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Hello, as OP I picked up a Bauer 4.5"/7 Amp/11000 RPM Angle Grinder and a 1/4" thick 40 Grit Hercules Grinder Wheel today a Harbor Freight. So I been reading the manual and watching some you tube videos on how to properly use it. According to several of the videos, the Flap Disk grinder wheel is...

Have you checked to see if the deck tension spring is in place? With the spring disconnected or lost, there would be slack in the cable that could cause it to jump out of place

Well most common riding mowers the deck engagement lever is attached to a cable that is attached to the idler pulleys bracket on the deck. There is also a spring that attaches to the idler pulley bracket on one end and the deck on the other that keeps the deck engaged until you release it. Look...

A grinder for the price of a Big Mac, not bad!

I went by Harbor Freight yesterday and looked at the Bauer 4 1/2" Grinder for $10.00. First thing I tried a 4 1/2" disk on it but I couldn't because the guard seemed to small to get in position to screw the disk on. I showed this to the HF salesman and he tried too but couldn't. We tried a 4"...

Well what I did was buy the WD40 White Lithium Grease Spray. Thanks for everybody's recommendations. Had to make choice on something, so that's what I did!

At first I thought it was a manufacturing mistake and they had just missed it. Like they say "If all fails, read the manual" and it was right there "Use a Vacuum pump". Kinda like my Husqvarna Riding mower has the side plastic panels blocking access to the oil drain plug and the oil filter...

StarTech, who is the source for those grinder wheels?

Yes HF got one on sale with a coupon for 20 bucks if you get it by Aug 11 https://www.harborfreight.com/7-amp-4-12-in-slide-switch-angle-grinder-64856.html?event_id=183613

I have been sharpening my lawn mower blades on an old bench grinder I inherited from my Father in Law for about the last 30 years. I put a new grinder wheel on it when I first got it but now I need a new grinder wheel. The old markings are wore off so I can't read the details type and size...

Well I have to admit, draining the oil when the plug was on the bottom was kind of awkward being you had to elevate or tilt the deck to get a drain pan under it. I've been using my riding mower and just a weed eater for last 30 years, and when I bought this push mower, I delayed changing the oil...

OK, Thanks!

Is this something new not having an oil drain plug and requiring you to use a vacuum pump to vacuum out the oil from the oil input plug? I like to drove myself nuts figuring how to drain the oil out and finally looked at the manual and you have to vacuum it out. Is this wide spread in mowers now?

This is from another angle, but in the spring the grass is tender and more easy to cut that allows you to cut faster and at lower RPM's. After cutting grass through the spring and into the latter part of the summer the grass get tougher and requires you to crank up the RPM's and even slow down...

Did you check the air filter. With the overfill of oil it may have saturated the filter.

Har! I remember back in the 50's the electric mowers had to have a long extension cord. I never mowed with one but it looked mighty troublesome. They have come a long way since then. Glad you like your mower. May it give you very much trouble free service!

Well usually when the deck is gone it's just not feasible to replace with new. A good welder can do a lot for an old deck if it isn't too far gone. It's really hard to find a good used deck because you would need to find a repairman that has a lot of junked mowers sitting around. Then you would...

Yelp, I've found that if an engine is running rough because of a partially blocked carb, a little of this stuff mixed in with the gas running a while, the engine in a lot of cases will level right out and run smooth. If the engine won't even crank, then the thing to do is clean the carb by hand...

It had to be a riding mower because it's no way your going to push that 1.25 ton beast around by hand.;)

Here is a 1959 ATCO (British) ad:

50's Fairbanks Morris Riding Mower ad:

Here is a video of several 50's mowers in action:

Here We go "50's Mowers Begins! This first one is not your ordinary mower but may as well start off with a "Bang"!!! Here is some info on plus a picture: In this AP photo the "Power Mower of the Future" is demonstrated in Port Washington, Wis., Oct 14, 1957. The lawnmower has a five foot...

First let me say this, I always Pray for the Lords help with all my mechanic work. Well I did it and without pulling the deck. I went into my shed looking for something I could make a spring pulling hook out of and I had one of these little hanger rack with about 6 hangers on it. So I borrowed...

Well I found this video that shows how to do it linked below for anyone else who needs to do the same thing. The mower on the video is a Craftsman but looks exactly the same as my Husq...

Thanks! You talking about doing that with the deck in place, right?

Was mowing today and noticed the deck engagement arm had lost a lot of its tension when I engaged it. So I shut her down and started checking the deck out and found what Husqvarna calls the "Return Spring" laying on top of the deck with one end broke off. I think I see the correct holes where I...

Thanks! This is something I wondered about for a long time but just never took the time to do it. I never cared about history of any sort when I was a kid but here in my old age I find history of all sorts very interesting. The development of gas powered lawn mowers go back further and was more...

Think this will wrap up the 40's Era mowers. This Toro Homelawn below is pretty good example of what ruled the roost from the 30's throughout the 40's and dare say extended even into the 50's and 60's. I recall my Grandpa using his reel mower up into the late 60's. The Homelawn was introduced...

Just thinking remembering Grandpa on mothers side had a pretty large yard and he always had a powered reel mower. On my Dad's side Grandpa had a small yard and always had a non-powered walk behind push reel mower. Happy Fathers Day to all you Dads & shade tree lawn mower mechanics o_O (y)

I did look for powered Graphite in Wally World in lubricants and lock section but didn't find any

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!