Don't sell yourself short, my friend. You're a guru at this. It sounds like you came by it the hard way. I can't imagine all those frankenmowers you started out on.
There's a couple of good facebook pages that are solely small engine techs. They don't really allow questions like "My mower only turns 1/2 way then stops." If someone posts that, they'll be told pretty quick to take it to a small engine shop. Simply because most of us have shops. And DIY's, are a double whammy. They either fix their own stuff. Or they screw it up so bad, that many shops won't even touch it without charging full price for every minute.
BTW, that whole "forgetting what you had for breakfast" thing. Yup, happens all the time. I think I spend more time looking for something I just laid down, then I do actually fixing things. At least it seems that way sometimes.
Not a Guru, just standing on the shoulders of others.
Just about everything I have posted I have learned for some one else and have found they worked .
Yes I sat for hours watching Taryl & Donny Boy from video no 1 all the way through to where they were
Then there was Joe Pace for cube carbs, Dirt Drive way mechanic, shade tree mechanic and a few more I have forgoten
I have a problem with Steve's Saloon cause booze & wrenching don't go together
AS for forgetting where you lay things down, you say "the carb is on the ( mill table , whatever ) " as you put it down and you will remember where you left it.
Better if said aloud but only if you are by yourself at the time .
