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1940's Riding Mowers:

Now here are some early 40's exceptions to the reel mower. Some of the first vertical shaft to rotary blade flat decks:

Here are some neat 40's mowers Ads:

OK, moving into the 40's lawn mowers. From what research I've done this is the decade of the trimmed down powered reel mowers and the rise of the Briggs and Stratton Engine. When I say trimmed down I mean in comparison to the 20's and 30's reel mowers. Of course there were exceptions from the...

Before I go into the 40's mowers, I found the really cool video of a 1921 ATCO mower in operation, very well displayed so here it is:

OK, Thanks! It seems before I would puff some graphite on the fittings I would need to clean the gritty oil and dirt out of the fittings first. I got an aerosol carburetor cleaner that might do the job or get some engine cleaner

I was in Wally World tonight and was looking at the different spray lubricants but I couldn't remember what was recommended, so I didn't get nothing. After I got home and looked at this thread. I'm trying to decided between WD-40 Specialist White Lithium Grease or Silicone. The Lithium Grease...

Har, You right! I did a little research and the first electric powered weed eater with string line was invented in the 70's. Turns out is was a popcorn can with holes drilled in it with heavy fishing line placed through the holes hooked up to a hedge trimmer, if I got the story right?

Yeah, cool looking TORO and the operator looks like he likes it too! You know it just occurred to me, I haven't found any vintage weed eaters:unsure:

Some more 30's mowers before we go into the 40's. Link below is a video to a ATCO Motor Mower running:

Amen!!! Considering we started with something like this---1 stroke motor here:>)

This is an original 1930 black and white print ad for the Coldwell Lawn Mower Company of Newburgh, New York. This particular ad features an image of the Coldwell "Twin-Thirty" lawn mower and roller. Follow Link to video of a restored twin thirty Four Cycle...

Here is a 1930's Qualcast 16" Cut, Notice the size and simplicity are getting smaller and more easy to operate. Engines are still mostly two cycle and reel blades are still king

JP Mower continued: Another of the design features that made the 24" JP Super Power Mower unusual in its time was the starting mechanism. This was an early type of rope or pull start, whereas during the same period most motor mowers featured conventional crank handle starting. JP claimed this...

Here is another 20's reel mower called the JP Super Power Mower with a little info as follows: Of the motor mowers produced by JP in the 1920s and 1930s by far the rarest and, perhaps, most interesting is the 24" JP Super Power Mower. This was unusual because it featured a water cooled four...

Yeah, it's taken a 100+ years to refine the design gradually to what we have today. They were hooked for a long time on the reel type blades when the flat deck with vertical shaft motor and regular flat blade was so much more simple and efferent.

The Roaring 20's brought slimmed down gas powered machines and a little better designs more suited for residential yards of the common household. Still the most common for normal folks was the non-powered walk behind push rotary mowers. Enter the 1921 ATCO 22" cut: The machine was introduced...

I don't know the weight but-----I bet without the self propelled drive working, this buddys going nowhere by pushing!

1918 produced one of the first Gas powered push or walk behind mower. They were still big and bulky at this point. I understand that this one is water cooled. I don't have many details about it so far.

Me, I would be using my Multi-meter to trace voltage from battery, switch on to starter to see where the voltage flow is stopping at. Your electrical schematic would be handy to trace that path

Here is old picture of the the 1902 Ransomes' in action plus a present day picture of a fully restored one. This is said to be the first commercially available gas engine powered riding mower and weighed 1.25 Tons and was 8'-0 Long.

It appears that the very first hand push mowers go back to the early 1800's and started in England. The very first gas engine powered mower also came from England in 1902. Here is a drawing of that machine plus a little background info: "Around 1900, one of the best known English machines was...

So that is why it's being recommended just to pull the deck and change the bearings in place-------saves dealing with a broken Mandrel bolt or having to replace the whole Mandrel assmebly?

As one that was called up for the draft during Vietnam and rejected because of health reasons. Thank you that did go in my place and I have had this Life of Freedom because of you and to those who paid the ultimate price. I so appreciate your service and sacrifice!!!

I thought so myself! It's about as basic as you can get and still be a gas power mower. Instead of having an engine shroud that extended over the cylinder, it just has a cooling wheel with some tilted blades. I've been looking at all sorts of vintage mowers on the net lately and fascinated...

I was about 6 years old when he brought this mower home in the mid 50's. Our mower prior to that was a manual(non=powered) push rotary Reel mower. I remember being very much enthused with the Dunlap but I was too young to operate it. I don't recall it being run very much. I think Dad had a hard...

That's a new one on me. Graphite powder mixed with a little oil. For non grease fitting lubricating, in the past I have been using 30 SAE oil applied with a oil squirt can. Same oil that goes in the crank case. A little messy I reckon Got a lot of options opened up now. Let me see Hmmmm

The WD-40 Specialist Silicone sounds interesting. I'll have to pickup a can of that and try it. Thanks!

I don't know if you have completely confirmed you do have gas in your oil? Regarding the smoke bomb effect, I have had that happen when I started mowing and my oil cap was loose. I also have had gas in my oil when I filled my gas tank extra full and somehow my carburetor float valve failed and...

Looks llke nobody is jumping on this. I don't know myself? It seems like aggressive type tread patterns would end up tearing up your turf?? You said it hasn't been a problem until this year. So maybe you could change some things around to deal with a temporary situation---like in the real steep...

Well I guess it's just something I'm inclined to do and feel better about doing it rather than not. I know some that are a lot more knowledgeable than me that never oil or grease and I can't help but wonder about that. Guess I'll continue since nobody scolded me real bad

Well the statement "will mow for food" need to be accompanied by the picture of a Goat to make sense! Regarding fast food, I went to Burger King this week and ordered a to-go from the inside counter. I had a coupon for large size combo and they handed me small drink cups and I had to point out...

Sometimes I think I may go overboard on oiling so I wonder if I am the only one?! At least every other mowing or sometimes every mowing task is started by oiling that includes every lever/pedal connection where movement occurs and medal meets medal. This is includes tie rod ends, steering gear...

Thanks for all of your comments!!! That's what I wanted to hear from as your experience and opinion regarding this. Well I agree! There is nothing like tearing down a carburetor or whatever is ailing and properly clean/repair to get things working right. I guess where I'm coming from is once I...

Regarding Lawn mowers and two cycle chainsaws, weed eaters and etc, I've found if the engine is running rough or just barely running, you can mix a little of this in with the fuel and run it a while and many times it will straighten right out and run normal. It mostly works good for a carburetor...

OK Thanks, I might just try doing the bearing change out when the time comes and use this thread as a reference. Other question I have is from past experience in removing the mounting bolts that hold the Mandrel assembly in place usually break off when you try to remove them! For the normal hack...

Yes, you might need to look under the deck. It's going to follow the least path of resistance. Wherever that might be

I like the "will mow for food"

Alright! I like a good search and find story. Congratulations on a good buy!

Thanks, I've read through your explanation several times trying to absorb all the info. Haven't had any experience with different types of bearing seals and how they work. I'm assuming "RS" is rubber sealed and not sure about ZZ or Z type(metal sealed?). Seems like what experience I have had is...

Yelp I need to do something different like that. I been driving a big nail in the stump and tie a fluorescent orange surveying ribbon around the nail. Only problem the color fades or grass blocks the view and "Bang!" you nailed it again

YELP! When you get to changing the bearings out separately, that's beyond my pay grade>>>>>may need to go off on a week long bearing seminar to do that

It appears that this subject is really subjective. I got started on these off brand Mandrels with grease fittings when my old Sears 2000 42" cut when the originals went out. The replacements had a vertical grease fitting in the top of the shaft and was vertical that made them almost impossible...

Unless I fooled myself, this looks like a true Husqvarna Replacement # 587819701 as per link...

Thanks! Guess there is no use force feeding grease to a sealed bearing when he don't want it:>)

Rabbit was my next door neighbor and the best lawn equipment repairman I've ever known. He recently finished his days work in his shop, ate supper, set in his recliner and passed away. Even though it's been over a month ago, it's just now sinking in he is gone. I am a pretty decent mower...

I've had this riding mower since 2019 and after this much use I'm anticipating replacing them even though at this point they seem to be doing ok. From past experiences I never get more than five years out of a Mandrel assembly. So on my last sears mower I replaced those mandrels with ones that...

I can still operate the tractor but it kind of aggravating when I try to take off in high gear and it just sits there and slips and I have to go to a lower gear to get it to start moving. Seems like after I operate it a few minuets the belt slips less. I been living with this a while and...

Repairing this Self perpelled Craftsman with a Honda Motor for a neighbor. It would run a few seconds and die. Figured it was the carburetor so I took it off and sure enough it was all corroded up. So I gave it a good cleaning and when I was putting the carb back on found the right mounting bolt...

Hello I'm Bob---new here! I've been doing more and more lawnmower mechanicing lately, so I thought I would join a forum that could help me along the way. On my new Husqvarna I noticed that the deck was vibrating more than normal but seem to smooth out after mowing a while. Lately my wife has...