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A few years ago, I bought a 28-volt Sunjoe mower for my wife to use for trimming and mowing around fruit trees. Got it at Home Depot. The day before yesterday, my grandson was trimming with it, and it just stopped. I began diagnostics with my multimeter, and it has 28v at the battery and 28v...

My neighbor has a lawn about that size, and he uses a Ryobi battery-powered self-propelled mower and loves it. I'm assuming you don't necessarily want a rider. I have a farm, but the part we mow is small. Our orchard needs to be trimmed to look nice. My wife uses a SunJoe battery-powered...

With this coming along with the change in the weather, I tend to agree with you that the grease in the Bendix has thickened. BUT... I had the same experience several years ago and discovered that the gear on the starter was plastic and had stripped.

Yes, strange malfunctions can cause a lot of consternation! Are you Australian?

Probably true, but it happened. If you do not know it is a possibility how will you know to check for it?

That is why it was such a mystery. It didn't hit anything. Might have been a backfire when shutting down.

I see questions about starting all the time. Here is a mystery that had me baffled. The B&S engine on our rider was not starting. It had fuel, spark, compression. Everything an engine is supposed to have to run. I was dumbfounded. I removed the cover from the top just to have a look. As I...

You need to test every component. Put a hot battery cable directly to the starter hot terminal momentarily and see if the starter is engaging and spinning. If you have tested the relay that would have eliminated that point of failure. Try a different battery. Batteries can show 12 volts and...

Before adjusting the valves, loosen the adjustment and rotate them some to clean off any accumulated carbon. Also, a light tap with a small hammer in the direction they open will help jar any carbon loose. Also, is there an automatic compression release? It will cause a low reading. A real...

My son-in-law, v-twin had a mouse nest under the shroud. Engine overheated and is shot!

My old Kubota with the 15 hp Kohler became almost impossible to start. For a year we struggled with getting it to fire strong enough to overcome the compression release. Once running it was powerful and ran normally. Then, getting it ready for this summer's mowing I could not get it to start...

A plastic gas tank will usually have very little if any condensation. A metal tank is a whole other story. Lots of condensation. That is why most, if not all manufacturers of anything use plastic tanks.

LOOK CLOSELY>> The rivets did not come loose. The bottom pulley half cracked apart. I have seen this. It does happen, but usually when very old. Could the belt tension have been too tight? Pulleys out of alignment? Or just a defective part?

Years ago I had a similar problem with a Briggs and after much head scratching and consternation I discovered the flywheel key had sheared, causing the timing to be thrown way off.

You might want to repair it if it has some value. That crack can be gently tapped back and then TIG welded, but if it is a low-stress area you might want to experiment with some Alumaweld. I was skeptical when I ordered some but found out it really does work well.