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Pulsar 21" 200cc Gas Push Lawn Mower (Model Number: PTG1221DRM) - Replacement parts?
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My self would make a filter. Has been some talk about washing filters. Not recommended, it destroys the air pockets in the filter. Oiling filters have to be careful some filters will not hold up , again crushing the the bubbles in the filter.
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Foam air filter are not closed cell type foam but instead is open cell type. You can't something that is not there.
Buy a cheap briggs filter and cut to fit, simple
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Yabbut. If you had a 21" mower, any brand, with a B&S engine on it, would you invest in replacing the piston and rings? Rings alone? A connecting rod? Or actually in most buyers' case, having a shop do any of those jobs?
I do not think it will be done by most purchasers of OPE. Commercial users sing to a different tune...
Ducar makes decent engines, and sells to equipment makers. Ali has some replacement parts for that brand and some others. I would just get generic foam filter media, cut to fit, add a few drops of motor oil and work that into the media. It is not rocket science. If you cut properly you will likely provide better filtration than the original as you can make it as snug as you want without worrying the guys on the line will have to fiddle and poke to get that media squeezed into the housing and take too much time slowing down the line. You can take your time, and make it as tight a fit as you want.
The big box stores sell to the consumer, and generally provide what the consumer wants. I have walked the lineup of riders and push/self propelled mowers irregularly. Not impressed with the quality of most products. A skimp here and a cutback there and you have product that just works, but will not stand much of anything being out of whack before it would twirl its last. A leaky filter or a low oil condition and bingo, time for a new one. Blades and such should be carried for a reasonable time period. But many I have seen do not understand that oil needs changeing, filters need cleaning or replacing, and blades need sharpening. The example that proves is the 'no oil change' mower sold a few years ago. It fits right in with a large serving of ignorance and 'totss the owners manual, I know what I am doing". That's the same person who follows in his Dad's footsteps and buys a new mower every year or two like clockwork.
I have the opposite problem, I fix them and maintain them. They are all old. But I like doing the work. Just put two lifters into the Kohler CV16 AYP. I now understand why the Command series was replaced. This must go on before that.. it cannot be done any other way... rinse repeat. But they are an excellent product and still work. Well. But one clattered a LOT when hot and idled down for a minute or two while I moved obstacles while mowing.
You get what you pay for. And that's what will be sold at the stores you frequent. And sometimes older IS better. IMO.
I am old, too... just sayin'
tom
I do not think it will be done by most purchasers of OPE. Commercial users sing to a different tune...
Ducar makes decent engines, and sells to equipment makers. Ali has some replacement parts for that brand and some others. I would just get generic foam filter media, cut to fit, add a few drops of motor oil and work that into the media. It is not rocket science. If you cut properly you will likely provide better filtration than the original as you can make it as snug as you want without worrying the guys on the line will have to fiddle and poke to get that media squeezed into the housing and take too much time slowing down the line. You can take your time, and make it as tight a fit as you want.
The big box stores sell to the consumer, and generally provide what the consumer wants. I have walked the lineup of riders and push/self propelled mowers irregularly. Not impressed with the quality of most products. A skimp here and a cutback there and you have product that just works, but will not stand much of anything being out of whack before it would twirl its last. A leaky filter or a low oil condition and bingo, time for a new one. Blades and such should be carried for a reasonable time period. But many I have seen do not understand that oil needs changeing, filters need cleaning or replacing, and blades need sharpening. The example that proves is the 'no oil change' mower sold a few years ago. It fits right in with a large serving of ignorance and 'totss the owners manual, I know what I am doing". That's the same person who follows in his Dad's footsteps and buys a new mower every year or two like clockwork.
I have the opposite problem, I fix them and maintain them. They are all old. But I like doing the work. Just put two lifters into the Kohler CV16 AYP. I now understand why the Command series was replaced. This must go on before that.. it cannot be done any other way... rinse repeat. But they are an excellent product and still work. Well. But one clattered a LOT when hot and idled down for a minute or two while I moved obstacles while mowing.
You get what you pay for. And that's what will be sold at the stores you frequent. And sometimes older IS better. IMO.
I am old, too... just sayin'
tom
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I do NOT recommend a K&N filter on your car. There is virtually no restriction with today's OEM filters and intakes, and they filter FAR better than K&N units too. On top of that, the oil in the filter will get on the MAF and AIT sensors and destroy them. Please don't use them. Here is a link to a very in-depth, long-term review of multiple air filters, including K&N.
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There are several different types of items out there where filters are not readily available or stuff that's so old where filters are no longer available and you just have to make your own.
Every time I run across a good piece of foam rubber that looks acceptable to me that's over 3/4 of an inch thick I save it so I can cut filters from it later.
Unfortunately this stuff doesn't last forever even if it's unused.
This particular Mower and doesn't have a filter that's oiled but you can certainly lightly oil any foam filter, in fact you probably should, and then squeeze out the excess oil on a paper towel.
HOWEVER the best thing we can take away from all of this is that people should STOP BUYING Pulsar mowers and any of the other 100% Chinese junkie ones that you can find from time to time.
I also wouldn't recommend buying the Masport ones that are from New Zealand either.
This isn't about being negative towards any one or two countries or even import stuff but rather none of these are going to have the type of support, dealers (and I mean real dealers), service and repair, parts availability, and online information that a well-established and common name brand mower will have.
I also tell my customers (I only do repairs and don't sell any equipment) but I would never buy a mower from Menards or Rural King as these are the only two I know in the area that once you buy it it is yours!
If there's anywhere else like this I would recommend not buying from them either.
Technically it's once you put gas in oil in it but my point is if you buy a mower and take it home and something ends up going wrong with it early on like in the first 30 days which could be four cuts or more, you can't take it back and get a new one or start over and get your money back.
You have to let them send it to their service center and fix it.
If you buy a mower from one of the big box stores I believe currently they all give you 30 days that you could mow with it every day if you wanted to and you could take it back because you decided you didn't like the color or more realistically that you just don't like the way it operates or mows your lawn.
At one time they had 90 days on these which was even better.
It's not really that big of a deal and it certainly does not raise the prices of mowers for everyone else.
They take these mowers and if there's anything wrong with them send them to their service center which stuff is going there anyways, then they get them back all wipe down and cleaned up and they sell them for a very small discount.
Since they still look brand new etc this discount is quite small but it's a 40 or 50 bucks saving and enough to convince someone looking for a better deal to buy that one over the brand new one 20 ft away.
The company doesn't lose money because there's a much bigger markup than what they reduce them down to.
This also doesn't happen nearly enough times throughout the season to really have any impact.
So I say stick with the brand names we all know of.
I know some of them are getting out of them gasoline mower business for the push mower business altogether and that's a shame because battery powered mowers are a big sacrifice for most people and force them to alter their patterns and habits and people don't like change (or at least they shouldn't lol).
If I were buying a newer mower I would only buy either Toro / Lawnboy, Troy-Bilt / Cub Cadet /Craftsman, Honda, Snapper (traditional old style design only).
That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
Even ones like snapper who have officially stop producing them right now, there will be plenty of parts around for a long time.
While the ones made by MTD are probably my least favorite now due to Stanley Black & Decker cranking the prices up on all of these parts, these parts will definitely be readily available for a long long time and likely many more aftermarket parts will soon show up to lower the price.
It just irks me to no end that a blade adapter I was buying two years ago at a retail shop price of 16.99 is now 32 or more!
They will burn themselves though because that little handheld piece of metal is only worth about $12 max and can certainly be made for under 4.50 and somebody will start cracking out quite adequate substitutes if they haven't already.
Toro has been my favorite brand mower for a long time but that doesn't mean they make the best more or a higher percentage of good mowers than other people but they do a good job.
They have not been cranking their prices up but I'm sure they will follow suit soon because if a part for MTD mowers which are going to be the most common because they are the largest outdoor power equipment manufacturer around, that corresponding part on other brands will quickly go up to match.
But my point is it's not worth saving 30 or 40 bucks or whatever the savings is to buy these off brand mowers because they are poorly designed, unproven, cheap and flimsy, full of proprietary parts that don't look like anything on any other mower and that you can't improvise apart from another mower on.... So they just aren't worth it.
Every time I run across a good piece of foam rubber that looks acceptable to me that's over 3/4 of an inch thick I save it so I can cut filters from it later.
Unfortunately this stuff doesn't last forever even if it's unused.
This particular Mower and doesn't have a filter that's oiled but you can certainly lightly oil any foam filter, in fact you probably should, and then squeeze out the excess oil on a paper towel.
HOWEVER the best thing we can take away from all of this is that people should STOP BUYING Pulsar mowers and any of the other 100% Chinese junkie ones that you can find from time to time.
I also wouldn't recommend buying the Masport ones that are from New Zealand either.
This isn't about being negative towards any one or two countries or even import stuff but rather none of these are going to have the type of support, dealers (and I mean real dealers), service and repair, parts availability, and online information that a well-established and common name brand mower will have.
I also tell my customers (I only do repairs and don't sell any equipment) but I would never buy a mower from Menards or Rural King as these are the only two I know in the area that once you buy it it is yours!
If there's anywhere else like this I would recommend not buying from them either.
Technically it's once you put gas in oil in it but my point is if you buy a mower and take it home and something ends up going wrong with it early on like in the first 30 days which could be four cuts or more, you can't take it back and get a new one or start over and get your money back.
You have to let them send it to their service center and fix it.
If you buy a mower from one of the big box stores I believe currently they all give you 30 days that you could mow with it every day if you wanted to and you could take it back because you decided you didn't like the color or more realistically that you just don't like the way it operates or mows your lawn.
At one time they had 90 days on these which was even better.
It's not really that big of a deal and it certainly does not raise the prices of mowers for everyone else.
They take these mowers and if there's anything wrong with them send them to their service center which stuff is going there anyways, then they get them back all wipe down and cleaned up and they sell them for a very small discount.
Since they still look brand new etc this discount is quite small but it's a 40 or 50 bucks saving and enough to convince someone looking for a better deal to buy that one over the brand new one 20 ft away.
The company doesn't lose money because there's a much bigger markup than what they reduce them down to.
This also doesn't happen nearly enough times throughout the season to really have any impact.
So I say stick with the brand names we all know of.
I know some of them are getting out of them gasoline mower business for the push mower business altogether and that's a shame because battery powered mowers are a big sacrifice for most people and force them to alter their patterns and habits and people don't like change (or at least they shouldn't lol).
If I were buying a newer mower I would only buy either Toro / Lawnboy, Troy-Bilt / Cub Cadet /Craftsman, Honda, Snapper (traditional old style design only).
That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
Even ones like snapper who have officially stop producing them right now, there will be plenty of parts around for a long time.
While the ones made by MTD are probably my least favorite now due to Stanley Black & Decker cranking the prices up on all of these parts, these parts will definitely be readily available for a long long time and likely many more aftermarket parts will soon show up to lower the price.
It just irks me to no end that a blade adapter I was buying two years ago at a retail shop price of 16.99 is now 32 or more!
They will burn themselves though because that little handheld piece of metal is only worth about $12 max and can certainly be made for under 4.50 and somebody will start cracking out quite adequate substitutes if they haven't already.
Toro has been my favorite brand mower for a long time but that doesn't mean they make the best more or a higher percentage of good mowers than other people but they do a good job.
They have not been cranking their prices up but I'm sure they will follow suit soon because if a part for MTD mowers which are going to be the most common because they are the largest outdoor power equipment manufacturer around, that corresponding part on other brands will quickly go up to match.
But my point is it's not worth saving 30 or 40 bucks or whatever the savings is to buy these off brand mowers because they are poorly designed, unproven, cheap and flimsy, full of proprietary parts that don't look like anything on any other mower and that you can't improvise apart from another mower on.... So they just aren't worth it.
I completely agree with you. I have no problem with people refusing to work on pulsar mowers or the other off brands.
There is also a trend going around by some of these companies that don't have real dealers and don't network to get stuff done or they will tell the customer to get it fixed anywhere and they will reimburse them.
This is a terrible business model for a company that would really harm you if you sold enough mowers and had enough people follow through on the repairs in the reimbursement because you're not getting that nicely discounted rate for the repairs like has long been established for authorized dealers.
Regardless, I wouldn't blame anyone for refusing to do these either.
I got involved in a situation that I didn't find out about until I was already into it and I won't make that mistake again.
You see I am the discount mower whisperer. Well I've had several customers call me the mower whisperer
but the key is I am extremely economical for the repairs I do for people.Most all of them know it too and are very appreciative. I'm good with this even though I leave tons of money on the table.
If I doubled my prices tomorrow I would still be cheaper than almost everyone in the area for pretty much everything I do except blade sharpening because I pretty much go very close to going rate for those.
And my point is, I REFUSE to give some janky crap producing company a good deal on a repair like I give my real customers.
If they're going to pay to get it fixed then they need to pay the typical shop price in town or the highest shop price in town.
It's all just going to get worse and worse in the future.
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And that is not a safe avenue in a lot of cases any more either. So many of the Brand name mowers are just licensed names. So you think you are buying a name brand mower and it may be made, serviced, warranty, repairs through Pulsar, or Amerisun, or Ardisam. Or in the case of some of the Murray mowers you have a choice between at this time that I know of 5 different manufacturer companies over the last 20 years. And none have dealer support at this time.