Recent content by lm002

Hello all, We had about four inches of snow yesterday here in southern Ohio. In the morning, it was still clear out so I went out and got my tractor ready. It started normally and ran normally. I let it heat up then drove it out back to switch to the blade. In all it ran around two hours before...

Hello all, I own a small mobile mower maintanence buisness (there's only 2 of us). We had gotten pretty buisy so rather than doing the maintanence at the owners house, we picked it up and did it in the shop. We didn't start it up in front of him. :mur: When we got it to the shop I couldn't get...

Hello all, I am helping a friend of mine with his Troy built and he said that just recently it has been acting up. He said that on a cold start it will run for about 30 minutes and then foul and die. If he then lets it sit and cool it starts and runs for like ten minuets, not to well, then do...

Hello, I just had this idea and don't know if it would work. So I have a pump that I removed from a pressure washer with a blown engine. It has a spot on it where a standard lawn mower engine shaft with key would power it. So I got to thinking, what if I somehow rigged up the pump on a shaft...

Hello all, Recently I have been working on a xl 279 lawn tractor. It wouldn't start so I checked spark, which I do have. So after that I removed and cleaned out the carb very thoroughly. Then when it didn't start, I removed and replaced all of the gas lines and the fuel filter. I then checked...

I am reposting this in this section because it might be more appropriate here. Hello all, I am thinking about buying my first deisel tractor and I just wanted to know more about them. I know basically how they work, but I am very handy with gas engines. So fill me in if you can. Any advice...

Hello all, I am thinking about buying my first deisel tractor and I just wanted to know more about them. I know basically how they work, but I am very handy with gas engines. So fill me in if you can. Any advice would be appreciated. I just want to know everything about deisels that would be...

i have been looking around for a good four hundred series john deere tractor and i came apon this one at a dealer. it has been well taken care of and was traded in for something bigger. it has a 54'' deck and a 20 hp v-twin kawasaki engine with 455 hours. power stearing and hydrolic lifts, is...

hello all, I had a simplicity hydro 15 mower that i had for sale. it always started great and ran great. A guy came and bought it the other night and took it home. He said the first time he whent use it it ran for ten minuets and then quit. he said now it wont start and as soon as he turns...

has anyone ever installed and/or created an obd system on a lawn or garden tractor? would you be able to modify one from a car for on a mower? :confused2:thanks, lm002

technically speaking, how old dose a lawn mower have to be to be an antique? thanks, lmoo2

simply put, any suggestions for the up coming winter?

I am currently in the process of restoring a 1965 john deere 110; and i have disassembled it and have started sand down one of the fenders and it it is taking FOREVER. do i need to suck it up and keep going or is there an easier way of doing things?

Hello all, How exactly do you modify an engine and/or tractor to make it a pulling tractor? I have been thinking about it for awhile and i have a good selection of engines and lawn/garden tractors i just don't know what to do or how to do it. Any suggestions will be appreciated. thanks, lm002

Hello all, I am restoring a 1965 john deere 110 and it still has all the original tires and they all hold air! how should i make them look really nice and like brand new? thanks lm002