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the fuel shut off solenoid valve at the bottom of your float bowl is probably stuck.

OK, i got my ZT1 for free from the curb and it runs and mows great but I can't get the levers adjusted properly. one side is faster than the other. so i'm guessing that i need to check the hydro fluid. I've done this job on my Dixie Chopper but not on the ZT1. I gave a cursory look and...

did you replace the switch? does the engine die immediately when you engage the blades and or arms?

sounds like it's running rich. clogged air filter? when it dies, remove air filter and see if it starts and runs

Well, the engine starts and runs but has some vicious blow-by so the rings are shot. no matter, the deck has new blades and the tires and rims are excellent. going to part it out... i can't get the image to load properly. it truncates the width ! serial #. 917. 287500.

a friend alerted me to a craftsman dgs6500 at the curb just down the street from me. I zipped over there and nabbed it. the engine fan was removed as well as the cover but it has a 2022 battery and it started right up. The blades engaged too! so I put it with my other freebie lawn tractors...

our lovely gov is using YOUR tax dollars to bribe corporations to buy these crappy EV trucks.

show your work...

how do you know this? here's your lithium battery production: https://www.facebook.com/reel/223833576672247/?s=single_unit

yes, let's stay on-topic.... WHAT DID KILMER SAY THAT ISN'T TRUE?

i responded to the above claiming that i'm one of the sheeple. It was HE who didn't stay on-topic.

assume again....

Tommy Mckeown said: A whole forum of small engines not running correct and still wondering if people will switch? the vast majority of the problems are minor fuel deliver issues. I can guarantee that my old JD L120 will outlive all of these overpriced electric mowers. when that ELT catches...

too little too late... anyone who buys an EV of any type is ignoring THIS: https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/the-environmental-impact-of-lithium-batteries/

If electric mowers are a good idea, you'd see the commercial lawn services folks buying them up. I can guarantee that this won't happen.

sure, but that's the exception not the rule. batteries rarely go bad in the middle of a job.

why would anyone buy one of these overpriced piles of shiny JUNK? Oh, they'e going to save Planet Earth, I forgot... well guess what?.... the batteries require a lot of rare earth minerals that are so polluting to mine that it's not allowed in the USA. Then when the batteries get weak these...

no, batteries don't do this. when they go bad they won't crank your engine. I never had one go bad in the middle of mowing. PLUS: lawn tractor batteries are made poorly. Buying a new one doesn't guarantee diddly squat. I bought three lawn tractor batteries and one was junk. they...

get a "Battery Minder" desulfator / charger. It will charge and desulfate your battery making it last even longer. it can charge a battery when others can't.

someone please buy this pos then post here in a year if it's still running. it's being dumped at less than half the price of a new electric pos lawn tractor but it IS new according to the listing. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/742266160704441/

that's where a reciprocating saw comes in handy.

it was a vacuum leak. next time you start it, squirt the fuel line connections with oil/gas mix in a spray bottle, which seals the lines from vacuum leaks. works like a charm. also the oil/gas mix can be used as starting fluid. I put a hole in my air cleaner cover so i can squirt the...

Scotty Kilmer 5.52M subscribers

when you put on the new filter you also reconnected the fuel line to the pump which sealed the air leak.

This is easy... don't go nuts doing a complicated test and "fix". It's obviously not getting gas which is the most common problem with lawn tractors because you use them then they sit for a while. the fuel line connections are likely leaking a little bit of air which causes your fuel pump...

Like I said before... EV's and Electric trucks are a scam and so to are electric lawn tractors. If you buy one of these overpriced P'sos you will be ska-rooed. Scotty explains how the Tesla 18 Wheelers are breaking down before they reach 100 miles! Then they have to be towed with a...

this is generally because the fuel lines get dry allowing air into the system. the fuel pump can't pump if it's sucking air instead of fuel. I always squirt some gas in my mowers if they sat for a while ESPECIALLY in cold weather. This gets the fuel pump working faster overcoming a minor...

yes, and how do people think that they're going to road tax these new EV's? THEY'RE GOING TO PUT SPYWARE ON YOUR CAR AND CHARGE YOU BY THE MILE. this is all part of the New World Order nightmare. If the Greenies really cared about our environment, they wouldn't be flooding America with...

Clearly you don't understand. Global Warming works in mysterious ways. Sea level only rises on far-away, unheard of islands, not Manhattan or Key West... the same people who are falling for the EV scam are probably anxious for their Covid booster too. It's hard to believe that smart people...

All EV's and now these pos ELT's are a political scam using taxpayer dollars. they want to OUTLAW our gas mowers and cars and have artificially raised the price of oil to take us in this direction. If you fall for the EV scam things are going to get really really bad..

Yeah and Carl Sagan told us that if Saddam lit the oil wells on fire the world would end. The Nobel Prize is a scam. Obama got one and then went on a bombing campaign in The Mid-East. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2009/press-release/ Here's your EV truck getting saved by diesel trucks.

give me a break. and just who were these "scientists". notice that they didn't give us any names. my "scientists" say that The Hole in The Ozone is BS. SHOOT YOUR TV.

BFD... Just like Tesla, these "green" mowers are being subsidized with tax dollars, otherwise they'd never make it to market. only a fool would buy one. I have three gasoline mowers including a Dixie Chopper that I got all for FREE. What the environmental Commies are trying to do is to get...

absolutely.... notice that all of the "greenies" are flying in private jets and have multiple mansions in several countries. The new rules will be for us and not them. like Schwab says: "you will own nothing and you will be happy". WAKE UP, PEOPLE!

no, it's totally different. what do you think is going to happen to the price of electricity when every starts recharging their LARGE electric SUVs and lawn tractors? The infrastructure for going electric isn't there! furthermore, oil is NOT a fossil fuel, it's made by the Earth deep in the...

and how much will it cost to keep your electric pos plugged-in all year. those batteries have to drain to keep the cells from freezing. DON'T BUY THESE P'SOS!

this is the attitude that will screw us all over. NO, you have to fight these electric everything SCAMS.

well said....

Anyone who buys an EV or an ELT is a GD fool. In many areas of the country it costs about the same to charge your EV as it does to fill-up a gas car... and then there's THE BATTERY issues. I would never keep one of these potential firebombs in my garage especially when charging. Home...

the first thing you do is squirt some gas down the throttle body to see if it thumps. If so, it's likely a cold fuel pump vacuum line not sealing, allowing air in keeping it from working. spray the hose connections with a little oil/gas mix to seal them, then squirt some starting fluid in...

they won't cross-reference... it's just that the deere has two more leads coming out of the switch i assume are for the lights. the other 5 leads are in the exact same configuration. I was hoping that I can plug the Dixie harness into it and just ignore the other two leads.

Ok, I bought a new ignition switch for my FREE Dixie Chopper but it won't shut-off the engine unless I jiggle it, just like the old crappy switch. So I have to return the pos.... BUT I have a spare ignition switch from my John Deere with 7 prongs (two are for the lights I THINK) but the five...

it's a minor air leak in the carb fuel line connections. AGAIN: I squirted my line connections with oil/gas mix and PROBLEM SOLVED.

i haven't been able to look at it yet and now it got COLD in Florida. Y'all keep that crap up North!

it might be running rich since it starts fine and dies when warm. carbs are cheap on ebay. buy one and let us know...

there's an easy test. squirt some gas in the carb when cold and if it starts right up then you aren't getting enough gas. if this has a vacuum operated fuel pump, squirt the hoses where they connect to the pump with a little fuel / 2stroke oil mix. sometimes they suck air and even a little...

ok, thanks... will go out tomorrow and poke around. rain and cold coming to Florida! it was a perfect day today though. I got a lot done....

I checked the engine and it's solidly mounted. I don't think it's the engine because it stops vibrating sometimes. I'll remove the belts and give it a go. THANKS....

I had a 72, Formula Firebird that would start bogging and stalling when the gas got low. I strongly suspected some junk in my gas tank. the gas station pulled the tank and found what appeared to be a paper bag inside. from the rolling and sloshing much of it had turned into a perfectly round...

OK, now that i got the FREE Dixie Chopper, chopping well, I'm going to work some more on the FREE, Cub Cadet zero-turn which I have gotten running well but it vibrates even before I engage the blades. I saw a youtube video where a guy complained about this problem with this mower. Any...