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Someone asked me one time if I smoked after sex. I told them "I don't know - I never looked".

soifitypelikethisthatwouldbeokbecausethis isn'tanenglishclassit'salawnmowerforum? Seriously - it makes it easier for the reader to understand what you're saying. A little extra effort on your part so 10 or 15 people don't have to spend the same extra effort each to read it. Also, there are...

A personal request: When you post, please use sentence punctuation and capitalization. Not readily knowing where sentences end and begin makes it more tedious to read and understand, and increases likelihood of confusion about what is being explained. Thanks.

On the "D5" Stihl screw thread designation, I think you're past needing the information, but I tried to find an answer out of curiosity. I couldn't find a clear definitive explanation, but it appears Stihl bolt part numbers starting with "D" are self-tapping screws typically used for...

Nice thread! A lot of good info. I have a little tear in my eye from the camaraderie. 👍 Most blade sharpening instructions I have seen specifically mention rounding the sharpened edge somewhere between (IIRC) 1/32 and 1/16 radius. I'm thinking that an advantage to that is less inadvertent...

"Yes. I see now that you did request the measurement in post #57. But, there is no sense in talking about considering getting a shorter belt until the OP does make that measurement..." I did end post #57 with: "I'd suggest that once you've re-verified *all* of the above, *then* go to the...

I should have said post #57, in which I did state exactly that. 👍 Elvis (the OP) may have left the building. 🤷‍♂️

Already covered - see post #59. 👍

Already addressed: OP (original poster) posted photos of the new belt packaging showing the John Deere-listed belt part number (M158130) for this machine. The OP stated that the belt has that part number embossed on the new belt. However it has been suggested that the OP actually measure the...

Why would you genuflect? That would be weird. Take my comments at face value and don't read anything into them. Have a good day.

"...or the snowblower is not installed totally in sync with the tractor." That is a possibility too. However, you're out of sync with the thread! 😁 The OP mis-spoke in his first post about having a 60" belt. As he later stated, he in fact has the M158130 belt (he included photos of the...

This thread has been around the barn at least a couple of times, but no resolution. You say you're routing the belt correctly. OK. (One poster suggested being sure the tensioner is not flipped in the wrong direction - not sure that is even possible, but have you verified that that is not the...

My comment is moot for this particular project since contact cement apparently saves time, BUT in general for plastics and rubbery parts, I generally use silicone grease vs. petroleum based greases) for less chance of material incompatibilities/reactions.

A spammer that joined this morning. He posted in another thread too and has been reported from that thread. In the future, that's what that "Report" button is for at the bottom of each post. Hit it in the post that is the SPAM post. 🍻

I think you had a brain fart, 1.5mm = 0.060"

I was only meaning that if you put the step washer in to retain the valve guide, the bottom end of the washer acts as a shim for the spring. Depending on how thick you make that inadvertent-new-spring-shim part of the washer, you could be over-compressing the spring, which may shorten it's life...

I was getting ready to show my ignorance and ask what "14.7" had to do with anything - tried to guess what it might be. Started thinking: Standard ambient air pressure is 14.7 psi. But that can't be it. Suddenly the words "stoichiometric" and "O2 sensors" popped info my mind from years ago -...

That step washer is a clean solution. I was wondering if one or both ends of the spring should be ground shorter to equal the thickness of the part of the washer that it's resting on so the spring is compressed as designed. Or is that over-thinking it?

Or fire the ignition while peeing on the wire. If the ignition is working, it will be immediately obvious. 🤷‍♂️ 🙀

You didn't read everything posted - that was already addressed. I quoted the FSM for two of a certain car I owned in the past - I actually posted (attached) photos of those statements in the FSM. It explicitly stated that the valves open to ambient air close with engine/ignition off. In...

Ahh! I feel better about the hopeful/jingoistic comment. 😬 Volume to surface area - yes, Good point. They need to make the fuel tanks long thin tubes sticking up through the roof - like a big straw. 🤣 As with most things, everything's a compromise of competing goals/requirements/laws of...

Makes sense about keeping higher levels of fuel to keep *ratio* of volume of fuel to volume of open space (air + other vapors) in the tank relatively high. On what you said about effects being different with fuel volume of car vs. less fuel volume with a lawnmower, I would say it's not volume...

Taking one more pass at this - I think where we're talking past each other is that you think there has to be a valve or breather left open to allow for fuel usage emptying the tank and the diurnal temperature changes, while I see in the factory service manual that the valves are in fact closed...

We're probably not going to agree. I addressed the differences and quoted the factory manual explicitly stating that the system is closed off to the atmosphere with engine off by the n.c. (closed when de-energized, i.e., ignition off) valves. With some further reading, I see that the diurnal...

I wondered about that too. Distillation does leave calcium behind.

Here's information from the FSM of one of my vehicles (see the 2 attachments including the evaporative emissions system diagram and some text descriptions). The only paths from the canister to atmosphere are through the purge valve (ports under vacuum to the plenum downstream of the throttle...

"Sealed" was too strong a word. You can fault me for oversimplifying to keep my post less verbose. 😁👍 (Putting on my tap shoes...) Car systems allow a controlled pressure relief, and of course, as you suggest, allow air to enter to displace the freed up tank volume as fuel is used. The...

I'll add one piece of info. to the discussion: A few years ago, I remarked on an automotive forum that it puzzled me that consumer lawnmower engines definitely have a lot of problems with old 10% ethanol fuel, but cars did not. A guy who frequented that forum and that worked on the technical...

Well yes - that switch is definitely wireless as it sits now. 😁 Good luck! 😱

Yeah - I thought about the possibility that CA would be a special case (evap system). Perhaps the Honda aftermarket sells only the 4-line pump to simplify their inventory system (one less part number and part manufacturing/sourcing variation that has to be managed) - perhaps the 4-line pump is...

On the purge line, I don't know the answer for sure (I'm not a lawnmower pro), but I try to be helpful. So I searched "fuel pump purge line" in the context of lawnmowers. Some resulting hits said that, while cars have purge lines as part of their (fuel) evaporative emissions systems...

And post #8: 👍

The $800 and $1000 clearance tags you saw may have been one-off "open box" (customer return) units or something similar. As I posted, there are over 250 Ryobi ZTRs (total of 30", 42", and 52") currently showing in the HD system - so, no, they weren't attempting to deplete their inventory with...

"Check your local HomeDepot for clearance prices on Ryobi ZTR. Saw a 30" for $800 and 54" for $1000. They won't last til the end of the week. HomeDepot is dropping the line, word of mouth." I'm off topic of this thread, but since it's appeared to have run its course, I hope it'll be OK: You...

Weird - and annoying! - that they do that. Maybe so they can advertise again that they've dropped prices $2000 to get the attention of would-be buyers that haven't been paying attention.

You may know of the newer 21700 form-factor Li-ion cell - slightly larger package size than 18650 for more manufacturing and price efficiency for more power-intense applications - I think I read that Tesla worked with the battery mfrs. for that. Probably most if not all (especially commercial...

It appears you are viewing me and GrumpyCat as one person.

Jeezo Pete! I was addressing *only* the cost of gas and the cost of electricity for cutting the same yard - again - because someone brought that up. Nowhere did I state or imply that I was, in that analysis, covering every aspect of ownership - TCO, even though I mentioned several of those...

👍 (I explained why I focused on the cost of electricity/fuel.)

?? I didn't ignore anything. I never said to look at electricity and gasoline cost and don't look at anything else. I focused on that because someone else had commented on that. You might want to re-read what I said. I mentioned cost of batteries more than once. I suggested (twice) that...

I'm still using the original 80-volt 6Ah battery on my Kobalt self propelled walk-behind that I bought 6 years ago. I bought 2 gray market ("open box") OEM batteries as spares from highly-rated sellers on ebay at half the price of buying new ones through Lowes. (Chinese-branded knock offs are...

We have a lot in common - I'm an electrical/electronics engineer, and I'm one of the guys on car enthusiast forums arguing against EV mandates and pointing out the unachievable grid demands and every other reason why we are nowhere near ready to transition. I wasn't arguing in terms of TCO...

I'm late to the thread. I have the Z30Li. I don't have the burn turn problem. It's supposedly programed to prevent one wheel from staying totally still while making a turn. It appears to work like that on mine. I just bought mine this spring. Is this a possible later software revision. If...

"$60 of diesel to mow 3.5 acres? 10 gallons? That doesn't sound right." I wondered about that too. He did say that was a 60" mower, and implied that the weight might drive the fuel usage up. Not sure if that's true or not. More weight would be more than offset by wider cut => more...

I bought the 30" Ryobi Z30Li this spring. Comes with two 80-volt 10Ah Li-ion suitcase batteries. They have 30", 42", and 54" models. (They also have steering wheel tractor equivalents in the same 3 deck sizes at same prices as the ZTs. As someone else mentioned, this spring they dropped the...

"Fact: Idle speed activation of electric PTO shreds belts. Manufacturer says 2/3rd to full throttle when activating." While idle-speed shredding is counterintuitive, I don't doubt it. Likely some resonant frequency dynamics (as you said - within milliseconds) going on, which will vary with...

Groundhog Day (there's a date and time stamp at the top of each post)

Good point about PTO vs. older manual type blade engagement. I believe PTO clutch has a little slippage while engaging. 👍

A side comment on engaging the blades at low engine speed: I had a 42" 16 (or 18?) hp 2009 Western Auto Wizard mower (I forget which of the 2 mower manufacturers of those days it was made by) - bought it used and used it for many, many years on a couple of rough acres. Anyway - I was having to...

FYI - You should avoid firing an ignition (whether lawnmower or automotive) without a path to ground either through the specified spark plug gap or direct short to ground. Here's why: The ignition coil can generate much higher voltage than it takes to fire the properly gapped spark plug. When...