hanyoukimura
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Well I have a couple new projects! Came across a Craigslist add for two lawn running lawn mowers for $10, one with deck issues. The price was too good to pass up.
They're both basic MTD Yard Machines of a similar vintage with similar decks using 3.5 hp Tecumseh engines, though the engines aren't identical. Now when he said one has deck issues he meant that two of the wheels had rusted off. It's in rough shape. But that's ok because I have a spare deck. As for the engines, both of them started right up on the first pull after 3 primes, so I'm very pleased.
Here's a shot of the "fleet".
Here's the first one.
Not bad under the deck either.
It's deck seems to be pretty solid, it just has some saggy wheel issues. However I can steal the two remaining wheels from the other mower...they're exactly the same.
Now about that other one...
And that's nothing compared to how it looks underneath.
But that's ok, because I have that green 22" (which is also a Yard Machines as it happens) left over from my Brute build.
Couple minutes later...
Ze operation vas a success!
So what's my plan for these? I'm going to clean the engines and tune them up, then repaint the decks and resell them, make some extra money on the side, which can be used towards other projects, like my car!
They're both basic MTD Yard Machines of a similar vintage with similar decks using 3.5 hp Tecumseh engines, though the engines aren't identical. Now when he said one has deck issues he meant that two of the wheels had rusted off. It's in rough shape. But that's ok because I have a spare deck. As for the engines, both of them started right up on the first pull after 3 primes, so I'm very pleased.
Here's a shot of the "fleet".
Here's the first one.
Not bad under the deck either.
It's deck seems to be pretty solid, it just has some saggy wheel issues. However I can steal the two remaining wheels from the other mower...they're exactly the same.
Now about that other one...
And that's nothing compared to how it looks underneath.
But that's ok, because I have that green 22" (which is also a Yard Machines as it happens) left over from my Brute build.
Couple minutes later...
Ze operation vas a success!
So what's my plan for these? I'm going to clean the engines and tune them up, then repaint the decks and resell them, make some extra money on the side, which can be used towards other projects, like my car!