Recent content by jay1957

Thanks, I took your advice, Googled it, and then ordered a tune-up kit from Amazon. Runs like a top.

My neighbor gave us this Honda GCV 170 because she is moving into a retirement community. She purchased it about three years ago because she liked taking care of her yard but after the first summer, she ended up having bypass surgery and that ended her being able to mow. So it's been sitting for...

John Deere agreed to have the dealer(Greenway) tear down the engine to see why it quit working after 25hrs. All they said was there was corrosion in the engine which it did sit for a couple of seasons because of COVID. That's not the reason it quit running. I ended up putting an engine in it. It...

Well JD called this mourning and the Rep said he had talked to Greenway. He said that he had sent the information to his supervisor and would contact me as soon as he heard back from him. Shortly after that Greenway called and wanted to pick the mower up so they have it now. If it gets fixed...

I contacted John Deere Enterprise Contact Center for Residential, Golf, and Turf products, They did respond on 05/08/23 and said they would check it out the next day and contact me whether or not John Deer could help. JD didn't contact Greenway for days and they returned a nonrunning $3000.00...

Greenway is a big John Deere Dealership who carries everything from heavy equipment to riding mowers. They also assemble all the John Derr riding mowers for the box stores. I'm sure they do great warranty work but I don't think they care about it after the warranty is gone. They were not...

My wife and I purchased a new John Deere E170 on 10/04/2018 from our local Lowe's. The first summer in 2019, it ran great, I changed the quick oil change at 10hrs and used it once every two weeks until fall, put stabilizer then I covered it and put it away for winter. I got on it May of 2020 and...

I only use ethanol free gas on all my small engines. Should I use a stabilizer?