battery and the seat safety feature
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Hammermechanicman
Lawn Addict
Back when we didn't have electric PTO clufches and lower output alternators you could get away with jumping and running but not today.
bertsmobile1
Lawn Royalty
Should have thought of that
I do keep a few common dead parts on hand to explain to customers HOW they killed their mower.
The one that always has heir eyes popping is the briggs crankcase with the top cut cut off & oil slinger glued into place so they can see just how little slope compromises the oil supply .
Got a couple of latter ones to show when the pick up screen for the pump is pumping air but not gotten around to sorting it out .
Keep a couple of worn out pulleys to show belt running on the root of the V and a vari drive pully to show whay a std B section belt is not a good idea
But I have always tossed away burned up stators
I do keep a few common dead parts on hand to explain to customers HOW they killed their mower.
The one that always has heir eyes popping is the briggs crankcase with the top cut cut off & oil slinger glued into place so they can see just how little slope compromises the oil supply .
Got a couple of latter ones to show when the pick up screen for the pump is pumping air but not gotten around to sorting it out .
Keep a couple of worn out pulleys to show belt running on the root of the V and a vari drive pully to show whay a std B section belt is not a good idea
But I have always tossed away burned up stators
BriggsMST
Member
I always show the old parts, 9 times out of 10 the customer dont even know what they are looking at. Belts is a no brainer for people, But in most cases they have that deer in the headlights look while I explain the function of the part and why it failed. The best customers are the ones that say fix it what ever it needs just fix it. I wish they were all like that. Im sure everyone of you will agree with me.
Hammermechanicman
Lawn Addict
When the ask what was wrong and i am in a mood i say " Do you want the War and Peace version or the Reader's Digest version?" Nobody has asked for the long version and " I fixed it" usually suffices.
Oh really? Care to explain what the problem with that is? I thought 12 volts was 12 volts. I recently recommended that someone who I suspected had a bad mower battery jump from their vehicle battery directly to their mower battery cables using jumper cables, eliminating their mower battery. Should I go find and delete that post?
Someone please correct me if 'm wrong, I think it's mostly applied to mowers with an electric PTO clutch, dead battery, jump it off, stator tries to charge dead battery while the battery is trying to supply power to the PTO clutch = toasted stator.
Thanks. Sounds like what I recommended wouldn't be an issue then.