Recent content by Hammermechanicman

I have my business phone number through GoDaddy Smart Line. Rings to my phone starting at 8:00AM and rolls to voicemail at 8PM. I will accommodate folks dropping off or picking up till 8 since my shop is 100 yards from my house. Not sure why some folks think a broken mower is an emergency. 99.9%...

I have 2 customers with that mower and one with the red troy bilt version still going. Nice thing is the parts are still reasonable and plentiful. If the deck hangar cables break replace them with chain and keep an eye out for cracks in the deck around the spindle mounting bolts. Especially the...

I turn 68 this month but don't feel a day over 90. Was up 25 feet on a ladder this morning nailing siding on a barn.

Point of no return and befinning of the end.

When i was training new guys they all didn't do or want to do logical troubleshooting. They would just change parts and if that didn't fix it they were lost. Especially electrical issues and too lazy to learn theory. They would act like reading was for dumb people.

Let's see. 18250 days since the last time i needed to solve a quadratic equation. I think my high school math teacher lied to me. I think the auto shop class was more useful than algebra 3. I made a good career being able to fix machines for almost 50 years. Had a manager once threaten to fire...

I run gator blades on a 61" ferris. They do cut the grass finer than stock blades but they do not mulch. Commercial guys use chute blockers to not blow grass in flower beds. Walkways and things like that. Not to try and turn the mower into a mulcher.

I use the pliers instead of the snap ring.

These HF hose pliers work pretty well

Its not used as a tru arc ring. It's a tool for a kohler fuel pump.

The wrong one is coming in the amazon/ebay kits too. I reported to stens about a belt for cub cadet being the wrong size. Sent pictures. Never heard anything back

Back in 1998 i paid $350 for a commercial stihl FS80 string trimmer. I have 4 acres and have put probably a half dozen tanks of fuel throughr it a year. I have worn out a half dozen heads. How many cheap string trimmers would i have needed in 27 years? I have a commercial ferris IS3100 mower. In...

The onan engines are opposed twins

Exactly. Lots of folks assume onan engines are like most other engines.

Look at this wiring diagram from an onan engine. What happens when you disconnect a plug wire to try and run on one cylinder?