Let's talk small motors

[DCIV]

Gah. Scratch all of that.

Pissed off right now.

The starter started to hang open. So either my key or my solenoid is bad.

Gah!!!


Coop

[DCIV]

Called in a traveling lawn mower repair man. I can’t figure it out. He should be here in 20.


Coop

[DCIV]

Has the wiring correct. Had a bad relay and have bad fuel.


Coop

[stealthee]

It takes a lot for fuel to be bad enough not to run a mower. I've used some nasty dirty fuel in a mower before and never had a hiccup.

[Chris GTO TT]

My push mower is pretty sensitive to water in the gas though

[DCIV]

It mowed! Mowed the yard!


Coop

[DCIV]

So on the 3rd mow I had hydraulic fluid coming out the reserve. Shit.

I did get a little more aggressive but it shouldn’t come out on a 40 min mow job. So I did a filter and fluid change today. Hopefully it just had some water in it. I showed it to the scag dealer people when I went and bought a filter...they didn’t know why. Huge confidence with those people. Haha.

Coop

[DCIV]

Well that seems to have fixed the issue. I guess only time will tell but it didn’t give me any problems.


Coop

[DCIV]

Got a weed eater, that has a drill attachment for a starter. Haha. I tried it, it works. But also the string pull on this is also easier than anyone I’ve ever used.


Coop

[alienviking]

The drill attachment sounds like far more work than it is worth.. my Stihl started on first pull every single time.. even with 1 year old gas in it hah. Loved both the Stihl weed eater and blower.

[DCIV]

It would for you. This is free. Just had to buy a new head to make it work.

Coop

[alienviking]

Free is good!

[DCIV]

Yup. Basically all my yard equipment is broken hand me downs.

Coop