The big disconnect. SEPERATE MACHINE AND ENGINE INFORMATION IS NEEDED! We are not mind readers

sgkent said:
Hey - can anyone here tell me the part number I need to fix the broken thing in my back yard, and where to get that part? All I know is it was working when I put it away last winter. :)
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The fact is that in this day and age, the majority of people don’t try. They don’t try to fix the dryer that broke, they call AAA to change a flat tire, they call a small engine shop because their pressure washer won’t start, and simply needs a carburetor cleaned and fresh gas. The sense of resourcefulness and independence is just not there. Then, when they do try to repair something, not uncommon for them to make it worse. Then when I say all this to my wife about how I can’t believe what some of these customers do (good people), she says, “that is why they have you to help.”
 
Tiger Small Engine said:
The fact is that in this day and age, the majority of people don’t try. They don’t try to fix the dryer that broke, they call AAA to change a flat tire, they call a small engine shop because their pressure washer won’t start, and simply needs a carburetor cleaned and fresh gas. The sense of resourcefulness and independence is just not there. Then, when they do try to repair something, not uncommon for them to make it worse. Then when I say all this to my wife about how I can’t believe what some of these customers do (good people), she says, “that is why they have you to help.”
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But they expect to be done for free. But here they get free advice sorta but still have to put that beer down or that Irish style coffee to do the work themselves.
 
sgkent said:
Hey - can anyone here tell me the part number I need to fix the broken thing in my back yard, and where to get that part? All I know is it was working when I put it away last winter. :)
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Please help.

My Thing a majiggy broke and I need a whatcha ma callit.
 
Thank God most are still willing to help! Thank you for all the help I have received over the last few years from all the people ready, willing and able to help.
The site has been fun, funny and so informative! keep up the great work here dispensing wisdom, gleaned from many years of combined experience...Happy, THANKFUL, Reader!
 
When the idiots "get with the program" and start thinking like "us smart people" life will not be fun anymore and forums like this will go away.

FACT: Common sense is not common!
 
mmoffitt said:
Thank God most are still willing to help! Thank you for all the help I have received over the last few years from all the people ready, willing and able to help.
The site has been fun, funny and so informative! keep up the great work here dispensing wisdom, gleaned from many years of combined experience...Happy, THANKFUL, Reader!
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But there are those seeking help who are easily distracted by shiny things, who know nothing of mechanics or the operation of mechanisms. They just don't. There's a post this week by a guy who has become obsessed with the shape of a fuel filter. Shape. Not function, not direction of flow....just shape. And there are plenty on here who, through good intentions, hand a pistol to a monkey and hope for a good outcome.
 
RevB said:
But there are those seeking help who are easily distracted by shiny things, who know nothing of mechanics or the operation of mechanisms. They just don't. There's a post this week by a guy who has become obsessed with the shape of a fuel filter. Shape. Not function, not direction of flow....just shape. And there are plenty on here who, through good intentions, hand a pistol to a monkey and hope for a good outcome.
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Roger' that
 
StarTech said:
What we are getting is getting a lot of stubborn DIYers. I have a had customer just yesterday asking about a problem with his mower and I told what it likely was for him to go back asking same question over and over again.

As said we need all the equipment info we ask for in order to help with the problem. And sometimes none of us have seen that particular problem.

I got a particular problem with a Kohler CV742-3017. It run like crap when first started. Even dies when going to idle. There have been multiple problems already found. Dirty carb, bad fuel pump, hole in fuel line, and just yesterday the tank vent line bubbling gas into air filter. Still none these fixes have fully resolved the running problem. It should be either the carb can't be cleaned or ignition related problem. It does get into random after firing at times which makes me I got a failing ignition coils. I actually took it out and mowed yesterday without any problems but I was at full throttle all the time.
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Common courtesy never hurt a DYIer looking for help
 
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