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I know it's been a while but, I forgot where I posted this message. I appreciate your response but, it looks like that website isn't around any more. Back to my search I guess. It'd be nice to find a class in one of the local community colleges but, I haven't seen anything yet. I'd offer...

That definitely looks like something I need to get my hands on. Prolly too late to get Santa to bring it to me but, I'll sweet talk momma and get it after Christmas.

I never looked at that saying in that way Rivets. The way it was brought to my attention was that the older mechanics (or anyone else in a profession out there) get, the less they can do in the areas like squatting down or even getting on thier knees to work on something and then not needing...

Still searching for those old Foley Belsaw manuals..

I actually ran across a guy on a forum a few years ago that was re-writing or updating the old Foley Belsaw courseware and somehow I lost contact with him. Man I wish I could get his info again..

Thieft is spelled Thief....

I heard a saying a long time ago.. "Those who can't do, teach"

Wow, some great answers and a lot that I didn't even ponder before.. I've got a 4x8 trailer, a 6x10 trailer, the bed of my pickup, plenty of ways to get them back to the shop. What I usually do is buy those units that "ran last year" and won't start at all this year. I get them VERY cheap...

If you have chickens, maybe you can answer a question I have.. Why does a chicken coop have 2 doors?? Well, if it had 4 doors, it'd be a chicken sedan.. Lord I apologize for passing on a great Dad joke..

OK, I've got a 5 gallon bucket with a swivel padded seat on the top and pockets that run around the outside as well as inside the bucket. It's what I grab when one of my mowers/weedwhackers/chainsaws/etc give me problems starting or running.. My question is: What's in your bucket?? Or tool...

I think they've got pills that will help with that.. Sorry, couldn't pass that one up..

This sounds a lot like what I'm looking for but.. I have one simple question.. Where exactly is "down here"??

I've got the blade off and I DO need a new blade holder but, I guess I'm asking "How do I remove the blade holder?"

I'll get that for you tomorrow. Thanks!

Craftsman 6.25hp. Trying to replace the blade holder under the deck. Hmm then I'm going to need a new one, Motor runs fine and smooth even though the blade was bent like a balloon animal. The blade holder took some damage and one of the bolts was shared off. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Pack up what's yours and never look back. My wife and I have been married 42 years and we take vacations... apart.. I use all my animals as my excuse.. 4 dogs, 3 cats, 2 parakeets, no one to take care of them while we're away. My oldest son in in the Air Force up in Anchorage and between him...

I recall many moons ago taking a small engine course with my Dad through the local community college but.. man that's been a lot of moons ago for sure. I was hoping to find the old Foley Belsaw program still up and running but, I guess it's gone out of business. I'm retired military and I'm...

Well, that went over like a fart in church. I tried contacting EETC and entered my login, tried several passwords with it, asked them to send a new password and all I heard was crickets. It's 2:25PM Pacific Coast time here, maybe they've gone home for the day. I'll check in on them...

Thanks, checking it out now..

Will that be before or after California breaks off on the United States and becomes it's own island? I was doing a road inspection project down in Yosemite and decided to add to my fleet of GoldWing motorcycles and bought one. I went to the DMV to register it and they wanted to charge me for 4...

Well, maybe the crude oil comes from dinosaur poop. They ate whatever they wanted to, then had to poop somewhere, several thousands of years later, you have Sinclair Oil.. The dinosaur on the sign just isn't showing the little poop balls fallin out the rear end.

You must have one hell of a wife.. Did you have to put a big screen TV out there and a comfy chair for her to sit in and watch her soaps while you toil away??

Sorry for the late reply but, that courseware is exactly what I'm looking for. I sure wish someone else would come out with a course like that. Apparently they weren't making enough money or something so they closed the doors. Another fine American Institution being replaced by cheap...

I'm a disabled vet and the VA approves and pays for training and I was wondering if anyone knew of a program that accepts that kind of payment?? I'm looking for a small engine repair course, preferably correspondence type like Foley Belsaw used to offer. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Well said Joed. I for one don't see anything about requiring users of this site to solve X number of problems for people asking questions. I myself am a self taught small engine repqir guy, I buy weed eaters, chainsaws, leaf blowers and any othe small engine (usually 2 stroke) machines at...

Ya know, it's kinda strange that we have these big oil companies out there with their big derricks pumping oil out of the ground 24/7 and then they have to convert those old dinosaur remains into a fuel we can run our motors with.. Wonder what it would take if you could just save all the oil...

I'm happy just buying those chainsaws/blowers, weed whackers, that "ran last year" that they can't get running this year so they go buy a new one and try to "pawn the non-runner off" at the wifes yard sale. I've picked up Stihl Chainsaws, a still leaf blower, Husqvarna leaf blowers, you name...

I was working San Francisco working on the new round Apple buildin a couple of years ago and I decided to buy a Gold Wing so I could go riding on weekends and get through the traffic going to and from work. I went to register it and it hadn't been registered for like 4 years. They wanted ME to...

I'm looking to get back into repairing small engines (Mainly Chainsaws, leaf blowers, weed eaters, that kind of thing) and while I know how to do most easily accomplished repairs, I'd like to get deeper into the mowers and motors themselves. Foley Belsaw is in the process now of re-writing and...

I'll start this one off. I had a guy call me and tell me he had a Troy-Bilt Weedeater that he and his brother tried to fix (Words that make me laugh, kind of like "It ran great 4 years ago, the last time we used it"). Anyway, this guy said "Just come get it, it's yours." I go to his house and...

Had a Stihl 048 Chainsaw on my bench I was working on. Had a bad gas leak. The wife and I had just come back from Costco (The big warehouse stores where you can buy a 40 pack of toilet paper, half a cow, etc.) and we LOVE the hotdog and drink deal for $1.50. I'd finished my hot dog and took...

I know this is the Lawnmower forum but, most people that use lawnmowers also use other items for yard maintenance as well. Maybe a small engine mechanics forum with topics related to how we made something work, or what troubleshooting we've done, that kind of thing. Just a thought... Back...

OK, strange question but, I've got a $60 gift card from Amazon and I was thinking I'd like to have some updated small engine repair manuals to keep in my mobile repair van. I've got some pretty old manuals and that's great but, they don't cover the newer (last 10-15 years) of small engines. If...

I just spent about 3 hours last night trying to get a recoil spring wound and placed in a Toro Leaf Blower. I've been trying to keep it tight by using vice grips, needle nose pliers, even made a jig out of a block of wood and some plastic pegs. I'm looking for pictures of ideas you've put...

I just spent about 3 hours last night trying to get a recoil spring wound and placed in a Toro Leaf Blower. I've been trying to keep it tight by using vice grips, needle nose pliers, even made a jig out of a block of wood and some plastic pegs. I'm looking for pictures of ideas you've put...

I've got seven of them right outside my shop right now that are about ready to head for the scrap yard. I've spent way too much time changing gas lines, filters, cleaning the gunk off them and tearing down and cleaning the carbs and they just won't run. Is there something with the diaprahms in...

OK,so I've been pondering the idea of using my 96 Grumman (Chevy Chassis) step van (12' box area in back) for my mobile small engine rescue mobile van and I've got the whole right side of the van that has custom made wood shelving cubby holes that are about 15" wide, 9" tall, and maybe 15-18...

Take a weed eater for example. Hose comes off the primer bulb, to a little male fitting, then there's a small square piece, then another make fitting. The square piece is what makes a half decent seal where the fuel line is going into the gas tank.. What the heck are those things called and...

I've got a '95 Grumman step van on a Chevy chassis, 1 ton but, it's only 12' long in the 'work' area. Right now it's got a ton of shelves on both sides, wooden, all built in. I'm thinking about taking the shelves on one side and making it into a bench with maybe keep the shelves under the...

I've emailed and called (left message) and no response. I was looking at buying his 5 DVD's and the books and catalogs he sells but wanted a deal for just those items.. I don't want any of the tools he offers in the packages. It's been at least a week with no responses. Kind of makes one a...

OK, if anyone has taken a small engine course from a place like Foley-Belsaw or one of the other training institutes that offer courses, can you give me your opinions?? Also, over at Lawnmowerman, he's got a bunch of DVD's were he teaches a lot of stuff. Short of going to a factory school...

OK, so a guy called me and told me he had an MTD 3hp edger that he wanted me to pick up for free. He wasn't at the house but left it out front. There was a bag tied to the handlebars. Inside were all the little connection parts for the outside of the carb.. The model number on the Edger...

I'm new to trying my hand at small engine repair and I'm always lookin for multi-purpose tools. I stopped at a hardware store that had the Arnold Multi-Tool the previous visit I was there but, they were all gone and they said they're not available any longer. So, I picked up an Oregon Top Saw...