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    Echo trimmer string always running back into head

    that thing has been dead for a while, looks like he has spent more time eating cement than eating grass and another thing, run the machine wide open this extends the trimmer string in the straightest position, that way the end of the string is cutting not the curved part, if the line glues...
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    PTO/Clutch Issue

    Tell your friend not to cut all the way to the roots of the grass, slow the froward speed down, that will lengthen the life of the clutch, they get to hot, slip, both of those build up head and then the problems start showing up, that clutch should last many years if used as designed.
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    Unusual battery issue

    Donb108: I seen where someone stated that they had never seen a Positive to ground, well that was the only way that the older farm equipment, cars, trucks and lawnmowers worked, that is when they used Generators, on the mowers it was a starter and generator that was a one-piece unit, I still...
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    Unusual battery issue

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    What jump starters for zero turn mowers your using.

    I got a jump starter from Harbor Freight, I think it is the 650, any how these work well when I go to pick up a mower to work on I bring it and has enough power to also operate the winch to pull the mowers up, they have lasted me about 3 years, I am pleased with that, watch you can get them...
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    Fastrak Cuts Like Garbage

    Moparjoe499, not being mean when I say this, is it the mower or is it you asking it something that it cannot do, meaning, is the field rough, wet, tall grass, cutting at a high speed, deck all the way to the ground, I have a repair shop and see these thing that will give all the mower a bad rap...
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    Kohler sever back firing

    Rivets, I had done that the first time, with the poor results that I spoke of, I removed the heads, and the valves I was shocked at the amount of wear on the valve faces, I have a Sioux valve grinding machine and seat cutters, but if the valves are ground, they will have a very sharp edge, looks...
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    Kohler sever back firing

    got a Kubota that come in for repairs, the fellow said that it started back firing and died and who not start, removed the plugs, checked for stark, good, checked valve clearance, terribly off, set them, started the engine ran for about 30 seconds, backfire, died, checked the valves again, way...
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    YTH2448 won’t move

    Triton192, that little shaft that you speak of on the right side of the transmission is the break, if it has been setting in the weather, or washed they sometimes get stuck but if your is turning you should be good, to make sure that the little buttons on it are not stuck give it a little spray...
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    Briggs and Stratton 5 hp (Model 130902) Jet Pulse carburetor problems... Any ideas?

    balooba, I had one many years ago that was giving me much same problems that you are having, it would run farily good but when you moved it just the slightest bit it would start running terrible, similar to flooding, what I found was that they person that owned it had removed the rubber bushing...
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    Husqvarna Transaxle 532448354

    Been repairing mowers about 60 years now never thought that I would see mowers sold and discarded only after a season or two, my home repair shop is very busy, two reasons the mower shops over here charge one hundred an hour, charge one hundred fifty to trouble shoot it and if you decide to fix...
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    Spindle bearings

    good for you, that mower can't hang in there compared to a Scag, Joe
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    What are the oil filters made of? GOLD

    waynehughes, I have been repairing mower for many years, never seen the thievery from Lawnmower shop and dealers like I see now, the American business as a whole are robbing the working people, many of them have cut back on the number of employees, cut hours or low hourly pay but get ten times...
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    Briggs and Stratton 5 hp (Model 130902) Jet Pulse carburetor problems... Any ideas?

    balooba, worked on them for years they are the best carburetor and are trouble free most of the time, just clean it and, pull the main jet them took inside where the jet come from and remove the insert ,it is brass the, the rubber pulses and picks up gas through the long up the gas in puts it...
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    Spindle bearings

    Tiger Small Engine, I changed out recently but am going to rebuild it, it had 1,700 hours on it, have a local mower shop that gives me several when they change out ones for customers, I have found out that if I put the spacer sleave in the Lathe and machine sixty thousands off the spacer the...
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