The Daily Yardman Thread

[primerbulb120]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

You better DON'T pick on this ol-fart that's havin brain-farts,



NO MATTER ... it WAS a Murray with THAT style of Briggs.

There are 3 parts to the air cleaner on those engines. The cover, the filter, and the base (this is the part that bolts to the carburetor.) Removing the cover and filter won't cause any problems. However, if you remove the base, you'll tear the gasket behind it, which will prevent the engine from priming. You can replace the gasket, but even then you have no guarantee that the engine will prime. The bases on those engines are plastic, and they like to warp because of heat created by the engine. When you remove them, you break the seal created by the original gasket, and the warped base won't seal correctly with the new one. Sometimes you can fix the issue by installing 2 gaskets instead of one, but if the base is warped badly enough you'll have to replace it.

Clyde

 

[primerbulb120]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

Clyde,

I actually thought about doing that, especially while I was trying to remove the drive belt. (Which was a bitch!) But by then I was too far into it and being a stubborn old fart I wasn't about to give up. Besides I wanted to see what condition everything was in and lubricate what movable parts I could.

Still, it sounds crazy, I was worried about just having the machine on it's side while I was working on it. I have seen some engines without a fuel shut-off, fill the whole crankcase with gasoline when left in a less than horizontal position. (Well, much less than horizontal, actually.)

Roger

If your carburetor is working correctly, you won't have any gas leak into the engine while the engine is on its side. It was designed to be tipped on its side with the air filter facing up so that the blade could be replaced more easily. Even if your carburetor malfunctioned, you wouldn't have gas leak into the engine if the gas tank was less than half full because of the location of the fuel outlet on the gas tank.

I wouldn't worry about tipping the engine over on its side to do repairs. (Make sure the air filter is facing UP though!) Just don't leave it overnight like that and you should be fine.

:thumbsup:

 

[Roger B]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

BTW, not to freak anyone out, but even with 30 years experience with the chainsaws, and being Mr. Safety.....I still got hurt by my chainsaw. Got 8 stitches, 3 inside the wound and 5 outside.
It is not what you think though, I was very likely lucky in a way. The saw was running, but the blade was locked, I always lock the bar when I am walking with the saw.......I stepped back to clear a branch from my face and stepped in a depression which caused me to fall backward and I dropped the blade across my knee when I tried to stop the fall. If I was using my sthil 250 it would only be a bruise, but I was using my Promac 610 with the 24" bar, heavy little sucker.

Doc,

Not to freak YOU out, but my left thigh still bears a scar that is a depression, because the meat was instantly removed by a chain saw. (A big old McColloch 610.) I wasn't being at all safety conscious and I paid the price. I now have a Stihl 250 and it is my favorite chainsaw, ever! When I was much younger and had my subsistence farm, I used to cut, split and burn between 8 and 10 cords of wood every year! (Ain't living in Maine great!?!?!) I had 5, that's correct FIVE wood stoves in that old farm house and back in those days winter actually got cold!

Now-a-days I keep around three cord in my woodshed for the woodstove in my shop and that would last me over three years as I'm not here to burn it in the real winter.

Rog

 

[primerbulb120]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

of course now the mess in the front yard has to wait for a week because I need to wear this stupid brace or the stitches will pull out and the doctor will be mad at me.
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Glad you're okay, that could have been a lot worse! You shouldn't have any issues waiting on the mess in the front yard because you have this forum to keep you busy. :thumbsup::wink:

 

[Roger B]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

If your carburetor is working correctly, you won't have any gas leak into the engine while the engine is on its side. It was designed to be tipped on its side with the air filter facing up so that the blade could be replaced more easily. Even if your carburetor malfunctioned, you wouldn't have gas leak into the engine if the gas tank was less than half full because of the location of the fuel outlet on the gas tank.

I wouldn't worry about tipping the engine over on its side to do repairs. (Make sure the air filter is facing UP though!) Just don't leave it overnight like that and you should be fine.

:thumbsup:

Clyde,

That is exactly what happened with the engine that flooded the crankcase. I left it tipped up on it's front wheels for the entire winter.. I won't do that again. Also the older Hondas that came on portable generators would flood the lower end if the fuel shut-off wasn't closed when they were not in use. That problem may have been taken care of by now, but it used to be an issue I'd run into now and then.

Rog

 

[Roger B]

Routers

Doc,

In my experience, I have more trouble with routers than I do with chainsaws. I have actually done this twice, first to the first two fingers on my right hand and second (seven months later) to the second two fingers on my left hand - (shown). I am now MUCH more careful with all my routers. (I have three of them.)

Roger

 

[willys55]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

Doc,

Not to freak YOU out, but my left thigh still bears a scar that is a depression, because the meat was instantly removed by a chain saw. (A big old McColloch 610.) I wasn't being at all safety conscious and I paid the price. I now have a Stihl 250 and it is my favorite chainsaw, ever! When I was much younger and had my subsistence farm, I used to cut, split and burn between 8 and 10 cords of wood every year! (Ain't living in Maine great!?!?!) I had 5, that's correct FIVE wood stoves in that old farm house and back in those days winter actually got cold!

Now-a-days I keep around three cord in my woodshed for the woodstove in my shop and that would last me over three years as I'm not here to burn it in the real winter.

Rog

Wow Roger we do have alot in common, I love my 250 but use it more for limbing than cutting because it is light weight and my back would be acing if I used the promac for that task. We used to burn through 6 cords a year and we only had the one stove in the house, I could not imagine trying to keep five stoves running.........

Glad you're okay, that could have been a lot worse! You shouldn't have any issues waiting on the mess in the front yard because you have this forum to keep you busy. :thumbsup::wink:

Thanks, I have a feeling I will be on this laptop alot the next five days or so.....LOL

 

[willys55]

Re: Routers

Doc,

In my experience, I have more trouble with routers than I do with chainsaws. I have actually done this twice, first to the first two fingers on my right hand and second (seven months later) to the second two fingers on my left hand - (shown). I am now MUCH more careful with all my routers. (I have three of them.)

Roger

Holy (expletive) Rog........Damn!

 

[willys55]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

my son came to the hospital with me yesterday and I know he took a photo on his phone....I will ask him for a copy of it...LOL

 

[Boobala]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

There are 3 parts to the air cleaner on those engines. The cover, the filter, and the base (this is the part that bolts to the carburetor.) Removing the cover and filter won't cause any problems. However, if you remove the base, you'll tear the gasket behind it, which will prevent the engine from priming. You can replace the gasket, but even then you have no guarantee that the engine will prime. The bases on those engines are plastic, and they like to warp because of heat created by the engine. When you remove them, you break the seal created by the original gasket, and the warped base won't seal correctly with the new one. Sometimes you can fix the issue by installing 2 gaskets instead of one, but if the base is warped badly enough you'll have to replace it.

Clyde

As I said I never had a problem that I can recall, but then I do know that mower was back in 1999-2003. I miss that booger,wound up leaving with the house when I moved . Now I have a new Snapper with a Briggs ( $300.00 cheapo from Wally-world) only use it where the rider cant go, AND
WHERE THE HELL ARE THOSE PICS ..????