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So start by unplugging the engine to mower connection which should be near the starter motor Fuse blows = wiring problem in the mower Fuse does not blow = wiring problem in the engine That is an old mower so a problem with chaffed wires is high on the cards and as you are coming out of winter...

Well where do we start ? most mixing bottles will be about +/- 10% and most mixing formulas do not take into account the volume of oil added increases the total volume so 50ml in 5,000ml is not 100:1 The most common chamber bottle for oil is nothing like accurate . Even using the saches can be...

The difference between soft plastic & hard plastic ( of the same kind ) is what is used to keep them soft , funny enough they are called plasticisers . Some are UV resistant as used in garden furnitures , some are petrol resistant as used in fuel tanks , some are water resistant as used in boat...

I go to the local control cable factory near a light aircraft airfield . If I have the ends and it just needs a new inner then $ 20 ( aus) Complete cable $ 30 Cable with ends $ 40 And those prices are way cheaper than any of my wholesale parts suppliers

Goes like this Some mental giant with 15 university degrees decided that B & S could make more money if they old off all of their manufacturing plants and just assembled engines from bought in parts where they could screw down the price with each new delivery Once having done they they lost...

Those blades are way too far apart When using Gators I often have to buy a longer set & grind then down to fit You measure blade spacing cutting tip to cutting tip And cutting tip to cutting tip those blades will be 1/2" apart The end of the blades often has to rake backwards from the tip to...

I like the way every one starts to jump to conclusions without recommending some simple tests , like turning the engine from the PTO shaft end and seeing if the pistons move Consider this. Engine seizes & flywheel spins on taper thus becoming loose Starter spins flywheel but flywheel is not...

It is a piece of kit you will use for 1 hour once a year Go hire a self propelled one or get a lawncare specialist to pop in and do it one a year IF you lived to be 1000 years old you will still pay less by doing either of these .

For the 10,000th time It is a f###ing mower not the space shuttle or a NASCAR top fueller or a Paris-Dakar dirt bike The zinc content will make absolutely no difference

Yes there is a cut out on the PTO lever or switch and another one on the seat

A carb that has been jetted way too lean in order to save the planet from environmental destruction Of course it has to be removed a dozen times and each time a full float bowl or more of fuel is tipped out & evaporates contaminating the atmosphere but at least the air coming out the exhaust...

Took me a couple of mouth fulls of alloy chips laying under a mower before it dawned on me that I should start the threads before I drop the engine in. Then a couple of loose fits because the self tappers are not quite the same as a proper UNC thread before I twigged to only 1/2 to 2/3 threading...

Have a polite chat to your rep I had some do a similar thing a long while ago & Stens replaced the pulleys and a belt . Now there is a bit of a trick here a well If Stens list the pulley as a replacement for the OEM one in there catalogue then they will replace them But if you have just found a...

The ratchets are handed and the owner has them on backwards

The 4 bolt spindles are now available from China for almost nothing and yes they are cheaper than just buying quality bearings But the bearings in them are junk made for the Husqvarna clones and designed to fall apart 3 seconds after warranty I buy them for the spindles & housings as of course...

I find that weird than almost every mower will allow you to do that when a simple relay would prevent it . Now back to the OP Tapers are easy to damage so get some very fine lapping paste ( I use Brasso ) and lap the flywheel to the taper . Keep on going till it is nice & shinny

You obviously have a switch problem Believe it or not I have seen a similar case where it was ants in the switch The problem is finding a good ground on mowers where everything is plastic . If you mower has a carb solenoid and the solenoid works then you can ( for the purpose of testing only )...

Yep those radial roller bearings get crud in them and fall apart It will not be a catastrophic failure but the steering will just get heavy again Having said that I have done the same conversion several times and it works well because after 2 to 3 years the steering gets heavy again so they...

You have missed one set of criminals that have a bigger effect on what you pay than the government, well 2 sets actually 1) currency speculators who push the value of your $ up & down all the time 2) futures speculators who force wholesale prices up & down One of the reasons why petrol got so...

Aussie leather Been resoled so many times it is not funny Stitched on soles and the bootmaker has to reset his machine so it uses the same holes because there are now way too many holes in the leather A bit (well a lot ) of leather dressing every season makes all the difference. People have...

probably crud stuck under the float needle The dim witts in the EPA decided that the carb bole overflow / vent had to be internal so when the float bowl overfills the fuel flows out of the hole in the back of the carb and directly into the engine manifold giving you an effective main jet of...

If the filter elements rattle then they were defective parts bough as scrap the on sold as good products. I have been buying my filters direct from China in 100 lots ( MOQ ) from the factory and never ever had a problem Probably fitted around 1000 by now . The last batch were around 25¢ each...

It should drop strait in There may be different alternators & regulators but they will swap over from one engine to the other mounting centres are universal Short block castings are all the same so every thing from one will swap to the other but you may need to tap a hole or two if the control...

This is why we continually beg people to supply the FULL MODEL numbers from mowers & engines because as I have never come across a FR 691 with a mechanical pump I would have given you the same answer and I have installed better than 50 of them as replacements because I used to get them cheap...

I want to know how you get it out of there .

Never assume anything when it comes to wiring,, Check The solenoid wires will be clearly visible under the carb The magneto wire is a ground wire & the tiniest amount of power on that wire will fry the timing chip . Now if you have to make new plugs then battery voltage all the time goes to the...

G'day all Got a TS 142T husqvarna fitted with a Loncin CC HV764 engine Displays typical no ACR symptoms so after wasting a day trying to find the specs for the engine , I thought i might just have a stab After fighting with the glued on rocker covers for an hour I find every rocker has a...

Under load you are using the main jet Without the blades you are running on the idle jet Water in the float bowl can cause this Debris in the fuel tank can cause this Exceeding the tilt angle can cause this Also check the fuel outlet and see if the problem goes away when the tank is full

A sheared flywheel key with a slightly loose bolt / nut will allow the flywheel to turn on the shaft but the shaft not turn in the engine So get under the mower and try turning the drive pulley by pulling on the belt .

You can get a lot of wear in the brake arms to the point that they jam when there is a load on them but not when the deck is there between your knees Their pivot points can also wear oval and that again can jam up the mechanism when there is weight on it Also part 185 the actual lever can wear...

They can be repaired if you can fu=ind a shop that repairs hydros by machining the kidney plate & valve chest then shimming them to the right spec . Some old time tractor shops as in farm tractor shops do this because a lot of old heavy ( 100hp ) draught tractors had a hydro drive for going...

So zinc is mostly needed for the cam lobes & followers It does 5/8 of SFA anywhere else in a mower engine IT is not needed because the scuffing forces on mower lobes is quite low Try compressing a car engine valve spring with your fingers then try your mower .

You have an air leak or the idle mix is just a tiny bit on the weak side If it came in my shop I would go with a new gasket between the carb & manifold & a diaphragm & Gasket kit which is the 2 diaphragm & gaskets inside the carb .

The width of the blade is also important A common problem is people fit a 3" wide blade of the same length as the original 2" wide blade thinking the bigger blade will be stronger & last longer But it is actually a tiny bit shorter because it is a diagonal length so you do not get enough...

Only one company that wholesales replacement work boot soles Trouble is glues now days do not stick so my cobbler puts steel tips on the toes , a inch or so of stitching on the sides and often steel cups on the edge of the heels My motorcycling boots are no 50 years old . I bought a pair off...

penetrating oil is of little use The self tapping threads have very sharp edges that raise stresses so initiate a failure They are also induction hardened and that makes them even more prone to cracking . The bolt is steel the mandrel is aluminium so you get galvanic corrosion if the two metals...

You have that backwards Pull a seal out and have a good look at the direction of the lip It keeps the grease in not water out And yes the water sits on top of the hot bearing then gets sucked in as it cools Replaced so many of them it is not funny and for some reason Cubs seem to be the worst...

Gave up trying to track stuff years ago because different depots & companies do it differently The mob Stens used to use had a sub contractor to do the last leg but there was no way to hand it over to them so when that happened it showed up as Delivered . Finally got them to use Australia post...

Gees I thought that sort of crap only happened here . I just got done for $ 8,000 for parts ordered from an on line parts shop attached to what used to be a big 5 dealer mower shop . Some parts had been on back order with them for over 2 years and of course , we the customers can whistle dixie...

Up until Australia made the last "free trade deal " with the USA we had a regulated car market which stipulated a 10 supply for all parts . So because of this the number of models of imported cars was quite restricted Part of the US deal was scrapping this and when this happened the 10 year...

As I regularly state the problem with the USA is Wall St not the White House Wall St actually runs everything As for obsolesence yes they are correct This is being typed on a 2012 I Mac that I will either have to find a patch for or dump because it can no longer make an SSL connection with a...

Te bolts are about $ 1 a piece from all of the aftermarket places like Stens, Rotary, Prime Line Usually either one jug fractures ( not a problem 3 will work fine but 2 won't ) or one of the bolts breaks

Side chute chipper not feeding in will be because the blade is blunt or warn too far . It must have a knife edge sharpness and after a few sharpenings it wears short so will need some STEEL shims to return the working clearance If it is a hammer mill style shredder then the hammers are either...

leave the blade on remove the pulley nut & pulley, they usually come off easy Slip the nut back on 2/3 of the way so it is not flush with the end of the spindle Put a drift onto the end of the spindle and give it a good whack The shaft will drop out a bit. loosen the nut a bit more & repeat Just...

Remove the finger guard over the flywheel & remove the nut / bolt that retains the flywheel. You will see a square hole that is 1/2 in the flywheel & 1/2 in the crankshaft The 2 sides must come together to make a perfect square if not then the flywheel has slipped on the crankshaft & the spark...

Also check the ground connection to the voltage regulator If yours it bolted to plastic it needs a good ground connection particularly when drawing heavy current

Lots of methods to remove stumps My favourite is to place an oil drum we call the 44's because we have real gallons down here in the USA they are probably 50's over the stump and dig around the outside 1 spade width to get the size Then dig out all of the dirt around the stump If you have not...

I have had some mowers that just will not purge no matter what to the point I had to rig a vacuum pump up to suck the air out. The other big thing is the wheels must be off the ground so they offer no resistance or rather than the oil displacing the air it will just compress it so the wheel...

I have found that threading with a standard tap makes for a loose fit if you are using the std self tappers So I use my air ratchet to prethread the holes before fitting. It is near impossible to push up hard enough to cut the threads when you are under the mower and there is nothing holding...

Thin if it has to flex Thick if it does not move Look at the cables on an electric welder Just about hair wire thickness Now downside of thin wire is the ends must be sealed well . I use liquid electrical tape The reason for this is capillary action will cause multistrand wire to suck up a...