Recent content by Joed756

"genuine parts that were supposed to be sent for scrap recovery but got diverted by a middle man to be sold to cheapskates." I had a friend who's job it was to take the dented, damaged Bud cans from the brewery to be destroyed. A lot of them seemed to fall from the truck. I am a cheapskate, but...

Why dual spark plugs? Is it for redundancy sake or a more thorough burn?

I've spent over 5o years now mowing lawns and most of that time I'm letting my mind wander just imagining how much better my life would be with exotic metal spark plugs in my mower.

What does this mean? "it left the piston 18" out of the cylinder"

Round-Up

Auto parts stores will take your used oil.

"She said she was mowing and it sounded like she ran out of gas when it quit so she added gas and wouldnt start." Atta boy

This mower didn't have one...

I cleaned the carburetor on a neighbor's riding mower, model, make, etc. isn't important and please accept that I know how to clean a carb. Anyway I was all done and took it out for a test run. I got as far from my garage as possible when this absolutely perfectly running machine died and...

Have you looked at the underside of the cap to see if there is a rotted o-ring, or a groove for an o-ring that is gone?

If you pull the spindle apart you will see (usually) that the bearings are sealed and those zerk fittings are giving you a convenient way to waste grease.