Recent content by packardv8

Thanks. The mower is stored inside most of the year, but it has occasionally sat outside for some of the summer. jack vines

As Einstein said, "One definition of idiocy is continuing to do the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." That's why I don't want to spend $30 apiece for Cheng Shin tires which we know to be failure-prone. Are there any tires which you know from personal experience...

Since you have someone maintain your mower and he didn't offer any DIY fixes, you're stuck. However, if it were mine, I would turn down the worn area on a lathe and press bushings over it of the appropriate OD. BTW - you didn't mention if the spindles were worn on the wheel side or...

For true. I'll never install that cat-piss in anything ever again. Same but different, I spent two days chiseling, soaking, rodding out the coolant passages in a Packard V8 block after someone years past had filled the radiator with an unknown witches brew to stop a leak. jack vines

Just brought our Simplicity into service for another winter. So far, so good. Having so many small engines over so many years, I annually have to remind myself to change the oil in the 7hp B&S, refilling it up to the lip of the fill tube. It works, but I still would prefer a dipstick. jack vines

Agree. Not only are sealants water based/soluble but that plus the chemicals will rust-to-ruin the steel wheels if left in there to failure. BTDTNA FWIW, I just used my 50+year-old Simplicity snowblower. The tires on it are still holding air. When I say the tires used on today's machines...

Yes, the leak is through the sidewall of the tire. Agree, installing tubes in those little tires would be a PITA. Getting the tire on and off the wheel is a huge hassle itself. If I must do it again, I'm going to make bar to go through the hub which can then be clamped in a bench vise...

The rear tires aged out and began leaking, so I put tubes in them. The front tires are now leaking throught the sidewalls, but has anyone installed tubes in these little POS tires? jack vines

Thanks for the constructive suggestions. I'd have already replaced the fuel pump if I thought it was the source of the start-die-no-start problem, but once started on the spray, the engine runs fine. jack vines

And this is in the Troy-Bilt forum why?

Just brought our '75 Simplicity snow blower out of storage, ready for another winter. So far, so good. jack vines

Kohler Courage 22hp on Toro Timecutter 4235. Choke on, it starts immediately, dies immediately. From then on, it won't restart without priming. A few drops of gas or a shot of ether and it will start immediately and run and idle fine. When hot, restarts immediately. Why start then die? Why...

Every rider I've owned in the past fifty years has eventually developed electrical problems. Nearly every time it was in the OEM wiring connections and safety switches. The path to the spark plugs and the PTO runs through so many cheapo connections, corrosion and heat combine to stop the flow...

For true. The Chicom tires are junk which self destruct in just a few years. The bad news is that the replacements are also mostly Chicom. That's why I chose to go with tubes instead of new tires. jack vines

Just spoke with my brother in the Fairhope, AL area. He solved his mowing requirements, buying a new Gravely ZT and loaning it to his neighbor, who now mows both their lawns. Win-Win. jack vines