Recent content by mechanizm

the fuel shut off solenoid valve at the bottom of your float bowl is probably stuck.

OK, i got my ZT1 for free from the curb and it runs and mows great but I can't get the levers adjusted properly. one side is faster than the other. so i'm guessing that i need to check the hydro fluid. I've done this job on my Dixie Chopper but not on the ZT1. I gave a cursory look and...

did you replace the switch? does the engine die immediately when you engage the blades and or arms?

sounds like it's running rich. clogged air filter? when it dies, remove air filter and see if it starts and runs

Well, the engine starts and runs but has some vicious blow-by so the rings are shot. no matter, the deck has new blades and the tires and rims are excellent. going to part it out... i can't get the image to load properly. it truncates the width ! serial #. 917. 287500.

a friend alerted me to a craftsman dgs6500 at the curb just down the street from me. I zipped over there and nabbed it. the engine fan was removed as well as the cover but it has a 2022 battery and it started right up. The blades engaged too! so I put it with my other freebie lawn tractors...

our lovely gov is using YOUR tax dollars to bribe corporations to buy these crappy EV trucks.

show your work...

how do you know this? here's your lithium battery production: https://www.facebook.com/reel/223833576672247/?s=single_unit

yes, let's stay on-topic.... WHAT DID KILMER SAY THAT ISN'T TRUE?

i responded to the above claiming that i'm one of the sheeple. It was HE who didn't stay on-topic.

assume again....

Tommy Mckeown said: A whole forum of small engines not running correct and still wondering if people will switch? the vast majority of the problems are minor fuel deliver issues. I can guarantee that my old JD L120 will outlive all of these overpriced electric mowers. when that ELT catches...

too little too late... anyone who buys an EV of any type is ignoring THIS: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/the-environmental-impact-of-lithium-batteries/

If electric mowers are a good idea, you'd see the commercial lawn services folks buying them up. I can guarantee that this won't happen.