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I will bad mouth the Toro Timecutters with the stupid electric brake module.

Something to add to the list like cub cadet troy bilt and husqvarna

I have my business phone number through GoDaddy Smart Line. Rings to my phone starting at 8:00AM and rolls to voicemail at 8PM. I will accommodate folks dropping off or picking up till 8 since my shop is 100 yards from my house. Not sure why some folks think a broken mower is an emergency. 99.9%...

I have 2 customers with that mower and one with the red troy bilt version still going. Nice thing is the parts are still reasonable and plentiful. If the deck hangar cables break replace them with chain and keep an eye out for cracks in the deck around the spindle mounting bolts. Especially the...

I turn 68 this month but don't feel a day over 90. Was up 25 feet on a ladder this morning nailing siding on a barn.

Point of no return and befinning of the end.

When i was training new guys they all didn't do or want to do logical troubleshooting. They would just change parts and if that didn't fix it they were lost. Especially electrical issues and too lazy to learn theory. They would act like reading was for dumb people.

Let's see. 18250 days since the last time i needed to solve a quadratic equation. I think my high school math teacher lied to me. I think the auto shop class was more useful than algebra 3. I made a good career being able to fix machines for almost 50 years. Had a manager once threaten to fire...

I run gator blades on a 61" ferris. They do cut the grass finer than stock blades but they do not mulch. Commercial guys use chute blockers to not blow grass in flower beds. Walkways and things like that. Not to try and turn the mower into a mulcher.

I use the pliers instead of the snap ring.

These HF hose pliers work pretty well

Its not used as a tru arc ring. It's a tool for a kohler fuel pump.

The wrong one is coming in the amazon/ebay kits too. I reported to stens about a belt for cub cadet being the wrong size. Sent pictures. Never heard anything back

Back in 1998 i paid $350 for a commercial stihl FS80 string trimmer. I have 4 acres and have put probably a half dozen tanks of fuel throughr it a year. I have worn out a half dozen heads. How many cheap string trimmers would i have needed in 27 years? I have a commercial ferris IS3100 mower. In...

The onan engines are opposed twins

Exactly. Lots of folks assume onan engines are like most other engines.

Look at this wiring diagram from an onan engine. What happens when you disconnect a plug wire to try and run on one cylinder?

They test the internal resistance of the battery

Does the red light on the side of the right side control station when you turn the key on? There is a bulletin about replacing the engine harness under warranty. The ECM loses power because of a bad connection in the harness. Customer brought it to me and i had him take to dealer and they...

Have you done a compression or leakdown test on the engine? Disconnect one plug and start the engine. How does it run? Reconnect the first plug and Disconnect the other plug and start the engine. How does it run?

Stihl recommends because it needs it or is that just corporate covering their ass documentation??? I have worked on hundreds of saws over the years and pretty much all running regular gas and i have never seen a saw with preignition damage.

I have 5 chainsaws. 2 of which are running high compression and advanced timing. If you try to start them without using the compression release they break starter pawls. I run regular gas in all of them with zero issues. All the internet mechanics quote the Stihl manual but i am still waiting...

I have a list of things the shop or rather clown with tools did. Wrong plugs, missing screws, broken choke, loose oil filter, didn't change fuel filter.

These are the plugs i took out of a KT745 Also the shop couldn't diagnose broken choke hardware causing poor running.

Is the belt actually shredded? If so it is rubbing something it shouldn't. Is it melting and smell burnt rubber? If so idleror spindle is binding and sropping or belt rubbing someting it shouldn't. One edge of belt chewed up? Idler out of alignment from bad bearings or worn arm pivots.

I was at a NAPA and the young girl store manager didn't know what a tapered roller bearing was and i showed her how to use the digital calipers and the difference between fractions of an inch and decimals in thousandths. Nice person but didn't have a clue about managing an auto parts store.

While we all want folks on the phone to be like the old guy behind all the books at the local auto parts store it just can't be that way. The stens catalog has many thiusands of parts in it and the only thing a CS rep has access to is a computer and they can't be an expert at every item in their...

Here is an example of aftermarket using the wrong measurement. The stens belt is 107" and should be B110. The belt pic is the one that actually fits. The stens is 3 inches short.

E-0 yes if you can find it but why 91 octane?

Have to give lynn a C- on the article.

Kevlar generally refers to being wrapped in a kevlar fabric. Wrapped belts are used in clutching applications as they allow some slippage as they engage. Raw edge or unwrapped belts are not designed to be used in clutching applications. Kevlar wrapped belts are more durable than unwrapped belts...

Yes...kinda. remove the mixture needle and make sure the passages are all clear. When you set the mixture do it with the tank half full.

I just replaced one of those. The first aftermarket one didn't tighten down properly and the belt didn't line up. The complete end of it broke off after 5 mins of running. That was fun. OEM one worked. Cust supplied the AM one. While you are in there remove the idlers and pop a seal off and oil...

I just got a Scotts branded tiller in yesterday that is made by Ardisam. Both belts shredded. Maybe i should add a tarrif surcharge. LOL

They are both 14 cubic inch briggs. Some were recoil and some starter generator. The yellow one is more complete but is recoil start. The green one has the starter generator. I will probably wind up removing both engines and use the best of each to make a good electric start one

Guy just dropped these off this morning. Made by Lennox the air condition folks. He wants me to get one working with electric start.

Obviously some folks have no idea how simplicity decks work.

The chains are not attaced to the electric deck lift. They are attaced to the lift mechanism to raise to the transport position. The electric lift motor is connected to the rear roller shaft to raise and lower it to adjust the cut height. I have worked on lots of these simplicity mowers. the...

Incorrect. The simplicity deck is designed for the rear roller shaft to ride on the ground. They are not anti scalp rollers. The chains are attached to the lift arms to raise the deck to the transport position.

If the front deck height is correct and the electric lift is working properly you should get close to 4 inches of cut height. I have seen the lift mechanism on the electric decks bind up and not have full range of travel. The chain trick usually hold the rollers slightly off the ground but it...

Check your chains on the rear of the deck. Go to the second link and you may get the height you want. There is an adjustment for the front height of the deck with a rod at the back of the deck. Shortening the rod raises the front of the deck. Those stupid deck motors die all the time. The old...

Get a straight shaft trimmer and an OEM Echo speed feed 400 head.

All kawasaki engines at around 800 hours needs the govenor shaft seal replaced. There are vids on the tube.

I run a mower shop and that is what the customer said when i told him that he needed new blades

It has a T92 trans like used in Power King tractors. I think the rear end is Peerless and chain drive is #50. Drivetrain is way over built. Some of it looks like something i built in my garage.

It's made that way. Hub has 3 holes. Not sure what they were smoking when they designed it.

Thus is actually a collector's piece. Made in Hunter Ohio and very few made. I got this thing running for a guy and he takes to shows. He loaned it to an Fwit for his kid to drive in a parade. He left it out in a monsoon rain and water went down the shift lever and filled the trans with water...

The guy picked up the mower today. I asked about its history. Said he bought it from a guy on a farm who was moving. 3YEARS AGO. Didn't do anything to it for 3 years and figured it might need an oil change by now so he brought it to my shop.