Recent content by Hammermechanicman

You guys shouldn't be debunking long held beliefs. Next you are going to say things like it doesn't matter who has the best oil or oil filter. Or starting fluid doesn't blow up gas engines. 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱🤣

I have seen an old troy bilt (garden way) mower use 2 flat idlers and no V idler.

I have chainsaw chaps. Just in case

High octane fuels are harder to ignite BUT once ignited they burn slightly slower than lower octane rated fuels. In a 4 stroke engine running 3600 RPM the difference is negligible if even measurable. In hopped up 2 stroke chainsaws running 13000+ RPM doing max pulls in wood guys have seen a...

The burn rate difference between 87 and 92 is negligible in stock small engines. We are not doing max HP pulls on a dyno. Has anyone seen a small engine damaged from preignition?

All the saw mfgrs say to use 90+ rated fuel or it will damage the saw. I don't think so. I have serviced over a hundred customer saws run on regular 87 E10 gas. Never seen one damaged from preignition. I have 5 saws that all run on regular E10. Two of them are stihl clones a 361 and a 660. Both...

I am pretty sure that Guatemalan kid is star's. That's why he got the letter. Just say'n

Rescued from going to the dump. Front spindles and steering gear froze. Got that fixed so I thing I am going restore it and put in the town farm day parade. Have to see if I have the smallest JD tractor.

When they were in indiana UPS to me in Ohio was overnight. And yes, Ground tracking is useless.

After some research found this out. Stens has switched from UPS to FedEx. There are actually two different FedEx shippers. FedEx Ground and FedEx Express. Ground ships by trucks and can take a week or more from ship to delivery. Express uses planes and still does overnight ship to deliver. The...

Last week I had a troy bilt RZT50 that had a bad engine drive pulley. Had to take the engine off and proceeded to snap off a stud of the bearing separator trying to get it off. Heat didn't help. Wound up drilling a series of holes in a row in the pulley hub and then split it off with a chisel...

Should have all that done before lunch. 😁

Thanks. Got it running but the carb sat for years with gas in it and it is trashed. Got a chineese one coming from sleezebay. Looks like the one one it is already AM

Dang, you got a good memory. I can't remember last Tuesday.

It's on an old briggs engine on a 1956 lawn tractor. Not the original but probably 60s vintage.