Recent content by lugbolt

pull the air filter off. Look down inside. Is it dusty? If it is, the engine is dusted.

kohler is a little noisier, and generally will spend a little more time being maintained/repaired. Kawasaki builds a good engine as well. They are a little smoother running, slightly quieter-have a different "tone". I prefer kawasaki, but own one with a kohler. Either one, you have to stay...

this highlights why I have always said that bad boy mowers are good mowers, built heavy, cut nice, but they lacked in some areas. Have you tried calling bad boy yet? They have a few guys that can help you figure this out. dealer tech is correct-partially. ZT's are totally dependent on the...

Bad Boy can supply you with a "diagram", however it's VERY crude, as is their wiring in that vintage. Poor quality stuff back then. Often see broken wires, both visible AND broken conductors inside the insulation. So, with that, inspect your wiring very well-especially the control arm safety...

those mufflers are usually not exclusive to bad boy. Look at the muffler body and see if it has any numbers on it. Sometimes they do, where the actual manufacturer stamps it. If so, just google it. if it stamped with bad boy number, they probably make it in house. It may very well have a...

They are serviceable. They made "improvements", makes maintenance a little "easier", so they say. For a homeowner, harder but we won't go there. Just like some of the late model 10 speed transmissions with no way to check the oil level. If it ain't leaking, don't screw with it is what they...

I ain't never had much luck cleaning those briggs and scrapiron carburetors (nikki I think they are?). Junk. Seriously. I have replaced a few of them, though.

they've not cut quality to increase profit, they've cut quality to compete with the other brands. I've seen the seats get loose in the head, then the seat bounces up and down and wears the head. Then you take the head off, can't see a thing wrong with it other than the valve is sitting deeper...

This is correct. There is "usually" a sticker on the top of the deck that advises how to properly adjust the anti-scalp rollers.

can you post a picture? I have a feeling you're talking about the plug that is pressed into the back of the block, below the injection pump. By the way there is only one "A" in kUbota.

I did. That’s how I got the parts I have on hand. Dealers local all day same part number should work. Two dealers had one on the shelf to compare and they’re identical. I fixed it. I machined the original out and made a bushing to bush the hole back to size. Took all day instead of 45...

The sticker is missing. That’s the other issue.

Loose steering. Diagnosed as both the upper and lower steering bushings being very loose. They are plastic. Ordered new upper and lower bushings. The lower is an upgrade kit, replaces the plastic assembly with metal. Yay. Upper works fine, it is plastic just like the original. Here's the...

they considered them "commercial", but at the time when I first got into the bad boy business, if you used it commercially, it had zero warranty. A lot of commercial guys registered them in their personal name to get around that. But what would happen was they'd show up a few months later with...

I sold/serviced OEM equipment for over 30 years in that 30 years I had TWO bad NGK spark plugs. TWO. Out of...gosh...tens of thousands? not to say it doesn't happen. Because it does/and did. Just not frequently. Champion I had lots of those bad, right out of the box. Tested or not, they...