm to the left of it and close the choke. Usually there is a long bolt...

We had a base next door to one of the major Sydney radio stations. The driver of one of the big mouth shock jocks asked me to deliver bank cheques regularly to various refugee charities while at the same time he abused the refugees ( called boat people ) and the associations that supported them...

MEdia is measured by surveys that are generally carefully managed to give the results that the purchaser wanted to get. Right now one of the measures is click through and calls to the station Thus what is said is designed to evoke a reaction rather than allow the observer to make an informed...

Throttle sets the maximum allowable engine speed regardless of the amount the engine butterfly is open. Governor makes sure it happes So it is basically a tug_O_war between the throttle & the governor with the spring as the rope .

They are all available on line if you really want to but I would not bother . It would appear that every Australian news team all went to the same college & work off the same textbook so they present virtually identical stories poorly. There is an over representation of observant jewish people...

yes that would work but you will need something to stop the valve arm springing back Internally most are spring loaded to the drive position

Check the spindle bearings, should be no see saw type of movement at the blade tips Check the spindle mounting flange for cracks

Float valve in carb has failed, probably just dirty & needs a clean Float bowl overflow is now INTERNAL so the first time you notice the carb is leaking the oil is ruined and needs to be replaced at least twice plus of course, often the entire tank has drained into the sump Supposed to reduce...

Nothing much about anything other than the USA seems to make it to US television apart from anti Russia & anti China stories. When the Halls Gap BSA international was on we shares a cabin with 2 Americans. it was a couple of weeks out from an election and they were astounded about how much tv...

IF you think it was bad over there , just imagine what it is like over here Apparently there was an Aussie import on one of the teams so of course that was what filled every news broadcast for the whole week. As if he outcome of a football game in the USA will make a difference to players in...

Thank you for clearing it up Sounds like you have some debris stuck to the magnets under the flywheel or even a broken magnet Not uncommon for a tiny piece of magnetic gravel to end up under there So time to pull the flywheel off and give it a clean out under there You will find the spaces...

Doubt that the numbers of washers would make any difference The arm they connect to moves about 1/4 to 1/8 of a turn The rods used to be heavy with a spring so when you got to the end of the travel of the arm the spring just stretched and most were spring loaded to return to the run position ...

The flywheel lives under the blower cover on top of the engine . Do yourself & us a big favour by going to Simplicity manufacturing and downloading your parts diagram ( it is free ) \IF you use the correct names then we will know what you are trying to tell us & provide good information.

I ask people to get a copy of the parts book for their mower so they can at least use the correct terms In most cases & toro is one of them it is a free download ( service manual for your mower is free too ) because it then makes it clear what the thinga ma bobby that screws into the do dad is ...

And my final word , remember what I said by "follow the money" What very few schools teach is how to research and even fewer how to think objectively. Most just cram the students heads full of answers to the exam questions then the pupils come out thinking they have been educated . I had done...

And one research tool I was taught was to have a close look at the person presenting the contradictory point of view and in particular where the research money is coming from and what the persons motives may be Then you look at the actual evidence followed by the arguement . Remember all of the...

OK so I am onboard now. Remember I am not standing there next to you drinking your beer & farting so all we have to go in is the words you posted . It would appear the bypass valves are not working as designed. My first thought would be to see if you could move the levers further back than the...

As I said before "A man hears what he wants to hear & disregards the rest " The antartic Ozone hole is both seasonal & orbital So it changes annually and according to which wobble the planets orbit is on at the time So yes it is a natural phenonomen . However it used to close completely & only...

I never ever buy any parts for a customers equipment from either Scammazon or Evilpay for the very reason Rivets mentioned . No use trying to save the customer a few $$$ at a big cost to me from doing it a second time under warranty. I buy a lot of parts directly from Chian either via MADE IN...

Well as Simon & Garfunkle sang "A man hears what he want's to hear & disregards the rest " The hole in the Ozone layer is very real. If you don't believe this then come down here and spend an hour on the beach in your swim shorts without any sunscreen on. Around the equator the effect is...

YEs there is a global warming emergency Problem is it started to become chronic 30 years ago but all any one was worried about was smog because you could see it so the authorities could not pretend it was not there Where as Co, Co2, Hf, & clorinated hydrocarbons can not be seen So we changed...

The point is unless the oil is badly contaminated with water or petrol there is no need to replace every last drop People who run big trucks and big diesel engines change 1/2 to 1/3 of the oil at a time . The Mac Tipper had a 20 gallon sump, no one drains that out every month, not if they intend...

GEt good ones not cheap ones I have some from the local auto parts shop that always leaked When I pulled one apart it only had 3 balls to retain the female fitting The ones from the air tool company had 6 and never ever leaked. They also had a higher flow rate

The pins do not control the brake they control the bypass valve between the pump & motor . The brake is a toothed plate which engages with a toothed wheel on the side of your transmission Here is a little video that explains how it works Toro brake module Now as to your bypass valves When there...

As I have mentioned many times, why create a mowing problem ? Got slope that is hard to mow, then plant some shrubs on it and apply mulch between them. 1/10 the work of mowing

I use a Dremel tool having found most nut splitters just not up to the job Use the cut off disc ( or several if you hand is not steady ) to cut a slot with strait sides Put cold chisel in slot and smack with BFH This will either split the nut or widen it enough for it to be undone .

There is nothing wrong with battery power. It has a lot going for it, convienance being a big one . But Li is the wrong technology for batteries , just the same as fast breeder reactors were the wrong type of atomic power stations . Selling them as the answer to CO2 pollution when all the time...

yes we need to do some thing about GHG emissions and the best thing by far is to put a guaranteed minimum 10 year life span on all computer durable goods . Couple that with a full cash refund if the product does not last more than 10 years . This will work, E-mowers will do nothing . Putting a...

That is a bad plug If you hold the plug lead that 1/2 inch off the plug for 5 to 10 minutes and the engine is not generating oil deposits or carbon deposits then it should then start normally. That is the old school way to clean a carbon or oil fouled plug .

Farmers like commercial mowing contractors appreciate that they need their machinery so are willing to pay a reasonable amount to get them fixed and even better will get them serviced regularly because the harvest will not wait because your equipment has broken down & the parts are on backorder

No it is not The battery was giving off fuming HF acid that reacts with the air to cause the white smoke, called funny enough "acid reflux " They were breathing in a lot of it . The HF will cause their bones to decalcify There is no cure nor treatment for it just palleative care Burning...

No the vehicle fire can be put out as was shown in the DeWalt fire but the battery fire can not All you can do is wait it out till all of the chemicals have been consumed So you just keep on spraying the rest of the mower / car / house to prevent the fire spreading from as far away as possible ...

Well go back to the JB web page & drop your full number into the search IT brings up the L130 page The documents list below the parts section diagram has 4 items in it. Open & read the "L130_Lawn_tractor_information" document Your answers are there When there is more than one part number in the...

Excellent result Glad to hear how it went Now roll on spring to see how it cuts .

Not much available as a wide area walk behind new apart from the Toros. My advice would be to look for a new or used Greenfields FastCut. The biggest deck they made is 34" but the mower does what the name says. I can cut 1 acre of pasture faster with my 24" than with any mower or ZTR under 50"...

Take a nice clear photo & post it Good chance you are not alone & there isa work around

Have you tried the JD web site ? The parts lists are there The owners manuals are there You can not download either of them but you can print out pages As for service manuals they are also availible but they have to be purchased from JD

Remember that engine moulds cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to make so no one is going to scrap them till they are worn out . And with exotic metal moulds as used in modern casting machines that can be a very very long time , Add to that the equipment used to make the moulds is also very...

Oil will not cure a rod knock , if in fact it is a rod knock which I seriously doubt that it is because rod knocks are loudest when backing off , not under load. Add to that the engine has a full splash lubrication so heavier oils just make it worse. Even if it quietens down an audible knock, it...

When we just had the one government owned telco Australia was the world leader in telecommunications . The PMG had more patients than most of the universities. When we laid the Sydney Brisbane co-axial cable it was the longest installation ever done Then when we took it down to Melbourne again...

Belt dressing only goes on naked belts Most mower belts are wrapped Some hydro belts are naked but no never used a belt dressing on a mower.

In the countryside ? No 75 Km from the Sydney Harbour Bridge 3 Km from the new International Airport and 4 Km from the major Sydney water supply dam that has had fibre to the door since 1975 . The satelites that were supposed to be used for those in remote regions are oversubscribed from all of...

Most oils now days are detergent. Take it from a vintage motorcycle rider who needs non detergent oils so the vintage oil cleansing systems can work properly . Rule of thumb is detergent oils were an external replaceabe filter is used Non detergent oils for engine that use sludging tanks and no...

It is not the mowers that are the problem is it the power source most of the cobalt comes from the DRC where around 4,000 people die in mining accidents each year and the underground mining is done principally by children as young as 8 . Then there is the deforestation by Glencore , an Aussie...

so you are better than 10 times over me Download speed right now is 4.45 Mbps upload is 0.64 I some times think dial up is still with us . This is our wonderful universal high speed broadband which in OZ was supposed to be universally available 100 Mbps , except for the 72,000 locations where it...

What I recommend but almost no one does is to get a second set of blades and swap them over . Thus you can sharpen them when you have time and you always have a spare set for when you find the long lost hammer , spannar etc in the lawn . It is also worthwhile to get a different style & brand of...

When i was a youngster my uncle had access to a company box at the major race course He was an A-hole but he taught me something that day From the box we could see the main enterance, the members car park & the bookies car park His line was "look at what the bookies arrive in ( expensive...

Get some long 2x4's and slip them under the deck before you remove he mounts then slide the deck out with the timbers acting as rails

The trick is to remove them regularly As Star said , they self tighten and if the blades are not kept sharp they self tighten really hard in use If I can not get them off with my impact then I cut them off & replace them with new ones They are not rusted tiht, they have over tightened and...

FWIW, I have 3 sim cards & 2 mobile phones ( long story ) One of the sim cards is a $ 5 / month limited use deal designed to cripple you with excess calls/data fees This is the phone number all the sticky beaks get given and as the sim was only in the phone once, it will appear as a genuine...

At cranking speeds the spark on some of these is very feint as they idle near 2000 rpm & run around 10,000 rpm. The spark that a magneto generates is proportional to the speed that the magnets pass the coil. So the faster the bigger The other thing is the air gap A closer air gap will generate...

Did you install the new coil right way round ? They are polarity sensitive . Did you buy an engine branded magneto, aftermarket one from a genuine mower parts supplier or a defective one from Scammazon or Evilpay ?

You are posting to some one in the gambleing capital of the world. Australia has 1/2 of the poker ( slot ) machines that were ever made and 2 Australian ( sort of ) companies make most of them. IT is about the only thing that is made in Australia . Right now one state has just introduced...

Electricity travels in a circle From the battery to the mower then back to the battery again so using your car / truck run jumpers from the - to the engine ( sump plug is good ) and from the + to the starter post If the starter is good engine will crank If key is on and the circuits are good...

The bit that gets me is how pervasive gambeling has become and how it has changed things like commentry. just about every thing now is presented as "the odds" rather than the chance Things like "10:1 and on" he will not kick this penalty from this angle . A teacher friend tells me that...

None IT will spin at the same speed & just use more petrol Now if you wait till you can not see the dog above the grass it might let you cut the jungle faster but the limiting factor is usually the volume capacity of the deck to handle & discharge clippings. If you live on the side of a big hill...

Because it costs about 10 times to bury the power lines up front and all decision making is limited to the end of the current financial reporting period and this regardless of the fact that it would pay for itself in 5 years in repair costs let alone insurance costs when power wires cause forest...

The instant you pay people to play "sport" it ceases to be a sport & becomes an entertainment . And this applies to all sports I used to watch junior Union matches at the local fields on my way home from the farmers markets Saturday afternoons once a month. A far better game than anything at a...

Yes it is a crack but it is a casting flaw and should have gone back into the furnace not on an engine . But that is a good start so we now know we are not looking for some other damage . I won't add to what Shadetree has just posted because it is good enough and will just get you confused ( too...

Like the others, I use a pump They are also goo for sucking the oil out of old filters and even sucking spills up off the floor so save a fortune in shop rags etc . On top of that it eliminates the warranty claims from a drain plug leaking or falling out And in my case as I have 3 pumps, the...

Muriatic Acid is the less pure commercial grade of HCl , suitable for a lot of process that can tollerate Iron impurities which is why it is pale green to yellow . When purified it is colourless. Std Muriatic acid is 35 wt%

The governor does not need to be positioned in a particular way but the shaft has to make contact with the pin on the end of the governor. I is very easy to assemble it upside down. Sorry o go off on a tangent but you said the sump was cracked & required replacement Sumps do not spontaneously...

It also shows how MTD is going to trash the Dewalt brand in order to extract a higher price for vastly inferiour products. Remember this was a display model which would have been carefully checked at the factory to have zero manufacturing faults. Just imagine what the general production models...

Those fire fighters have obviously not been trained to handle LI battery fires All you can do is spray WATER on them to try & keep them cool and prevent the fire spreading. The battery will burn till it is all consumed and nothing on the planet can put it out. The recommended emergency response...

One of my builder customers lost his garage & all of his tool because a Li saw being charged overheated & self ignited on his wooden work bench with overhead shelves which also caught fire which then spread to the paints , thinner & solvents . The exploding bottles woke him up with just enough...

12 hours a day Pure luxury When I kicked off it was 10-12 hours in the shop + 6 to 8 on the web finding out what I did not know . Even now it would be a 1:1 ratio spanners to keyboards although now days most of the keyboard time is invoicing . One of the good things about being old & living by...

Getting the right ZTR for your lawn is a lot more complicated than just this and in every brand there are good models & not so good models and some are just plain useless ( MTD & Husqvarna + all of their other brands ) So if you want good advise you need to provide us with good information 1)...

Take the sump off again and check what caused the sump to break which was most likely the bits of the failed governor .

Google "Scheduled Service Fees, Rates or Charts " All mower companies put them out but they are a PIA to use as they all break down ever job into individual tasks as decimal hours Eg:- remove bonnet = 0.05 clean engine bay = 0.15 Remove muffler - 0.1 remove carburettor = 0.085 etc etc etc. So...

Here is my big problem I assume they will be using a Li battery of some kind Li batteries do not like to be too hot or too cold and in both cases can spontaneously combust due to the mechanical breakdown of the separation plates in the cold and critical temperature at the other end . Just today...

When all else fails read the instructions :sneaky:

Honda are about the only push mower company I know of that uses nylon lined cable and it is a regular fix The cable gets sticky so they pour the WD 40 down it and a week latter it is frozen solid .

The float valve in the carb has failed so the fuel tank contents has drained into the sump You will need to fix the carb then drain the oil cold, refill run the engine for 5 minutes then drain again Alternatively are there "little people" around your place who may have decided to "help daddy"...

Very important DO NOT USE WD40 or similar product to lube the cable. Water despersants will soften the nylon causing the cable to jam The best stuff is a dry teflon lubricant that is used for lubing push bike cables

The best set up I have seen & what I have always intended to do was a 3' high tailgate with 5 hinges & 2 hinge springs The tailgate was made with expanded metal mesh over a 2" x 2" steel tube 2mm thick frame with a solid steel plate about 1' long added across the end . Trailer tilts to about...

Welcome When you apply a load to the engine the throttle should open wider to compensate for the load. If not then the governor needs adjusting If it was left in the weather it could even be rusted away . Knowing what engine is fitted would be a help . If the brake is external pull it off the...

I use the plastic box a set of slat blinds came came in It is .011" but 10' long x 4" x 2" so I will never need to get anything else The old school was to use the plastic lid from a shirt box But that was the days when quality shirts came in cardboard boxes and were sold by neck, chest, waist &...

Yes that is just an extreme tilt cut out so you don't flip the mower on slopes . Obviously the caveat on this is without it you can drive up unsafe slopes . So a "less smart" mower needs a "more smart" driver

On the frame between the engine & the fuel tank / seat depending upon the model Clutch bearings are not replaceable so it is new clutch time . They are also not cheap start a new thread about "need a replacement toro Time-master clutch " You should get a lot of good information When you take it...

Go on Wingepool or Feaces book and search Yamaha mower engines . Enough reading o keep you busy all winter long . Yamaha saw a market oppertunity so rushed an engine into production without sufficient field testing. The results were to be expected

Thanks for he heads up some will find it useful

I inherited a 10 x 4 tilt trailer from one of my customers as it had become too small It was custom built for a 2000 series Cub Cadet back in the 90's . Because it was a MOWER trailer rather than a RUBBISH trailer it has a shock adsorber built into the end to slow down the movement It works...

You have to be very careful. Most tilt trailers are designed to dump rubbish at the tip, not load mowers so the angle is way too steep to drive a mower up onto without a ramp

Scag no longer uses the Yamaha engine because they have proved to be very unreliable in use .

Take the hydro belt off , whine goes away = bad idler No joy then pull the PTO clutch off , whine goes away = bad bearing in the clutch .

I appreciate what you are saying, however you have to remember the target audience . I also appreciate that in a full time workshop the situation is vastly different to in the shed of a very much amateur . In my workshop I can ( usually ) do a full & proper diagnosis so end up knowing exactly...

here is another little diamond in the rough that will make working with it as is ( and I still do not recommend this ) as easy & time efficient as possible . Rather than do a pile of trimmings then try to process them in one fell swoop, take the chipper down to where you are trimming & fire it...

Probably he will need to go to a wide area walk behind with wide wheels Tractor style mowers distribute their weight better than ZTR's and the Garden tractors with bigger wider wheels will have a lot bigger contact patch Running lower air pressure will help as will square shouldered tyres...

Actually it does reduce the volume of oil needed for fuel However it does not reduce the volume of oil needed for all the other stuff we make from it like plastics & fertalizers . South Africa proved just how much oil consumption can be reduced . But you are right politics is always a part of...

Research is expensive Bench testing is more expensive Field testing is more expensive still BEcause of this the amount of testing done was proportional to the cost or consequences of not doing the testing Thus the avaition industry did the most extensive testing ( no surprise in that ) . Then...

Heat & lots of real penetrating fluid if there is enough hanging out to get grip onto If you have a TIG/MIG weld a nut to the top that is hanging out making sure you fill all of the hole in the nut ( it gets a lot of heat in there ) While still hot saturate with penetrating fluid ( as it cools...