Recent content by GearHead36

I have a tractor with a diesel engine. I love this about diesel, and I love that the engine will likely last 1000's of hours. I wish my riding mower was diesel, but it's a good machine, so I can't justify spending $15K+ to replace it.

This is not the problem it used to be. Fuel filters at stations are much better than they were 30 yrs ago.

Welcome! What kind of engineer? Electrical engineer here, and I love tinkering too. It's taken me 3 yrs of tinkering with my Cub Cadet Pro Z to turn it into a good reliable machine.

I've been an electrical engineer for 43 yrs, and this sounds insane to me. All my career, I've never seen switched grounds. Ground is ground. Sometimes there are separate signal and power grounds, but they get connected at a single point without using a switch. I would need the design engineer...

My Cub Cadet Pro Z has a 27HP Kohler, and IMO, at full throttle the blades create more noise than the engine.

I don't do anything special to my OPE engines for winter. I always use ethanol-free gas, and everything runs every spring. My main mower is a Cub Cadet Pro Z, which has dual fuel tanks. I let one run completely empty before switching tanks. This keeps fuel from ever going bad. The fuel in each...

I don't know if you're a flipper or not, but you definitely don't fit the description of a flipper who does just enough repairs to sell the machine. The point of the original post was that I was surprised that there are flippers who do that. There are plenty of YT channels with "backyarders" who...

That policy allows flippers to put junk up for sale. Mowers that work just well enough to generate a sale. I wouldn't buy anything from a "flipper" with less than a 30 day warranty. If it doesn't fall apart in 30 days, IMO it's not junk. If the blown head gasket blows out all the oil in 4 hrs of...

Do you think a 5 yr old mower that's for sale has been maintained well enough to last another 5 yrs? I wouldn't. If it were good for another 5 yrs, why is it for sale?

But yet people are willing to spend $4000+ on junk from a big box store that will last 5 yrs if lucky.

This would not be bad for a homeowner. $800 for a running rider in good shape... not bad. For a business trying to make a profit, you're not going to see much profit if you're into the machine for $800. I bought a basket case of a CC Pro Z for $2000. I may have overpaid, but it sold new for...

I learned something from Taryl today. In a recent video, he had a riding mower from a customer who bought it from a "backyarder" as he called them. Which is, someone who flips mowers in their back yard. That mower was a basket case. It needed a LOT of work. It looked like it had been fixed just...

Doubtful. I researched this last year. My mower has a Kohler Confidant EFI engine, which is commercial. I've had problems with it, so I've looked through the service manual quite a bit. I found that it has the option of an oil pressure switch, but MTD in their infinite wisdom, decided not to...

Rough sounding while spinning IS a sign of degraded bearings. Now is the time to address this. If you don't, eventually the bearings will wear to the point of the shaft wobbling, then the bearings will lock up. I recommend greasing your spindles, even on a new machine. People will tell you that...

I'm pretty easy on equipment. Years ago, I had a cheap MTD riding mower for several years. It ran like new when I sold it. About 4 yrs ago I moved to the largest property I've ever owned, and have a bit over 1 acre to mow. I bought a basket case Cub Cadet Pro Z 154, and fixed it up. It's...