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Hi troops, Having got out of the lawn care business a while back, I haven't been posting much. 2008 Scag Tiger Cub 48" V deck, B&S powered, 2nd engine, around 1,400 hours. I do have other mowing machines and compact tractors. Since I have owned this machine I have used a collection system about...

Hi Folks, My 2008 Scag Tiger Cub with a V48 deck started throwing the deck drive V belt. I put the belt back around the tensioner pulley only to have it come off again in about an hour. With the deck drive belt off the deck pulleys, the tensioner arm had a lot of twisting movement. I removed the...

Hi Troops, My BR600 was loosing power and stalling. Replaced the loose fuel hose from the primer to the carb. This cured the stalling but not the performance. Finally went to the dealer and bought the thickness gauge and a gasket. Did the valve adjustment per the manual and it is back to full...

Hi Troops, Had been having problems with the L/H drive side with it hesitating going into reverse, so last spring I replaced the L/H pump, but the problem was still there. Briggs engine developed an oil leak at the sump gasket which continued to get worse. This is the 2nd engine on this...

Hi Troops, Over that last few weeks my Scag Tiger Cub has developed an engine oil leak. Today I removed the engine and checked where the oil is leaking from. In the pic with the blow gun tip is pointed, the engine base gasket is where the leak is located. It is a metal gasket and when I blow air...

What was supposed to be a fairly easy job turned into a nasty job!!! No matter what I did to attempt to remove the pump drive pulley, I failed to remove the pulley and ended up cutting it off with a die grinder. I have a pit in my garage which makes underside work on machines easier, but this...

Recently bought a new battery at Tractor Supply, the 420 CA/350 CCA one and installed it in my Tiger Cub. Today I cleaned the deck, sharpened the blades and mowed my lawn. As I was blowing off the dust, I raised up the seat and noticed that both battery terminals had been contacting the...

Hi Troops, After cleaning up about 2,400 bushels of mostly leaves and pine needles, I did all the lubes, changed filters and oils, drained the fuel, ran the engine out of gas and removed the battery. As the season was winding down, I noticed that the left drive system was becoming increasingly...

Hi Troops, After almost a year using this seat, I finally connected the operator presence switch!!! I had forgot this seat had a switch and was looking for information about this seat and found that all of this model have an operator presence switch installed. I disconnected the seat switch on...

Hi fellow Scag operators, Was mowing yesterday with collection and a nasty vibration came on quickly. Checked out my machine today and two conditions were found. 1st, the deck drive belt had lost a 2" long chunk out of it and the inner bearing on the collection blower was going bad. As I keep...

Hi Troops, My 2008 Scag Tiger Cub has a 30 HP Briggs Commercial Turf that I installed several years ago. About six weeks ago I removed the blower housing, cleaned under the flywheel, around the cylinders, around the carb and air filter housing with HP air from my compressor and put it all back...

I stopped to buy some Stihl oil and was shocked to see their showroom almost empty, not a good sign in April and no Stihl oil! I have known the owner/operator for many years and having been a mech and service manager at several businesses over the years, I have chatted "shop talk" with him...

I had the hankering for a new seat for my Tiger Cub, did some research and found an eBay seller (seatwearhouse) that had tan colored suspension seats for sale of the type that are on new Scag Tiger Cats. I bought one and installed it but needed to raise it up on 1" spacers. Nice seat, should...

Hi Troops, I have done several easy mods to make lubing Scag Zeroturn machines easier to perform periodic lubes. These involve the push arms which are the triangular shaped mower deck side sway links and the parking brake actuators located behind the drive wheels. The push arms involve two 90...

Hi Troops, Mowed four places yesterday, checked the hour meter before I started the first place, five hours later, including travel time, when I cleaned the machine with my back pack blower the hour meter only showed 2 tenths of an hour more and it was flashing "0930" and the latest time...

Hi Troops, The power went out last PM during a thunder storm, I slept, if you can call it sleep, in a chair as the upstairs was just too hot!!! Fired up my 1994 Coleman Powermate 4000/8 HP old Briggs this AM. I backfeed the entire house thru my 240 VAC welder plug and extension cord. Of course I...

Hi lawn troops, Here it is May 1st and still haven't done any mowing here in CT!!! All I have done is some dethatching and not at all of my customers, summer will probably drop in on us overnight one day and we will be complaining about the high temps!!! Actually just took the plow and chains...

Hi Troops, Not much chat in the Scag forum, your machines are either hibernating or running great!! Mine is hibernating with fresh oil, a new air filter, recent lube, new blades and a new collection blower fan. I drained the gas from both tanks, ran the engine out of fuel and removed the...

Was chatting with a customer this week and she asked me if I participated in the "Affordable Lawncare Act"!!!! I had to chuckle as she usually doesn't have much of a sense of humor!!! I suspect that she may have lost health care coverage from her employer but I didn't ask!!!!:rolleyes: I told...

Hi Troops, I was fiddling with my Tiger Cub in my shop last week and checked out what triggers the hourmeter to start clocking time. This is the digital display meter with a non replaceable internal battery. With the key in the on position, no time is clocking on the meter. When the engine is...

Hi Troops, I've never had mulching blades on any of my machines, therefore my question is, how well do Scag Velocity deck machines mulch??? Thank you!! Mad Mackie in CT:laughing::biggrin::smile:

Hi Troops, I was at my local Scag dealer today drooling:licking: on a 52" Tiger Cat/Kawasaki!!! Some models are on promotion this fall and with 0% for 48 months they are very attractive, to me anyway!!! I really would like to have another machine dedicated to mulching only. Anyway it is a...

Hi Troops, Finally got around to doing four grease fitting changes on my machine. The reason is easier access for the grease gun. I removed both drive wheels, removed the straight fittings and installed 45 degree fittings. Now I can grease the brakes easily after lifting the seat up. I also...

Hi Troops, I finally cleaned the mower deck and collection blower today, did it over the pit in my shop, check out the pics. Took 5 gallons of dried grass off the deck and the blower, changed the hydraulic oil and filter, would have put on a new clutch too, but Scag dealer will have them back in...

On the Ferris section of Brand Specific Forums there are threads from me discussing electric PTO clutches issues, some may find this informative. This time of year there is an expected increase in overall operating problems and clutches are a major part of the in season troubles.

Hi Troops, Repowered Scag Tiger Cub was showing an oil leak on the left side under the starter. Cleaned it up and found that it was the drain valve that I had installed when I installed the new engine, my bad!!!! Removed the engine, removed the drain fitting and drained the oil. The engine still...

Hi Troops, Was doing a nasty lawn today when my Kombi 90 string trimmer quit and wouldn't restart. I put it in the shade and got my BR 600 back pack blower going to cleanup some and it did the same thing!!! Of course the temp outside was over 90!! I just went out an both started OK. This is a...

Hi Troops, I brought the X-ONE from the cemetery to my shop today and did the 50 Hour hydraulic filter replacement (61.5 actual) and a few other things. I was able to get a typical round oil change pan under the hydraulic reservoir after dropping the deck to the lowest point. 3 1/2 quarts of oil...

Hi Troops, Having just repowered my TC with a new B&S 30 HP Pro series engine and had the regulator/rectifier fail in 4.3 Hrs , I decided to install a Signal Dynamics Heads Up Voltage Monitor. The new regulator clips the voltage at 14.1 VDC which is lower than the spec of 14.3-14.5 VDC. I still...

Hi Troops, I fixed the cranking problem, the voltage regulator on the new engine stopped working after 4.3 Hours. Put the VR from the old engine on the new engine and charging system voltage is back to 14.40 VDC. Stopped at my local dealer yesterday and did a warranty claim for the VR and picked...

Hi Troops, Replaced the engine on my TC 2 weeks ago but the previous cranking problem is still bugging me!!! So today I took a color coded copy of the electrical system and with the use of three digital multimeters and assorted jumper wires, I diagnosed the cranking problem to be the Interlock...

Hi Troops, Here are the pics I hope!! I do have a pit in my shop so getting under the Scag is easy!! The new engine has shorter cable reach on both the choke and throttle, so I'm thinking that I may drill holes in the throttle and choke levers at a shorter radius to reduce the cable reach. I've...

Hi Troops, With spring just around the corner and an ailing engine on my Tiger Cub, I just ordered a new repower engine. Having agonized some about this, I decided to go with a Briggs 49M977 which is a 30HP twin with the cyclonic air filtration system. I really wanted a Kawasaki FX730, but the...

Hi Troops, I'm new here on the Hustler group but I'm an old timer with power equipment. The cemetery assoc of which I am a member just had an engine failure on their 1993 Excel 260K, not bad for a 19 year old machine, 2,100 hours on the Kohler Magnum 20. Over the years I've maintained this...

Hi Troops, I finally got around to doing some servicing on my Tiger Cub. This is my first time leveling the deck and it took me 4 hours. The owners manual covers the basics however I had to get a little creative to level the deck side to side and then the fore and aft leveling was easy. I set...

Hi Troops, A week ago I was returning to my home and I was hit head on in my Ford E350 van. Other driver, suspended license since 2009, unregistered vehicle, expired plates from someones vehicle, no insurance, and high on drugs at 10:30 in the morning!!! Nice 23 year old kid, yea right!! He was...

Hi Folks, I'm disappointed that LMF has an advertiser that has taken the liberty to set tracking cookies when logging onto this site. One of the reasons that I liked LMF was no tracking cookies, but now that has changed. Many companys have violated the basic rules regarding tracking/roaming...

Hi Troops, While doing some repairs etc., to my machines I updated my album. The Scag Tiger Cub is shown with all of its attachments and the Ingersoll with none but I have a 48" deck, collection system, 54" plow, two link chains, and a few homemade goodies for it. My 7'X14' cargo trailer is in...

Hi Troops, Initially was just going to replace the blades, but while removing the collection blower I noticed that its belt was bad and while changing the belt I noticed that the blower shaft bearings were both bad. I keep the belts in stock, but not the bearings. While I was at it I removed the...

I stopped at my local Scag dealer today and the parts department is stocking the third different brand of fuel filters since 2008 when I bought my Tiger Cub. I replace fuel filters yearly and when I attempted to replace the second fuel filter it streached as I tried to remove the fuel hoses as...

Hi Troops, The intermittent cranking problem on my Tiger Cub got worse today as I was servicing it so I got into it with a colored wiring diagram that I downloaded from the Scag site. Nice to have a color coded diagram!!! I removed the control panel from the left hand fuel tank and beginning at...

Hi Troops, The title says it all and here is how we do this!!! When you post a problem, please post your resolve to the problem!!! On most forums there is only a 10% response, we can improve this and everyone will benefit from this info. When you post a problem be more specific about the model...

Hi Troops, Been hauling my Tiger Cub around in my cargo trailer and it turns to the right which puts the collection blower tight against the trailer interior and chaffes. Not a serious problem but with the dethatcher mounted on the front it bangs against the stuff that I have forward in my...

Hi Troops, I finally got around to posting some pics of my machines. They are old pics and I will take some soon when my machines are setup for the season. The pic of my Scag Tiger Cub was taken minutes after driving it out of my trailer as a new machine in Aug of 2008. I mowed commercially with...

Hi Troops, Ordered and received air filters and blades for my Scag Tiger Cub/26 Briggs ELS in prep for what may be an early mowing season. The way the weather has been so far, this spring season may just be around the corner. I just lost the contract for a big job to someone that wants to work...

Hi troops, I started to change the blades on my Scag Tiger Cub 48" deck today and ran into a problem. even with a 400FTLB impact wrench and the air compressor at max pressure, I couldn't remove the nut on the R/H blade bolt. I had to drill small holes progressively on opposite sides of the nut...

Hi Troops, I have a Scag Tiger Cub with a 48" deck and a collection system. The deck spindles on this machine have grease fittings and a relief valve on the opposite side. My manual calls for lube at 40 hour intervals and a special grease. The 40 hour interval conflicts with my 25 and 50 hour...

Hi Troops, Lately my 2008 Scag Tiger Cub/26B&S has been cranking intermittently. I disconnected the battery after charging it, cleaned all the electrical connections both high and low amperage, replaced the starter solenoid, but still intermittent cranking. I installed a second battery ground...

Hi Troops, Replaced the 8" hose on my Scag ZTR collection system as the original one was getting tired. I was pleased with the increase in airflow while picking up leaves. The new hose has a much smoother interior and this contributes to the better airflow. I patched up the holes in the old hose...

Hi folks, I have been a semi-commercial operator for many years using Ingersoll and Scag machines here in rocky, rooty, hilly New England. I have a 2008 Scag Tiger Cub with a B&S ELS 26 HP engine, 48 inch deck, and a collection system. I also have other machines and equipment. I have been...