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The title says it. My step mother's father bought this mower in the late 80's to supplement his retirement by cutting grass. He did well and maintained it miraculously using it for about 5 years before he no longer could work because of age at 80 in 1995. Then my dad inherited it and used it every summer until 2010. During my dads ownership the oil was changed once and the air filter, spark plug, trans oil was never changed! He would check the oil and add to it whatever oil he had laying around to the full mark, no joke! I can remember mowing the grass at his house as a teenager every summer until I got out of house. While in high school I took a small engines class and became interested in engines etc. I offered to change the oil for him in during that time and we never got around to it like most things with my dad. After high school I went to a tech school and got my Automotive Mechanics Degree and during that time in the early 2000's I changed the oil. I actually was at his house one day and changed the oil in it with left over oil I had from changing it in my car. This was the only only oil change this thing ever had since he got it from his father in law. Dad continued to mow with it every summer until 2010 then it wouldn't start and no he never put fuel stabilizer in it. 2011 rolls around and I'm married, moving into a house and I need a mower! I call my parents up and ask to have the old Honda. Dad went out and bought a new Craftsman riding lawnmower and said sure but it's not running. I got it back to the house and went to work on it with all the memories of using it as kid. Before I knew it I's spent $180 on it and thought man I could bought some thing new for what I just put in it but I was sentimental about it.
I bought a new carb with with gaskets, spark plug, air filter and two rubber tires for the rear. Cleaned out the fuel tank and fuel line. Then changed the engine oil with 15W-40 Mobil Delvac diesel oil, no joke. I worked as a diesel mechanic for years and liked it. At the time I was a tech working on school buses and we used 15W-40 in everything as it was the only motor oil we had. it was put in Diesel buses, 60's and 70's Dodge services trucks, service cars, gas air compressors, air compressor pumps, fork lift, tractor and the old Snapper lawnmower that had been the shop lawnmower for 40 years. Couldn't hurt in an old Honda I thought as I wasn't expecting more than one summer out of it. I did changed the oil in the trans. Not having any hydrostatic trans oil around I put what I had laying around, lol. Full synthetic Ford Motorcraft manual trans gear oil for a Focus I used to have as I figured it was better than the oil in it. So i called dad and ask where the pull cord recoil mechanism was as it was missing. His reply was that broke years ago and I wrapped the cord around the crankshaft and snatched it LOL! Whatever I guess I can do that til I buy one, put gas in it and let her rip. Started right up and filled the yard with smoke! So much smoke my neighbor came outside and asked if my house was on FIRE! I thought well she's shot and I dumped almost $200 bux into it. Well I'll use it until she BLOWS UP, then go buy a new one. Nine years later this bastard is still running, yea she smokes on start up but still running. Nine years later I'm still wrapping the cord around the crankshaft and snatching it like my dad! About every five years I have to replace the spark plug cause it fouls out. I change the oil with trusty 15w-40 every two years or so and every three or four year for the air filter. I'm on a mission to see how long it runs without dumping too much $$$ into the old girl. Note it had 15 years of horrible no maintenance abuse by my dad prior to it coming to me. This mower is a testament to the Honda name and their manufacturing capabitles at that time!
So transmission input shaft seal from the motor to the trans is leaking. Honda built a great trans as I didn't realize it was leaking and it quit moving last summer. I thought the old girl was done until I filled it back up with walmart super tech full synthetic gear oil for the heck of it and it started moving again, lol. I check and add gear oil to it every time now before I mow as is leaking alot. Where can I source a seal for this thing? I hope ya'll enjoyed the story and I will try to post pictures of it in the coming days since this virus has use confined to the house.
Thanks for reading and good night.
The title says it. My step mother's father bought this mower in the late 80's to supplement his retirement by cutting grass. He did well and maintained it miraculously using it for about 5 years before he no longer could work because of age at 80 in 1995. Then my dad inherited it and used it every summer until 2010. During my dads ownership the oil was changed once and the air filter, spark plug, trans oil was never changed! He would check the oil and add to it whatever oil he had laying around to the full mark, no joke! I can remember mowing the grass at his house as a teenager every summer until I got out of house. While in high school I took a small engines class and became interested in engines etc. I offered to change the oil for him in during that time and we never got around to it like most things with my dad. After high school I went to a tech school and got my Automotive Mechanics Degree and during that time in the early 2000's I changed the oil. I actually was at his house one day and changed the oil in it with left over oil I had from changing it in my car. This was the only only oil change this thing ever had since he got it from his father in law. Dad continued to mow with it every summer until 2010 then it wouldn't start and no he never put fuel stabilizer in it. 2011 rolls around and I'm married, moving into a house and I need a mower! I call my parents up and ask to have the old Honda. Dad went out and bought a new Craftsman riding lawnmower and said sure but it's not running. I got it back to the house and went to work on it with all the memories of using it as kid. Before I knew it I's spent $180 on it and thought man I could bought some thing new for what I just put in it but I was sentimental about it.
I bought a new carb with with gaskets, spark plug, air filter and two rubber tires for the rear. Cleaned out the fuel tank and fuel line. Then changed the engine oil with 15W-40 Mobil Delvac diesel oil, no joke. I worked as a diesel mechanic for years and liked it. At the time I was a tech working on school buses and we used 15W-40 in everything as it was the only motor oil we had. it was put in Diesel buses, 60's and 70's Dodge services trucks, service cars, gas air compressors, air compressor pumps, fork lift, tractor and the old Snapper lawnmower that had been the shop lawnmower for 40 years. Couldn't hurt in an old Honda I thought as I wasn't expecting more than one summer out of it. I did changed the oil in the trans. Not having any hydrostatic trans oil around I put what I had laying around, lol. Full synthetic Ford Motorcraft manual trans gear oil for a Focus I used to have as I figured it was better than the oil in it. So i called dad and ask where the pull cord recoil mechanism was as it was missing. His reply was that broke years ago and I wrapped the cord around the crankshaft and snatched it LOL! Whatever I guess I can do that til I buy one, put gas in it and let her rip. Started right up and filled the yard with smoke! So much smoke my neighbor came outside and asked if my house was on FIRE! I thought well she's shot and I dumped almost $200 bux into it. Well I'll use it until she BLOWS UP, then go buy a new one. Nine years later this bastard is still running, yea she smokes on start up but still running. Nine years later I'm still wrapping the cord around the crankshaft and snatching it like my dad! About every five years I have to replace the spark plug cause it fouls out. I change the oil with trusty 15w-40 every two years or so and every three or four year for the air filter. I'm on a mission to see how long it runs without dumping too much $$$ into the old girl. Note it had 15 years of horrible no maintenance abuse by my dad prior to it coming to me. This mower is a testament to the Honda name and their manufacturing capabitles at that time!
So transmission input shaft seal from the motor to the trans is leaking. Honda built a great trans as I didn't realize it was leaking and it quit moving last summer. I thought the old girl was done until I filled it back up with walmart super tech full synthetic gear oil for the heck of it and it started moving again, lol. I check and add gear oil to it every time now before I mow as is leaking alot. Where can I source a seal for this thing? I hope ya'll enjoyed the story and I will try to post pictures of it in the coming days since this virus has use confined to the house.
Thanks for reading and good night.