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In that case it grounds through the carburettor body On rubber mounted carbs there should be a grounding strap that goes on one of the carb studs . These often break or fall off unnoticed when the carb is removed as there is generally a fir bit of gunk there . heck the body of the carb to the...

I know how you feel I have a soft spot for broken thinks Everything I have was broken when I got it It is a common "man" thing, real men fix things . So no surprise the woman I fell for was also broken & I was stupid enough & arrogant enough to think I could fix her as well ( naturally I cold...

I it is driving oil will flow and they will self purge over time The reason why purging has to be done is the displacement of every piston is tiny and if there is any resistance to motion then the air in the end of the cylinder just compresses & decompresses as the cylinder block rotates which...

with that part number it will be a MTD mower so an MTD shaft will fit Lots of parts suppliers never cross the the std MT part so if the deal with Columbia was to give all the parts exclusive Columbia numbers so parts can only be obtained via the Columbia dealer network . Unless it is a very...

I missed the first post. I am assuming that this is the articulated Stiga we are talking about If so when was the last time you grease the pivot pin between the 2 halves ?

In OZ the only after market Kubota parts I can get are blades , belts & non-Kubota engine parts so I rarely work on them A rattle will be some thing stuck under there or some thing loose and the thing that goes loose are the blades & pulleys so before you spend lots of money remove and replace...

Depends where it is Baked on carbon gets removed with spraying water into the carb with the engine running flat out Use a misting sprayer because too much water = cracked head Search decoking with water lots of videos showing it done, mostly on 2 stroke mowers & motorcycles . You can measure...

County mowers = spending tax payers money Farm tractor = spending your own money Worlds of difference .

Flip it over and check the height of the top of the valve relative to the floor of the head The valves and the springs are the same length so the valves should protrude the same distance IF not them either there is crud stuck under a valve or the guide has shifted in the head The latter...

The stuff is called tyre moese and is frightfully expensive Farm tractors usually run tubed tyres 1/3 filled with water for ballast

And check the F'ing tyre pressures

That really is an odd size and you are right none of my 3 distributors keep a 20x6.5x10 including RGS who were the Hustler distributors in Australia for over 15 years No Scags that I know of use that size tyre either the smallest they use is the 20x8x10 and that is on the 36" decks . Worth...

A lot of professional green keeping mowers will use split rims on the deck If you are not mowing with it them there is no real reason to stick with the original wheels or even the original bearings / bushes So the fronts are available as either split rim or solid just look up 15x6x6 split rim...

FWIW ( an that is not much ) I only buy aftermarket parts on line through Alibaba or MadeInChina or MadeInIndia. All of these are set up for honest people and the vendors why can not hide behind 35 different screen names do not get paid till I reply that the goods were correct, arrived on time...

In Australia the conversion kit is available as KAWASAKI factory parts from Roy Gripskie & Sons The link below contains both the kit and all of the individual Part numbers if you take the KAW off the front of the numbers . From memory I can not be sure if the pipe is stepped at one end Note...

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If you think the $ 24.60 ebay carb and the OEM carb are identical then I have a great big statue in the Harbour I will sell you cheap .

Depending upon where you live and how long you lay the mower over for winter General rule of thumb, done for all of my clients regardless of the engine or mower brand Last mow of the season, change the oil so it sits over winter with clean oil and no crankcase acid build up Every 2 or 3 years...

Should only click once when you turn it on and once again when you turn it off Check the ground connection as it is often done through a flimsy screw in the heat shield Remove it and check that it snaps on & off. Debris builds up inside the plunger that stops them retracting properly Also check...

Remove the spark plug & try again. Remove the belts from the pulleys and try turning the engine over by hand JD do not sell the fuse block, just the entire harness However it is a 2 x 4 headlamp fuse box used on a lot of US cars till the 80's and readily available from old car parts shops and...

Honda by a very long margin

Some blades use a stiffner plate to hold the blades and prevent them from self tightening Others have a mounting boss so the centre bolt holds the boss on while the smaller bolts hold the blade on Decks with timed blades use this system so that an out of time blade just breaks the smaller bolts...

Take some voltage readings at the regulator, engine off & mower turned on The regulator has 2 wire the same colour and one wire a different colour ( red or purple ) Battery - to red/ purple = battery voltage battery + to regulator metal body = battery voltage Because it is mounted into plastic...

The PTO has a brake on it so either the engine is spinning it or the brake is holding it & preventing it turning The brake is just a magnet and not particularly strong so will turn some times & feel really rough Spindles get new bearings , usually a 1/2 hour job if the blade bolt comes off easy...

One of the pulleys is not turning causing the belt to burn Double check by slipping the deck belt off and try to turn all of the pulleys and the blades .

Which one & what year We really need the info from the ID tag

As for sport in general since it all became professional they we are just watching some one doing their job that they are paid to do . So how about adding push mower oil changing as a sport ? Or ride on blade changing ? And this was before you could bet on everything & anything up to how many...

No offence was taken at all as mentioned I never take offence And of course total ignorance when it comes to the olympics . When they were on in Sydney I did got to about 20 fencing heats and they were interesting , particularly the bigger swords rather than the foils which a tad hard to see...

First of all I have been riding BSA motorcycles since the age of 12 so have a backside thicker than a Wombat ( look it up ). Next I have little to no ego so attempts at insulting me will just make your fingers sore from typing. And lastly I have no idea at all what that prancing was about nor do...

Might sound silly but I have seen it done many many times . To catch an emu you lie on your back then kick your legs around like you are peddling a push bike and they will wander over to see what you are doing . Kangaroos are a massive problem mostly for tourist because they will hop along side...

probably because swing saws have bad habit of tossing of the 8' to 4' blade spinning at 2500 rpm and cutting the operator in 1/2

This was a 24" x 4" monster in the railway workshop A house brick sized bit hit the floor then the back wall then his head . Another chunk flew down and near ripped his right leg off . Apparently some one in the stores section had been swapping the good gear for cheap wheels from Argentina then...

Cut & shuts are illegal in NSW and most likely the entire East coast We used to buy a lot of front ends from Japan complete with engines then weld them to a local car that had a front end smash Like Canadians & moose, we have a big problem with Kangaroos because none of the country roads are...

The 100 series is basically a junk mower to sell at Walmart & Lowes Americans have this weird mental attitude that no price can ever rise so the factories just keep making the mowers cheaper and cheaper to keep the ticket price to a level that Joe Public will pay. IT is as simple as that I...

A water pipe bender is more than good enough for a mower muffler They are not NASCAR top fuelers with carefully tuned exhausts I work mainly on really old mowers where mufflers are NLA so I get good at these sorts of things. Particularly when I an buy a muffler for $ 50 spend 1/2 hour to 1 hour...

Not likely to be a bad diode They just prevent feedback & phantom sparks at the wrong time Remove both kill wires at the magnetos then crank engine & check for spark . IF you get one then either one of the safety switches is bad or the control module is bad $$$$$ . I usually do a process of...

check that the carb solenoid works and will stop the engine if the kill wires are removed from the magnetos Do some test mows Let us know what happens NOTE THIS IS FOR DIAGNOSIS PURPOSES ONLY Using the mower in this condition is so dangerous it is not funny unless you can pick your nose left...

I have a plethora of old Whitworth open enders that I never ever use So they get opened out the right width then ground thin then heated & bent , usually with a sort of Z bend

Having seen the sort of damage a collapsing grinding wheel can do the the man using it ( he died eventually ) they are one item that I never buy cheap So I get them from an engineering supply company and only ever use brand names I am familiar with .

dip the oil and see if it is high , feels thin & smells a bit like petrol .

Black plugs says not enough air or too much fuel so that is where you start First thing is to check the choke is fully opening and not hanging 1/2 closed There is a tiny clock spring that holds the choke open and a tiny but of crud on the choke control can stop it opening fully Although this...

Heating nuts is for whimps Real men only need to resort to those methods unless the spannar is bending

Well they are available right now through AliBaba Alibaba starter motor While it says that the MOQ is 12 units they will usually sell you 1 unit as a sample for a higher price . I get them shipped via China Post which is the best & cheapest to Australia Note the quoted price of $ 68 is AUD not...

And now go & buy a 12 mm one as well Use it once & it pays for itself

And the chances of getting a wrench over the pulley and onto that D spacer is less than 0 I have ground out and down so many spannas then bent them to fit it is not funny but not a single one has even been used twice

I do it with Victa coils because to force Australians to retire their 2 stroke Victas, B & S jacked up the price of new coils to $ 80 Aus , WHOLESALE + 10% GST so over $ 100 to the customer + labour . And the magneto on a power torque is under the engine ( as is the flywheel ) so it is an engine...

That is the point of using the screw down the wire Usually the end of the wire will be butchered The rubber boot is small so will grab the plug and not protrude yet not fall off if the unit is inverted And of course it is cheap Because the screw just touches on the plug and the actual boot /...

Because of out high protein diets ( even our wheat is high protein ) Aussies do not need to do that to loosen a nut That is a really big torch he is using and not one that I recognise as being available in Aust And yes new Rollers have left hand nuts on the left wheels . I bought one of those...

Starter burned itself up ? want to expand on that because if you have an electrical fault that will blow another $ 500. Drop the JD part number into Prime Lines web catelogue and see if they have an aftermarket one . Then you will have to use the "find a dealer " to see where you can buy one...

The wheels have a bearing or bush in them depending upon the actual model Then there is the axel itself . We have different height adjusters here so that is all I can say