Recent content by Chris from Ontario

TSC carries it up here in the Great White North. I need it for a few of my older machines so I always have a few quarts on hand.

I'm glad it's working out for you Bleach. The repair on mine is still holding up too.

Okay, I was thinking it was like mine with the battery under the hood. Get someone to squeeze the seat switch as if you were sitting on it.

If the cables won't stay on the battery terminals by themselves then get someone to help you. One to hold the cables, the other to start.

If you wait until Spring to change the oil then all the acids in the dirty oil will eat away slowly at the aluminum and over the years this may cause problems. Changing it after the last use of the year and then running it for a short while before storing for the Winter will eliminate this...

I like to hear the sounds the mower makes as I cut. The smell of the cut grass too. It's a nice way to spend a few hours on a sunny day, in shorts with no shirt just driving around the lawn.

This might sound strange, but why not try unhooking the negative battery lead for a few minutes and see if it resets itself?

Exactly. My oil is usually just starting to turn a bit brown by the time I change it. All my stuff is kept indoors too and never used or left out in the rain.

I have a Craftsman 18 hp horizontally opposed lawnmower that I bought in the early ninties that I estimate has over 3,000 hours on it. It still works and I use it occasionally to cut the grass but I've replaced it with a John Deere just because I wanted something newer and was tired of having to...

From what I can tell, it's a gear type pump. 17.5 GPM running a 30 ton cylinder. I'm aware of running the lawnmower hydro's at lower rpm's and don't do that.

For the same reason you don't rev the crap out of your car engine when you first start it cold. I always set my throttles a but higher than idle for starting and after a minute or so throttle up for use. I also never use my wood splitter at full speed. I never split monster wood that needs that...

I don't own a zero turn but I understood every word you said. Good advice.

First time JD owner this afternoon. A D140.