Posted on 03/29/2016 1:41:46 PM PDT by tumblindice
Like assaulted Planters peanut?
Our mower repairman died. (Seriously.) We bought a new mower.
No need for the < p> symbol as long as you don’t use any other HTML in your post. Just a space will separate paragraphs nicely.
Good on you. FWIW, PRI-G is an industrial grade stabilizer. You can keep gasoline for years.
OK!!!! Phew, that was tough. I did run a bunch of old fuel out of genny tank. All went well BTW.
Unfortunately, most HSs don’t offer shop any more. Pitiful! Raising a generation of dependents.
Last weekend I broke out the mower; standard spring maintenance. Sharpened the blade on the grinder, cleaned the deck, changed the oil and the air filter, ran some Gumout through the air intake, and we are ready to go.
Cut the grass, first time. I already put the crabgrass preventer/fertilizer down two or three weeks earlier. Only got two bags of clippings, even with pulling the last of the stray leaves out of the flower beds.
It was good to get out and do some yardening. And we broke out the grill for some burgers, brats and beers for the 1st Q of spring, too!
Now we just need some Cub games on the TV in the garage....
The starter won’t make the jump to engage the flywheel? Nothing?
Use a large standard screwdriver and see if you can turn the flywheel manually.
Did the Bermuda grass scalp last week...
Yeah, I’ve got to get dinner started. Will check back later.
One reason I posted, I got in a hurry years ago and stripped plug threads on a nice little Troybilt pushmower once. Ouch.
You should "ceck" your ability to write English.
I'm betting there is something in the book that came
with your mower that you didn't read or didn't understand
just based upon how you handle the language of the land.
Like maybe "add gas" or something complicated like that.
Are you actually permitted around power tools?
A warning and a correction (correction makes changing oil easier).
Warning.....When tipping mower over to service blade never tip it over with the carburetor down. If you do and it is on its side for a while oil will drip onto the air filter an ruin it. Always tip a mower over with the carburetor up.
Correction....Make it easier on yourself. No need to remove the drain plug under the mower to drain out old oil. Modern mowers (for over 20 years) are designed to drain oil without removing the drain plug. The oil fill tube acts as a spout when mower is on its side. Just tip the mower all the way over on the side of the oil fill tube and all oil drains out without removing the plug.
Also, advise you not to use fuel with ethanol in mowers. Ethanol makes fuel lines brittle and damages jets and diaphragms in the carburetor. Find a station with non ethanol fuel to fill up the gas can you use to fill the mower with.
Ethanol is a death sentence to small engines.
Since the birth of pre package Eth Free 2 and 4 Cycle gas.
My spring problems are gone.
Trick for me is run em dry with the Eth free before putting them to bed in the Fall.
Saw and Spliiter gets it all winter.
Use WD-40 for starter fluid, never use starting fluid. Starting fluid burns too hot and can damage the rings. WD-40 is what they teach mechanics to use in small engine school.
I’ve been here ten years and decided maybe it was time to post a thread.
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lolol
I hereby sentence you to ten more years before you post a thread again.
Welcome to the wall of text posts.
Call Jose
Nutsedge and thistle.
Use “ethanol shield” instead.
Sta-bil can be iffy.
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