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I was cutting around a low stump yesterday and pushed the mower over the stump and the blade hit it, stopping the mower immediately. It started right back up again but was running rough and vibrating so I shut it down and flipped it over, gas tank side up, to see what I could see under the deck...

I'm a real estate title examiner, but not a lawyer. I just finished a search on a house that was built in 1992. The deed to the builder had an incorrect legal description that was never corrected and therefore technically when the builder sold the house in 1993 they sold property they'd never...

I've run everything dry of fuel except my blower and the rider, which I use during the winter to vacuum the leaves off the lawn and from the gutter along our property. From now until late next March it'll just be leaf duty. I say "just", but that's actually way more of a chore than mowing...

I lost one of my truck keys about 2 weeks ago and searched everywhere multiple times. I knew it had to be at the house somewhere because I drove the truck home. I've been using the spare key since. I'm paranoid about only having one key for the truck, so I stopped by Ford yesterday to order a...

I've seen it in threads here and other forums. Someone will say, "Don't buy that mower from HD or Lowes, etc. The engine on that unit doesn't have the same doohickie that it does if you buy it from a serviceing dealer." Yet the model number of the engine used is the same in both instances. So...

I've done a fair amount of research and I may have decided on TifGrand bermuda. Its a fairly new cultivar that's supposed to be even more shade tolerant than some of the Zoysia and St. Augustine grasses. During the summer our yard gets about 4 1/2 to 7 hours of sunlight a day depending on where...

Well its not a complete rebuild, I'm just replacing gaskets, primer bulb, fuel lines and filter. The gaskets (crankcase, cylinder head, etc.) have what looks to be a red sealant around them. Should I use a gasket sealant on them or is this red stuff just a pre-applied sealer. I'm not messing...

I've narrowed it down to either a Stihl BG56 C-E or the Echo PB-255. They're the same price and are comparable in volume and speed of air. I know each brand has their fans, but can anyone compare the two from personal experience? I love the two Stihl machines I own, although I've only had them...

Jeez, its 90 degrees here with full sun and I'm pushing the mower with one hand and slapping skeeters with the other. Well, I would be, but I came in to cool off and get some water. They're always bad around here in the summer, but they seem especially populous and very hungry this year. As much...

OK, this may seem a little naive, but its never occured to me until now. Is two stroke oil all the same? I have a Craftsman chain saw that uses a 40:1 mix and a Stihl edger that uses a 50:1 mix. I've run out of the 2.6 oz. oil containers that I've been using in my old 50:1 edger/trimmer. I have...

We get those ugly black mildew streaks on the north side of the roof, even though it still gets a fair amount of afternoon sun, as we aren't facing due north. I've been told there's not a lot that we can do to prevent it, just treat it when it gets bad enough to bother us. However, I believe one...

Well, my 10 year old 28cc Home Depot Homelite (made by John Deere) finally bit the dust. I don't think its anything catastophic. Yesterday it would only stay running with the choke engaged, and then finally got to where it wouldn't even start at all. Probably a carb issue. Its been utterly...

I've got a Homelite trimmer that is probably 10 years old. The manufacturer's plate on the engine says John Deere, but I'm relatively certain JD didn't make the engine and it was made for them by someone else. So I've got a 25cc engine of unknown manufacture made for John Deere then rebranded as...

Anybody here ever seen/bought the LawnmowerMan videos on small engine repair? Are they worth the price? Thought I might learn a little about repairing small engines and maybe pick up a little extra cash here and there as well as learn how to work on my own. I'm fairly handy with engines, I've...

I grew up listening to the BBC rebroadcast all the old radio shows like Gunsmoke, The Green Hornet, Burns and Allen, etc. on the old ham radio in the basement with my dad on Saturdays while working on projects or just hanging out listening to the radio. I still have that radio. Its got to be...

So, the push mower has been running fine, used every week for the last month or so, and then today it developed a problem. It constantly revs and slows and revs and slows. It keeps running and my wife used it to cut the front yard and is still using it to get into places the rider won't go in...

I've been fighting a losing battle with my yard for several years now. Actually I'd just flat out given up the last 2 or 3 years. We've lived in our house for 12 years and had a fairly nice lush lawn for the first four or five years. The previous owner had taken good care of the yard and the...