Recent content by cpurvis

Technique can make a big difference in how much debris gets blown back on you. If you're not already doing this, keep the discharge chute pointed downwind as much as possible. Take note of the wind before you start mowing a section and mow into the wind and downwind, not crosswind. This will...

If you're going to mow it every two weeks, it'll only be 5' tall once. Hire somebody to bale it. If it's good enough to feed to animals, you can sell the bales. If not, pay somebody to haul it off. You've got to get rid of the cuttings. Then a regular mower can handle it.

I've never seen a diesel fuel filter with a time limit, only hours of use.

Then take it to a shop.

Remove the valve cover from the dead cylinder and see that both valves are operating properly.

You should not be getting raw fuel coming out of the spark plug hole. Check the needle and seat in the carburetor.

Yes. Thanks!

Welcome to the forum, but embedded links on your first post may not be a good idea. I'm not going to click on it; maybe others will but I'd recommend they not. If there's another way of posting the info contained in that link, I'd do it.

And sharpen and balance the blade.

4 cycle. Your tune up probably should include a new air filter, spark plug, oil change and removal of the fan housing to clean the cylinder cooling fins and investigate that oil leak. It looks like if this has ever been done, it was a long time ago.

It's probably a wise decision to buy a pair of mowers these days, given the situation with parts unavailability caused by planned as well as unplanned obsolescence.

I believe everything with a roll bar has a seat belt. If it doesn't have a roll bar, it won't have a set belt, either.

Put in a wider gate.

Have you tried giving it a little shot of starting fluid?