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I have a 17HP Kawasaki in an LT180 that recommends a 160 CCA battery, but my LX280 with a18 HP Kawasaki recommends a “500 CCA Group Size 51” battery, sounds like overkill to me. These are two used units I picked up planning to fix up and flip. These LT180 sounds like too small a battery to me...

I acquired a 2009 GT2142 recently that had been parked for at least a few years (235 total hours). When I got it cranked and took it on a road test, the driveshaft went to banging and came off. I discovered the blue needle barrels on both engine and transmission end had “collapsed.” I watched...

Question concerning oil-fluid extractors: I see several on YouTube that either use a home-made or commercial vacuum extractor for pulling oil up through a small engine oil fill tube, works pretty well. Some are powered by an air compressor, and I’ve seen home-made units use a shop-vac. My...

I have a fixer upper YTH2348 Husqvarna mower (Model 960430035 00 - Serial 120806B002718). It is powered by a Briggs and Stratton Intek 23 HP engine (Model 445577 - Type 0755 E1 - Code 061117YG). It sat at a friend's house for a couple of years with a rusted out deck, oil leak, and flat tires...

Anybody ever tried attaching or building a boom mower to a rider? I have been thinking of a practical way to get a boom mower on one of my old riders. It would come in so handy for ditches and pond banks! A trail mower would never do what this thing could do. The weight distribution and...

At our second home, I finished up mowing back in early November and parked my Husqvarna in the garage and put my old ATV tarp over it. We have lots of pecan trees at many homes in south Georgia, including ours. The afternoon sun shining into the open end of the garage and the tarp made a very...

The Operators Manual recommended amount of oil overfilled my YTH21K46 at oil change. I did my 25 hour oil change today. The sticker under the hood and the Husq manual read that the capacity with an oil change is 64 ounces. I changed oil and filter and poured in two quarts of oil. Well, now I am...

I have several running feet of ditch bank to cut. I get a lot of spin with lots of traction problems with my YTH21K46. I've thought about adding water to the tires, but learned that manufacturers discourage that with the hydrostat transmission, as it adds stress to the hubs and the...

I am one who likes to stockpile enough gas to run a month or two in my equipment. When I have time to mow, I want to head out the door and mow, not having to worry about making a trip to the service station to get gas. I do use ethanol free gas (have to drive a ways to find it) and add Sta-Bil...

I hit a hard piece of pine root this morning and bent one end of one of my two blades. It now cuts uneven. I got it better by putting in vice, but still a little off. Should I keep trying to get even or replace? Should I replace both blades rather than just one, keeping everything even and in...