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    Husqvarna CTH 151 - Wont Start after Washing - Ideas Appreciated.

    One last thing to try before buying a starter. Rap the starter lightly with a rubber mallet or the wooden handle of a hammer just enough to jar it . For the record anytime I wash a mower I do it with the engine running
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    dura-force trash find project

    Well I received my brake cable today . It is installed and working. It is now on my usable mower list . It is starting to run good new gas and just using it seems to help
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    Scored a nice tool box

    They were going to pay someone to haul them off before one of the maintenance managers stepped in It allows me to organize and spread out my tools that I use often . I can get the rest of my tools that I don't use much in a single box so they aren't in several boxes and buckets . I used the...
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    Scored a nice tool box

    Work is updating their code blue crash carts . Maintenance was offered the old ones. I got 2 for our church to replace tool boxes destroyed when they broke into our barn and one for myself. These are 6 drawer 30 in boxes on good wheels . I was able to consolidate 5 boxes and a 5 gallon bucket...
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    Stabil for Gasoline Storage?

    I buy 12 gallon of 91 octane ethanol free gas around Nov. Add seafoam to it to have on hand for the generator. Just in case we have an ice storm any unused gas is run in my equipment in the spring. I usually don't buy gas until mid June . I have never had a problem, I have been doing this for...
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    dura-force trash find project

    Considering I have about a half acre I think I have it covered . Oh and I forgot the Cub Cadet wheeled string trimmer. In my defense the Gravely professional 12, nicest one I have seen in person was a gift it came with a snow blade. You can't turn down a free Gravely . The troybuilt bronco...
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    Changing the drive belt LB 10324 ?

    Haven't decided yet :rolleyes: I need to run it some more to see how much I want to spend on it. . But that may be a temporary fix.
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    Where have all the small riding mowers gone

    Same here on the bike shop I dropped off a set of wheels to true .they can't get New bikes ,but they killing it on repairs. You can hardly walk through his shop because of bikes in for repair. I was in a couple Cub Cadet dealerships a couple months ago now that you mention it I saw nothing...
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    Changing the drive belt LB 10324 ?

    I was cleaning up my lawnboy project mower. It looks like you need to take the motor off to change the belt. Am I missing something here
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    Is this rare? Or just rare to me?

    I am usually looking at local online classified For one in decent shape and for a decent price. I have not been looking lately because this covid stuff has cut the numbers of patients in the hospital so much they have cut our hours 20% so my fun money is tight right now. I have someone who...
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    Is this rare? Or just rare to me?

    I had a 1990 or 91 Craftsman GT 6000 same mower but the Kohler twin was a horizontal shaft. I sold it to my brother in law about a year after I moved here . My reasoning was 1. To big for this yard and my storage room. 2. I had just bought a new Grillo G85D walk behind tractor with a tiller...
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    dura-force trash find project

    I have thought about removing the self propelled mechanism. It will never see uses that need self propelled drive while I have it. I mow with a Gravely professional 12 Walk behind tractor and a 40 in. kidney deck. Or a troybuilt bronco rider or a Grillo G85D walk behind tractor with a Zanon 28...
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    dura-force trash find project

    I honestly wish it wasn't self propelled . But when are picking up out if the Garbage you can't be picky ? I ordered a brake cable today . I sometimes take stuff to use at the church so I want it somewhat original
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    dura-force trash find project

    It is broke and I believe there is a mount for the handle missing. I cut the plate for the mulching baffle off for my intented use I don't want it to mulch
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    Does anyone else have a two-stroke Lawn Boy?

    First unless it is a 2 cycle why bother with a lawn boy. A 4 cycle lawnboy is just another mower . I have had as many as 18 running lawn boys at one time years ago. Until last week it has been a long time since I had one. Last week I rescued a Dura-force from the trash . I put a copy l on it...
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    dura-force trash find project

    I received my coil today. Once installed the mower fired right up . I am holding the safety cable with vice grips. I will mow some heavy grass with it to see how it does before I spend more money on it
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    Biggest cub mower made

    Between insurance money and selling a couple of attachments from the stolen tractor I had a budget of $19k . Cub Cadet has some good discounts for non profits . Plus no taxes I ended up spending just a little over $14,000 They make smaller versions P.S. I don't get to mow because I have so...
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    dura-force trash find project

    Tried that no luck thanks for the tip though I have one ordered due Wednesday
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    Biggest cub mower made

    We have slopes of 20 degrees or a little more in the front . It is rated to cut on 25 degree slopes . I mowed everything steep myself first . I mowed across our steepest areas . I wouldn't ask someone to do something I can't . It handles everything we have with ease . Ours is 35 H.P. and 72 in...
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    dura-force trash find project

    I was headed out of the neighborhood Wed. going towards Church. I saw a mower handle and green deck ! Behind a trash can I looped back around and it was a 2 Cycle :p I know the guy so I stopped and asked about it . Safety cable and drive cable broke not sure if it had fire . He took it in with...
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    Biggest cub mower made

    After a theft at our Church in April We were left with no mower . We were hiring out part of our mowing because I don't have time to due the mowing and most of the other people were not comfortable mowing the front steep area with the tractor and finish mower we had . I am facilities team...
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    Back to gravely tomorrow

    I grew up in Gravely country they were designed and built locally were my family is from . My 1962 LI died in 2008 about the same time the factory I was working at closed . with no job fixing it wasn't practical . So I sold it with the attachments I had :frown: I received a call Tues. from a...
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    Got my shed finished

    I ended up buying 2 riders in 3 days a couple weeks ago my garage was already full . So we bought a metal shed I had a nice level blacktopped area to set it . Only thing I didn't like was the handles are plastic :thumbdown: your lock goes through these . I got a couple of peaces of 1 1/2...
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    newby from southwest Ohio

    I found this place looking for help with a toro 8-25 rider. Y'all wasn't much help but I found the problem . I have a Grillo G85d walking tractor with a Grillo tiller and Zanon mower. A Craftsman self propelled 21 in mower. A Cub Cadet walk behind weed eater I picked up a troybuilt bronco...
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    toro 8-25 ignition

    hello I bought a toro 8-25 mower the thing is cute . I ran it around the yard a couple days mowed with it Sat. It just died. I cleaned up the key switch it started and ran for a minute cleaned up sylinoid and it did the same . any pointer to save me time going over the electrical...
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