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I have the same one out back in the shed, it works but its missing a tire. I've never been able to find where to buy new tires for it. It came with the house, I'd restore mine if I knew where to buy the tires and some new rollers. I think termites ate the rollers and handle on mine.

I grabbed it thinking that if nothing else its a set of wheels, other than the rusty look about it, the thing is actually in decent shape, it had a clean, newish looking air cleaner foam, clean oil, a new plug, and all the cables are good. The blade looks new. I suppose if I took the time to hit...

I found this today, anyone every heard of Yardmaster mowers? Its new enough to have a flywheel brake though, so its likely from the 80's or so. It looked like they threw it away after buying a new battery mower, there was a box and owner's manual there for a Chinese rechargeable mower from...

I have a buddy that owns an engine reman facility, he's been complaining that even factory supplied parts now are suspect, nearly all US made quality parts are gone, with so many states jacking up min. wage the market simply could not bear the increase in product cost so they went overseas and...

I work on a lot of older outboard motors and replacement points on those is a major mistake. You are almost always better off cleaning and polishing the original points than using any brand replacement points. The contacts and rubbing blocks on newer points are never anywhere close to being as...

I have a Tecumseh here with that muffler, it bolts on witht wo through bolts. the muffler's only outlet is toward the front of the engine, there's a short elbow that pokes through the mounting deck. The one here is on a Craftsman Roto Hoe and Roto Spader with a Tecumseh motor, I have two, one...

The problem in some areas there is no choice, we have had ethanol at 15% now for over a year and E85 for decades now. The biggest issue is storage or letting things sit, on a machine that runs all the time its not a major issue other than you use more fuel, about 15% more. The nearest pure gas...

A few years ago someone gave me an early/mid 70's alloy deck Craftsman push mower, it got lost for a bit in the shed but I liked how easy it pushed. I re-discovered it while cleaning out the shed last month and decided to get it running again. The original motor was swapped for a Briggs and...