The Daily Yardman Thread

[NorthBama]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

Good Morning All
Hope all is well. A special thank to Boo for sending Rodger some sunshine. Roger I worked as an industrial maintenance electrician. I worked most of my career at the Onan Engine manufacturing facility in Huntsville Alabama until it closed in 1998. My work consisted of electrical repair of the machining equipment. My last job before retirement was maintenance at the Toyota Engine facility in Huntsville Alabama. Retired in 2009 and started tinkering with small engines just cant get it out of my blood. Hope everyone has nice sunshine day as it is here.

 

[Boobala]

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Sooo,,, No-Ba-Ma, you was a "elec-trician" too? What sort of work did you do? Residential or Commercial? We had a family company (started in 1955) and did residential, light commercial and marine.

Primer- I don't suppose we will ever top the views that post has. I hadn't seen it before.. Oh well, as the desiderata states, "there are always those who are greater and lesser than yourself.." Besides, Boo maybe able to 'take care' of that situation all by himself... http://mwkworks.com/desiderata.html

Quiet day yesterday. Spent the day straightening out my shop and doing little projects. Boo sent some sunshine and the temps soared up to 58*... Quite balmy.. Snow is melting like crazy...

I actually looked at the YARDMAN yesterday, I had to climb up on the running board in order to reach an empty box I needed.. I intend to run some Sea Foam through it first, hopefully that will cure whatever problems the carb is having.. Boo-Boo wants me to take it all apart, but I believe in trying the simplest method first...

Zero Bubble....



Rog

That carburetor is crying... fix me, clean me, ...ya know Admiral, ..( LOL ) if you're VERY careful.. you can usually get a carb totally apart for a thorough cleaning WITHOUT destroying the seals and gaskets and you can get a good bit of the re-build components as separate items too.!! UHhh .... more Sunshine is on the way too !!

 

[Roger B]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

Good Morning All
Hope all is well. A special thank to Boo for sending Rodger some sunshine. Roger I worked as an industrial maintenance electrician. I worked most of my career at the Onan Engine manufacturing facility in Huntsville Alabama until it closed in 1998. My work consisted of electrical repair of the machining equipment. My last job before retirement was maintenance at the Toyota Engine facility in Huntsville Alabama. Retired in 2009 and started tinkering with small engines just cant get it out of my blood. Hope everyone has nice sunshine day as it is here.

No-BA-MA,

I used to sell and install ONAN generators in both residential and marine settings. However, when Onan quit building their own engines (evidently, 1998) I quit using their products and shifted to Kohler. I tended to only use products that had proven their reliability and bought only what I considered to be the best available.

Roger

 

[Roger B]

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That carburetor is crying... fix me, clean me, ...ya know Admiral, ..( LOL ) if you're VERY careful.. you can usually get a carb totally apart for a thorough cleaning WITHOUT destroying the seals and gaskets and you can get a good bit of the re-build components as separate items too.!! UHhh .... more Sunshine is on the way too !!

Boo,

You KNOW that I couldn't get a carb apart without losing half the parts and destroying most of the ones I didn't lose! I'm going to try Sea Foam and see if that won't help..

Hey, yesterday was great! I saw 66* on the thermometer! Today is supposed to be even better! I have to get the boat straightened out for Spring. It won't get launched again now until sometime in June or maybe July..

"There is nothing... Absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing, as simply messing about in boats." - (So says the Water Rat.)

Roger

 

[Pumper54]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

"There is nothing... Absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing, as simply messing about in boats." - (Ratty to Mole)

"Wind in the Willows", great story and I have to agree with him. Well maybe riding a motorcycle. ;-)

What can be done with boats when people do the right thing for the right reason:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MDOrzF7B2Kg#!


Tom

 

[NorthBama]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

No-BA-MA,

I used to sell and install ONAN generators in both residential and marine settings. However, when Onan quit building their own engines (evidently, 1998) I quit using their products and shifted to Kohler. I tended to only use products that had proven their reliability and bought only what I considered to be the best available.

Roger

When Cummins engine company bought Onan engines everything started going in a different direction. Cummins is a diesel company and they didn't want the gasoline engines. They only wanted the generator business so there we go a good engine went down.

 

[Boobala]

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Boo,

You KNOW that I couldn't get a carb apart without losing half the parts and destroying most of the ones I didn't lose! I'm going to try Sea Foam and see if that won't help..

Hey, yesterday was great! I saw 66* on the thermometer! Today is supposed to be even better! I have to get the boat straightened out for Spring. It won't get launched again now until sometime in June or maybe July..

"There is nothing... Absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing, as simply messing about in boats." - (So says the Water Rat.)

Roger

Admiral ...! do you know the difference in pay between an Admiral and an ordinary seamen ..????
Sea-Foam ???? SEE ME FOAM !!!!! corner-cutter !! ...( LOL )

 

[Roger B]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MDOrzF7B2Kg#[/url]!


Tom

Tom,

That was great! Thanks..

Rog

 

[Roger B]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

When Cummins engine company bought Onan engines everything started going in a different direction. Cummins is a diesel company and they didn't want the gasoline engines. They only wanted the generator business so there we go a good engine went down.

Amen brother... Those old Onan's were great engines!! I used to take care of an old Onan gen-set on a farm that I 'think' was older than I was!

Roger

 

[Roger B]

GOLD STARS!!

Oh Boy, Oh Boy, I got Gold Stars... Whoopie!! And the post is f-l-y-I-n-g towards 25K views!! . . . AND it was 71 degrees here yesterday! . . Plus NAPA is having a sale on SEA FOAM! (Better get some Boo!!) . . . Does life get any better than this???
Not in my world...

Roger