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Sounds like one of the old 50's era Evinrude dual hose system that used air from the engine to pressurize the fuel tank. Haven't seen one of those for a few years.

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Looks like another great internet debate. Just me, I store my zero turn completely full. Everthing else is empty and run dry. Never have a water problem. Probably a quarter of everything customers bring in have some water in the tank. I dump every handheld, push mower, tiller and snowblower that...

That is true. For the guy running a small one man shop stens is convenient because you get flat rate no surprise shipping. You can setup a tax free account. You get a hard copy catalog as well as on-line and Fast shipping. I have looked into other vendors but I am too small for them to bother with.

Pretty sure cranks are cast steel not cast iron. I use tap magic cutting fluid for drilling and tapping.

Drilling a hole slightly bigger with a standard twist drill can be tricky. Easy to burn and dull the ends of the drill lips. Slow revs and good amount of pressure is needed. You don't want to let the drill spin and not cut. Drill at least 1/4" deeper than you want to to run the tap to. Mark the...

I just received some backordered spindle nuts from stens delivered by FedEx (???) and they were charged the day they shipped. They were on BO for couple months. No extra shipping fee added.

I have always paid stens with a dedicated business credit card and I have auto payment of the statement balance of the card setup so I don't pay any interest on the card. I run all business transactions I can through the CC. My version of net30. I get a small amount of cash back too.

Ya'll do realize there are tens of thousands of of alarm systems that use SLA and flooded batteries like the kind in mowers that are connected to float chargers 24/7 for years. I maintained a lot of alarm systems and battery backups. Everyone should do what they are comfortable with but...

Had an older cub cadet with 22hp horizontal shaft engine in the shop this spring. Flywheel screen and cylinder fins completely clogged with cottonwood fluff. Owner ran it hard in tall grass and overheated it to the point it cooked the stick on label off the oil filter and ruined the crank seals...

You can get a head temp guage and monitor it to see how hot the head is getting https://www.amazon.com/Cylinder-Temperature-Fahrenheit-Digital-Adapter/dp/B0BKFPB537?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=AY0DJLL9STW3F&th=1

Ditto on the spark plug. I have also seen multiple Honda engines do that exact thing and a new plug fixed it.

My favorite is when folks bring me a mower with a crap ton of sealer in the tires and now the tires are so bad the tires have to be replaced and now I have to clean up the mess and deal with the rusted rims. Then they question what I want to charge to fit new tires. Let's see, clean up the mess...

In the barn I use battery tenders on 9 batteries and leave them on all winter. I don't disconnect any of them from the equipment. Never have a problem in the spring. Boat 4 deep cycle Motor home 2 deep cycle Tractor Zero turn Minivan

I have to use a micro drill on most honda type pilot jets. The USC or carb cleaner doesn't do a good job cleaning those.

I wonder how well it cleans plugged pilot jets in honda style carbs? Another miracle in a can?

Most people today fix a sandwich let alone something mechanical. The US has an epidemic of so called handymen that don't know which end of a screwdriver to hold that are ripping people off. Anybody can start a handyman business and some think watching a few utube vids makes them experts. I quit...

Famous quote from Ronald Reagan " What are the scariest words in the English language? I am from the government and I'm here to help" So true A self employed friend didn't get get the covid checks but my mother on SSI in a nursing home did and she hadn't filed a tax return in ten years at least.

When someone feels the need to tell everyone he has a $65000 of Mac and Snap On tools that tells me everthing I need to know.

Anyone else confused?

OMG 😱 here we go again!

You don't like it with uncle Joe's hands in your pockets?

I have been fixing mowers as a side hustle for over 20 years. Retired from the day job in 2019 and took the shop full time. The only shops left around me are the big dealers that make their money on sales. All the repair only shops are gone. I have run the numbers and if I wanted to open a...

My latest problem child. It is a bit of a collector's item a cording to the owner. It is a Brillion. He bought it sight unseen and it has a LOT of sins. Got everthing straightened out except the goofy air vane govenor. Somebody changed the shroud and made it a ratchet recoil vs a rope and I...

The stuff from the 30's and 40's are worth fixing

Agreed, parts for a lot of the new stuff is made of unobtanium. Husqvarna is using a lot of it and all the battery stuff is made of it. I fix a lot of stuff from the 60's and 70's and I always seem to find parts.

Hey Scrub, My ethanol gas is better than your ethanol gas.

Rural King has oil on sale. Went to order 7 5qt jugs online. Cost of oil was $84 and they wanted $309 for FedEx Freight shipping. That was the only shipping option. I think I will pass.

I have a ferris 3100z with 60" ICD deck and gator blades. I can cut at full speed unless the grass is tall and it does a good cut. 36hp helps too.

Temperature change

I have 6 of the 5gal Blitz cans I keep full and sealed for the generator. Have had them for 25 years. No problems. Too bad idiots put them out of business.

I was trying to be nice about questioning things and I find the description of the result suspect. So at this point I will assume my first thoughts were correct and I agree with you. BS.

Still waiting on pics 🤔

Need a pic of the engine with the turbo on it and a link to where you bought it from.

Whomever installed the fuel pump didn't remove the protective shipping caps on the fuel pump and just shoved the hoses on over the caps.

Back in a previous century when the 5hp flathead briggs was THE engine guys running the unlimited class were running superchargers and alcohol. Some were centrifugal and some axial flow. Usually a belt drive off the crank. Pretty much aftermarket for everthing but the block, crank and flywheel...

Famous quote "Let's not confuse the issue with facts." 🤣 Still waiting for the link.

I would ba amazed if even the chineese could make a turbo for $75. What type of bearings are they using to withstand the heat with no oil cooling? Or is it called a turbo kit and is just a fancy air cleaner and muffler on a pipe?

Link to kit? I am curious.

Are you planning to run the engine at 6000 RPM?

You are talking about a single cylinder push mower engine which is probably 8 to 10 cubic inch displacement. Here are some reasons why turbocharging such an engine is difficult. First is exhaust reversion. When a single cylinder engine closes the exhaust valve the exhaust gases literally stop...

A single cylinder governed engine running 3400 rpm would respond to a positive displacement supercharger but you won't get enough exhaust to properly spin a turbo to get any midrange improvement. You need at least a twin cylinder engine for a turbo to work. The kits in your link are for multi...

Disconnect the outlet hose from the fuel pump. You can pressurise the tank about 1.5 -2 psi with your breath. Seal you mouth on the tank and Blow into the tank and you should get fuel out of the fuel pump outlet. If not something is blocking the fuel.

Take care of yourself !

Someone is BSing you.

Run it at full throttle with the pto engaged and measure the voltage at the battery. If Above 12.5 volts it's fine.

Only top end. This was on a go cart. Even with different gearing the engine would top out right at 6300 rpm. This is with no govenor and wide open throttle. After the tube was connected it topped out about 6700. Didn't help the acceleration so no gain in the midrange and 6500 is about the limit...

Un hook the motor and Connect a known load like a light bulb across the wires from the switch. Flip switch in both directions. Does lamp light in both positions? Is it the same brightness?

No idea about that kit but once routed a 1 1/2" hose from the fan shroud to the carb on a 5hp briggs. It did up the top end but was a bear to tune. Had to richen up the main jet for top end and ran rich at partial throttle.

I see the electric deck lift actuators go bad a lot. Personally I feel they are a gimmick that has no real purpose other than a marketing thing. Customers love dropping a few hundred on a mower with very low hours because a 10 cent plastic gear stripped out in the lift actuator. < end of rant>