Recent content by DaveTN

I studied film production in Los Angeles and know very well what you say. Some of these videos on you tube is like a beginning film student going out with no pre planning and points the camera here and there and calls it a movie made on a weekend! Worse yet a tourist filming here and there...

I’ve got this senior friend who is a magician! He will ask me to come over and repair his riding mower. He admits he knows very little about mowers. But when I start to diagnose and repair it, he suddenly turns into a genius mechanic and tells me what I need to do to fix it! His wife will...

Why not use Steel Push Rods instead of Aluminum ones? That might do the trick after you check and adjust the valve guides.

They just closed Bull Run Steam Coal-fired plant about 4 miles away. Had been online since I was a kid back in the 5Os. How are they going to fast charge all these electric cars that don’t explode and burn first? I saw a u tube about a fairly new white elec suv type auto that the battery blew...

LMAO at Shaved Monkeys! Yep I’ve seen a bunch of those UNSHAVED APES too, especially down South where I live. Thanks for a great visual laugh. That Taryl guy looks like one but he’s a PhD on small engines. And more than a few aren’t shaved. I could use a Bigfoot shaved or not to help me pick...

Welcome to the LMF. Lots to learn and share on here.

I dragged it home back in Nov., all 1600 lbs of it with 2 flat rear tires. Hydraulics out brake cables rusted up but managed to free one up on driver's side left. Got enough air in the rear tires and the main drive wheel tires to move it via come-along winch onto a trailer. Hydraulic filter...

Hi Red and thanks Rivets. I just dragged home a freebie 325D circa mid 90s Groundsmaster. I think it weighed about 1600 lbs. Previous owner got it from a local golfcourse but it ran. When unloading it the mower fell & screw-on hydro filter snapped and there she sat by the shed for several...

Hi and Welcome to the LMF! I’ve never seen a c clip on a c rod and yes if it had one it would be an accident looking for a place to happen. It’s amazing to me these cheap built Troy-Bilt, Craftsman type blowers and weed eaters stay running as long as they do. And yes I’ve noticed some slop in...

What about fuel? Could be fuel starvation. I’ve noticed spark is harder to see these days, esp outside.

Hi Doug I’m there too and have cut back on a lot of work now. Noticed Bigfoot in the name and we’ve got ‘em here in TN too. I’m not far from the mtns and they’re seen from time to time. I’ve only seen red eyes at night on the trail at Clingmans Dome near the NC/TN line.

Welcome to the LMF. Just wondering how much compression it has? Do you have good strong blue white spark? With it popping like that, it sounds like its out of time somehow. Shop costs more than buying a good used mower. Save it for parts if you get a used mower like it.

I just had that problem a short while ago. A customer's ScrubCadet about 9 years old dropped the deck anchor U bolt out of its hole and it was scalping the yard. All I did was loosen the front deck that tightens and raises the deck. Once I got the pin in the hole everything worked fine...

Every now and then a blind squirrel finds a nut in the forrest! Congrats! It is unusual to say the least.

Sounds like the valves are out of adjustment not letting the ACR do its job, hence the hard spot. I agree w/ Mark.