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    Age old question, Winter Storage?

    all mower engines, and v twin engines in particular will need the coils wire wheeled after rust sets in on the contacts from inactivity and exposure to moisture. to do this youll have to remove the starter, the fly wheel pully if so equipped, all the plastics, and get to where the coils can be...
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    change hydro oil

    the air purging works over a 1 hr or so period so the air bubbles can work themselves up the line to the reservior. fill it to the required fill level and go mowing and carry some extra oil to top it off as the machine expels the air from the transmission. changing the fluid is absolutely...
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    How many hours do machines really last?

    all stand on mowers on the market generally have the same major components, the hydrogear transmissions are industry standard. the floating deck bolts and throttle lines all use the pivoting eye bolts on the ferris. frequent fluid changes are the key to a long mower life. both on the...
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    Rebuilt engine hard to turn over, but then loosens up?

    as are the vagaries of lawncare business, my 21 mower was run without oil. somoene drained the oil out fo the machine on the trailer. I put new oil and now it starts hard just the way your talking about and then after it warms up it starts on the first pull. the engine sounds like it was run...
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    Oil leak on 27hp Briggs Commercial Turf

    I do not want to have to remove my engine until its time to put a replacement in. I did the transmission belt service and it was the most difficult procedure Ive had to do..
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    Oil leak on 27hp Briggs Commercial Turf

    I had the same problem with my kawasaki fx600v on a ferris, not a briggs and straton issue. I thought it was a leaking head gasket but reading above it appears to be a baseplate gasket issue that I havent heard before
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