Recent content by SamB

First off, just what mower do you have? Did I miss that info, perhaps? But on with the show! Disregard anyone's advice about 'gears. If what you have is the classic Snapper Rear Engine Rider, RER for short, the only gears in it are the sun gears inside the chaincase.not changeable. If you have...

Rustoleum Professional Safety Red is what I use on my Snappers with good results. I prefer the quart cans of it, using it with a Harbor Freight cheap HVLP gun.Their cheapest guns spray as good as their more expensive ones. I don't like the spray head on the spray cans, but it is a handier way...

I have a couple of these RER Snappers and have owned several more. I have fixed just about anything that can or could go wrong with these great rider mowers. The OP had me a bit confused about a 'drive pulley' as there isn't a drive pulley on a RER Snapper. Drive plate maybe. Or bladedrive...

It's been my experience, the best way for me to get the line into the tank, is to cut a long taper in the line end and start it into the tank hole, then reach in through the cap hole with a pair of needle nosed-pliers(I use forceps) and pull the line in the correct amount, then cut the taper off...

To add to your prudent advice, AutoDoc, as I have learned in the past, and as you have stated, the charging system isn't meant to charge a dead battery and the stator will melt down when running with a bad battery, requiring replacement parts$$. Charge the battery with a charger or replace it...

Yes, easy peasy, if one likes to invert their mower over a drain pan and hope to not fumble it. Those pesky mower handles can into play, messing with the inverting action. Wear gloves,too. Inverting the carb and fuel tank can give rise to other issues. I had B&S easy Drain spouts on my drain...

My apologies. I didn't click on your link and study it. Changing out an NO switch to a NC switch is sometimes needed if the part uses NO switches. User protection needs to be taken seriously. One never knows who is going to use that OPE down the road. Defeating safety features puts the one who...

On one of my older ZTR mowers, I did away with the 'module' and wired all safety switches in series so if any one of them were in incorrect position, open or closed, the engine quit, the blade brake clamped down and the seat occupied switch killed everything also.. A separate grounding circuit...

This works for me. Cheap, too...

This should be a nice challenge for you. You can convert the spark plug hole to an injector port. Deutz used a simple cam operated 'pump' for their injector.

After a bit of consideration and thought, I have to ask, what is your end result wish? Do you want to convert a B&S einge to diesel or convert your mower to diesel power? If it's the latter, a number of APU units on road tractors(power units) have air cooled Hatz diesel engines on them. While...

Maybe...but the ride does get smoother! :-)

YES! Easy way to convert ZTR to diesel is only one word......Kobota! Several sizes to choose from.

Put a new plug in it, to start. These saws have VERY high compression ratio!

I have a similar Poulan saw and it, too, is extremely hard to pull the rope, very high compression! 14 to 1? Poulan/Husqvarna gave me initial settings and with those, my saw started a I was able to fine-tune the run/idle settings..