Recent content by Hammermechanicman

Have you checked for a blown head gasket?

I think that connects to an evap canister. I don't think fuel should be coming out of it. Just a guess.

On the left side of the frame about where your foot would rest there is a notch. The spring stretches further than you think.

Do you run a mower shop? Most folks on this forum fall into two categories. Homeowners and shop owners. Each will have their own way to do things. Sharpening 150 or so blades with most of them beat to hell with a file wouldn't be profitable. I need to be able to sharpen a 3 blade mower in 10...

Good to know!

I am pretty amazed at the gator blades with the fusion edge. Put a set on my ferris 3100 a couple years ago and haven't needed to sharpen them yet. I mow 4 acres. The original marbain blades would go a whole season between sharpenings.

What's a shop manual?

You won't see much difference. A rotary mower doesn't really cut grass but rips it using Inertia. Talk to a pro golf course senior groundskeeper sometime if you want to know about reel vs rotary mowers and how they cut grass. When a rotary mower blade is very sharp it will give a cut nearly...

I match the angle of whatever is on the blade. If the blade is so bad I can't tell I use 30 degrees. In the shop I see dozens of different blades

You can sharpen to a razor edge but after just a few minutes of mowing the edge will round over to around ,030 so no need to sharpen to a razor edge. Look at the edge of most any new blade and it is not sharp like a knife. There are some commercial guys that change blades every day and sharpen...

Dang! You got a $3k Burrking. Totally jealous. I just have the All American sharpener with an angle grinder with 36 grit flap disks. I built a wire brush blade cleaner from a table saw motor but it makes such a mess I don't use it much. If my shop was bigger I would get something better but I am...

You should put in Old style spindles just to buck the system. LoL.

Just what we need. Another useless proprietary blade mount from crap cadet. Just one more reason to NOT buy crap cadet. <<<rant off>>>

Yes you need a tank. Size depending on your application. Modern tanks have a bladder in them to separate the water and air. In older nonbladder tanks the air would slowly be absorbed and air would need to be added to the tank every couple of months. Most systems are 20/40 or 30/50. If you get a...

The main jet fits in that hole. Kind of important.

Things melt from heat. Heat is caused by resistance. Resistance is caused by corrosion. You need to replace the battery AND the negative cable.

Looks like the black knob sets the voltage the pump is looking for. The pressure switch is a dual pole switch. Do you have 220-240 at the terminals of the pressure switch of the wires from the service panel? Is the black switch set to 230? Do you have 220-240 volts at the terminals of the...

My business phone number is through godaddy smart line. It routes the calls to my cell phone. It only rings from 7 am to 8 pm. All my customers know to call me first before dropping something off and they have to schedule picking something up. My business cards say "hours vary. Please call...

Naw, you are supposed to zip them down with the impact and give it 4 ugga duggas. 🤣🤣🤣

180 ft lb in an aluminum block??? 😯😯😯😯😯

In a previous century I had a machine shop 010 over some engines when it was cost efficient. The best I will do now is use a flex ball hone to deglaze a cylinder and install new rings. If I don't have the correct hone I add the price of the hone into the job. Haven't done any in the last few years.

If not using a blast cabinet you will have media EVERYWHERE.

I recently changed oil in my wife's car. Filter is about the same size as the Briggs small filter and is supposed to go 7,500 miles per GM.

I waited a month to get parts for a husqvarna 970 and a month and a half for parts for a snapper rear engine rider. A bunch of husqvarna parts I needed are NLA. Seems the aftermarket parts are back to normal but not OEM. I can get aftermarket blades for an old MTD/White but OEM is NLA. I got a...

PTO disengaged?

My last FakeBook post was "I retired" that was around 4 years ago. That was pretty much my only post.

Have to agree with Rivets. If someone gets hurt today lawyers are involved. I too carry a 1M liability policy. When someone gives you money for something you assume some liability. I don't do much flipping but when I do sell something I do a bill of sale and state on it that the equipment is...