I remember the first time I came across a plastic carb. I sat there dumbfounded and stared at it for a while. I couldn't believe it. I love the design though. They are about as simple as it gets to work on. They grew on me.
Great video. I will stay with my 25 year old riding lawn mower and just keep maintaining it. Until like you said gasoline becomes too expensive. Thanks as always for sharing your videos. Cheers
We are hearing these issues with EV especially in the cold 🥶 Remembering most are fueled by outdated coal fire stations not solar or wind.😊 No battery powered here😊
Hello Sir, planning on keeping the gas powered equipment I have for as long as possible and pray gas powered equipment stays around. If EV is available, let othersm ake their informed choice!! I have lawn equipment that is over 40 years old and still working, including Snapper and Gravely. Thanks to your videos, they are doing just fine!! Thank you for everything including your poionted narrations!!!
You provided some good points in this video. But when it comes to anything new and innovative in the mowing and outdoor equipment world, I will stick to the basics. Gas powered mowers, but smaller equipment like weed trimmers and leaf blowers, I will probably be using battery powered. It will be used mostly for the homeowner's sake.
I see your point. Although if you intend on using the leaf blower for more than 20 minutes, the battery would be an "iffy" choice for me. I unfortunately have several trees along with the neighbor, so leaf season is quite intensive
I noticed you primed that engine six times, lol. I have a 15 year old Briggs branded mower with that engine. Prime it six times and it starts on the first pull every time, lol.
I hold on to my older equipment as long as parts are available for em. I've often fabricated or modified parts for my equipment. Ebay is a godsend for older OEM parts even if they're used. The older equipment, IMO, is much better than today's newer equipment.
I bought a battery string trimmer, mostly for my wife since she does not want to use the big Husqvarna I use. After a year it started slowing and smelled of melting plastic. I discovered the bearing at the trimmer head had seized up. I went to Black & Decker parts to find out the replacement part is no longer available. So far the only battery tool that the battery outlasted the too itself! I am a huge fan of cordless shop tools, but useless for garden equipment.
@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE my concern with new tech is that they weren't made to last you a lifetime but for a few years max and not make replacement parts easily accessible so that the customers would be forced into getting new equipment for ridiculous prices.
i seen a lot of new gas mowers in all the stores and hardly any electric ones or even battery operated ones not buying anything new for the next 15 to 20 years all my lawn and house stuff is all in good working order i keep it that way my rider mower is 30 years old and runs like brand new my push mower is 20 years old and runs like the day i bought it and my weed eater is 25 years old and works just fine
Very well said, the only battery powered tool I may buy is a string trimmer, however one that uses the same batteries as my drill and other tools because it is a name I already use and trust and currently already have the batteries it wouldn't be that expensive for me especially if the tool comes with another battery however i am in no rush as my current string trimmer is about 6+ years old and has goven me zero issues thus far
I have a DeWalt that was turned on once when it was assembled and never been used. My wife uses a Kobalt and is happy with it. We used Featherweight for years and I had an ECHO that my son-in-law is still using that's better than 10 years old. I got the DeWalt because I already had batteries. And I got their trimmer bare tool. Keep after it, Zero. You're doing a FINE job!
Sounds like it's building pressure somewhere. Depends on where the leak is. Might need to replace the fuel lines and the tank grommet they run through. I had to do mine when the ethanol fuel came out. See where the leak is coming from. Then you can narrow it down to what's ailing it better.@@ianursino901
Unless it's getting HOT! That'll cause the fuel to expand and run out. Make sure the fan is working and no crud in the cylinder fins and no obstructions in the fuel delivery system, intake OR exhaust. Exhaust blockage will make it run cold or miss and load up. The intake stoppage will make it run lean or hot. Might be a carb adjustment wrong as well. Take it to House Garage!.@@ianursino901
All well said! Reminds me of oil injectors on Yamaha Waverunners of the 90s. Trouble-free, right? No one has to be familiar with ratios for mixing fuel and oil. lol
If an electric future is inevitable, go with a commercial variant. It may cost more but it should be designed with maintainability in mind. So many of the models sold in big box stores are disposable; all you can buy is wheels, blades, and batteries.
I don't remember the exact quote, but Henry Ford once said that he would stop making cars if he could because the parts business was much more profitable. In small engines, that model has been turned on it's head due to the existence of clone parts. The parts business is no longer profitable for the designers because Chinese companies are immediately cloning the parts and selling them much more cheaply. Therefore, it is more profitable for them to make maintainance free or disposable machines.
Nope! Don’t want that battery garbage! Keeping my 14 year old Troy-bilt and my 25 year old husqvarna mowers, both with B&S engines that are ran dry for storage every year, along with fresh oil changes
Yep. My new innovative tool is going to be a gas powered string trimmer. My battery powered unit is nice for the average every week stuff around the house and trees, but I need one for the fence line. My car is a 2007 hybrid, which I am very happy with. My wife's car is a 2023 and we are taking it to the dealer next week to replace the touchscreen, after we had to replace the main computer, after we had to replace the starter. I'll stay with my car thanks.
Went to Walmart and browsed the lawnmowers, They no longer sell gas mowers anymore and the battery ones are all plastic. Hit one big rock and it's history. I wonder which one will last longer, the battery or the mower?
Yeah I heard about robotic Vacuums and lawnmowers. Yeah I have seen one model of Robotic lawnmower and that sucker was well over $2000 bucks. Yeah unlike robotic Vacuums that have been out for quite a while now robotic lawnmowers are a still a new concept. I also like the idea of robotic lawnmowers. Ever since I watched the move Honey I Shrunk the Kids. I always wanted a remote control/radio controlled lawnmower because I thought that was such a cool concept. Yeah EV are becoming popular and even my oldest Sister owns an EV and it's very nice but it's not my cup of tea. In terms of battery operated Riding mowers yeah they are very expensive they cost more than a gasoline powered one. With how much mowing commercial companies do I can't see battery operated riding mowers being used because if you don't have enough batteries for the job then you will be losing money because time is money. The same thing applies with normal consumers the price of a battery operated riding mower is so out of their price range that they will purchase a gasoline powered one. One time I compared and contrast the price of the a battery powered riding mower vs a gasoline powered one and the battery operated one is at least 2x the price of the gasoline powered one. I am sure that at some point down the road that Battery operated riding mowers will become more affordable just like their push counter parts are right now vs gasoline. In terms of push mowers I made the switch to battery and so far it has worked great. Yeah battery operated equipment does NOT do well in the cold weather back during like late October into November we were mulching leaves with our battery operated mower and it didn't last as long as it did in the warm weather of the Spring or Summer. My dad was using battery operated leaf blower to help blow snow off our cars to clean them off due to the snow being dry and powdery which worked great however the leaf blower didn't last as long in the cold weather. The only thing innovative that for the next mowing season that me and my family are going to get is another battery operated mower.
nice, thank you for sharing your experience with us. I do have a battery mower to work on for the spring, but it's not conventional by any means. You'll see what I mean.
@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE I have seen a video of a person fixing a battery operated mower but it was simple fix being a controller of some kind. As you and others have said on working on mowers in general sometimes the fix is easy and other times is is very complex.
I’ve bought a Toro electric snoblower, was impressed with performance so far. Bought the blower which is ok for my use and trimmer haven’t tried yet but I’m sure it will be fine. Homeowners I think will get along with electric equipment, but commercial guys I don’t know?
RIGHT! I've done both and commercial won't get it unless you have a trailer load of batteries. Ours work fine for home but I wouldn't even try and do someone else's place.
This year, like most, will just be purchasing the parts and materials necessary to service and repair the aging equipment that I already have. Hopefully that will be minimal. So, with switching to electric power, spring start up will go from cleaning, rebuilding, or replacing fuel system parts damaged from sitting in ethanol over the winter to replacing failed batteries that cold temperatures, lack of charging or overcharging has ruined? People must learn to realize that there are no perfect, fits all solutions in life. No matter what, you are just swapping problems. The best you can hope for is a wide variety of solutions to solve the particular issue you’re having, which seems to be exactly what we will not be given!
Not yet. I hope keeping a heater under the mower'll put that off a while. The mower price was MORE than enough. Getting old is rough in a bunch of different ways!@@ceejay9663
I'll keep my Briggs kicking along as long as i can!!! Not put any of them Batteries in my garage or basement.....dont trust them bursting into flames..
I saw you drain the oil from the fill plug, my other friend told me that it's a very bad idea on doing that and it's better to drain the oil from the plug from under the deck, what's the best solution
it depends on what you believe. I do what I find is easiest. Draining from the bottom takes a lot more patience. I like your friend, they seem to be full of advice.
I'm not buying anything new this mowing season, im staying with my vintage lawn equipment. My gas powered lawn tools will out perform the battery powered junk thats made today!!!! Just my opinion tho.
Absolutely not, lol. I am currently refurbishing my 14 year old Craftsman riding mower with a 26hp Kohler and a 54in cutting deck. Bigger is always better, lol. I have already replaced the key switch, starter solenoid, starter motor, brake arm, pulleys, and done a full tune up. The spindles and blades just came in this morning. I'm hoping to get another 14 years out of it.
This is my brother lawn mower but looks a lot rougher than this and it's green same engine. It does run but spuders a little bit. I will fix it better than a new one.
Can anyone help me about this issue of retrofitting brake cables and throttle cables to engines and mounting them in the handle of lawnmowers. How do you determine required length? It's extremely difficult as there has to be proper tension but no too much or the cable may break. Thanks ?
I've adopted a contrarian approach, though I don't oppose GENUINE innovation. That is, I have a Murray with a B&S Quantum 5 HP, self-propelled mower that's now33+ years old and still runs GREAT [Just changed the oil again yesterday]. Long tale short, I got INCREDIBLE deals on 2 Honda mowers over the intervening years that I bought because I couldn't pass the deals up at the time. I rotate the mowers. Just as I was going to donate the Murray, the IDIOTS running California outlawed ICE yard equipment, so I'll be KEEPING ALL 3 just to avoid the battery nonsense(!) Like others, I use cordless tools, but EVs and the battery yard equipment are BOTH "not ready for prime time" yet. The cost of, say, Stihl battery-powered tools is ridiculous and may gardeners cannot afford it. California's answer? The politicians plan to give away taxpayer money to "help them" buy replacement equipment! Politicians just cannot stay out of free markets....
Battery stuff has been pushed WAY too hard and fast with no or way too little info. I know from past and current experience! No more info that from the start. NONE! I just hope the info channels open up and US consumers can get shop manuals for better maintenance and understanding of what we spend an ABSURD price to obtain. I looked again last night and 9/10ths of the parts still have no pictures/illustrations to explain what they even are. Who can guess from just a number and no picture? I still have our gas jobs for spares too. And this winter is a prime example of how all this electric stuff holds up (vehicles) in adverse situations. We still have a heater under our zero turn. Are there any other ways for a consumer to keep a battery from freezing as far as yard equipment goes from the factory beside the brand that has 6 removable individual batteries with 3 double chargers that also fit hand tools? I can't and won't take a 56 volt 3000 Ah battery out, bring it inside and according to the owners manual, take it back outside, hook it back up to the mower to charge it once a month, THEN bring it back inside. For as much as that mower costed and still has money coming into it in rechargings and whatnot, I think we deserve more/better/ANY support than what we're getting. BUT this is just me and I'm looking at the naked truth as far as I can see. 2 and 2 is still 4 here. Blessings!
UYes por just don't have an answer for even though they just lay out 1/2 of a problem without an solution. THAT's what drives me up the wall. You're RIGHT!@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE
I am no fan of EV stuff, but you run into the same problems on gas powered stuff. My mom likes to use her riding mower year round to deal with leaves and stuff like that. That mower will not start without starting fluid if the temperature is below 50 degrees. Temperature is hard on anything
I would like to get an EV just to say..yeah I had one, what do you want to know. But as of right, I see too many drawbacks to having one, the biggest one is the depreciation
I’ve seen people review some of those robotic mowers and honestly they are a complete joke. They don’t use a conventional mower blade like you’d expect, instead they use this circular saw blade which does okay when the grass is short, but completely fails to cut down taller and tougher grass. Second, the mowers just bumble around randomly and don’t follow any kind of striping pattern, so it just leaves messy lines all over the grass when it’s done. There is no point in owning one because the price you’ll pay for it, you could just hire a mowing company for several years. It also should be noted that these things aren’t built very well so they’re very likely to experience a break down within the first two years of ownership.
unfortunately the mower has to run constantly to keep the grass at a manageable height. The ones I've seen have little "razor" blades on the edge of a disk.
@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE, let's not forget that the parts are at least sometimes NOT available. Another TH-cam channel reported that when she called the manufacturer to replace a crucial part on a robot mower, the customer service operator told her the part is NOT included as a replacement. It rendered the ENTIRE piece of equipment useless junk that must be discarded!
Best channel ever ....
thank I appreciate that
I remember the first time I came across a plastic carb. I sat there dumbfounded and stared at it for a while. I couldn't believe it. I love the design though. They are about as simple as it gets to work on. They grew on me.
yes I feel the same way. After looking at it, I started to realize the benefits of a plastic carb.
I will stay with my gas equipment 🙏👍🙏👍
me too.
I don't have no plans of buying any battery rated stuff thank you for the video
no problem
My answer in no, and I will keep the gas-powered equipment running as long as possible, and parts are still available. Thanks for the video.
I hear that!
Me TOO!@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE
Great video.
I will stay with my 25 year old riding lawn mower and just keep maintaining it.
Until like you said gasoline becomes too expensive.
Thanks as always for sharing your videos.
Cheers
very nice and keep up the good work!
We are hearing these issues with EV especially in the cold 🥶
Remembering most are fueled by outdated coal fire stations not solar or wind.😊
No battery powered here😊
you are absolutely correct
Too many variables with solar or wind EXCEPT hot air out of D.C. Just too hot and way too much to be useful.@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE
LOL.. I like this comment a lot
Truth is truth again!@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE
GASOLINE ENGINES RULE😄😄😄😄
I feel the same way
What kind of cleaner do you use
I use the degreaser in the gallon container from Harbor Freight
Hello Sir, planning on keeping the gas powered equipment I have for as long as possible and pray gas powered equipment stays around. If EV is available, let othersm ake their informed choice!! I have lawn equipment that is over 40 years old and still working, including Snapper and Gravely. Thanks to your videos, they are doing just fine!! Thank you for everything including your poionted narrations!!!
simply amazing. You've done a great job with your stuff!
All well said my friend.
thank you!
You provided some good points in this video. But when it comes to anything new and innovative in the mowing and outdoor equipment world, I will stick to the basics. Gas powered mowers, but smaller equipment like weed trimmers and leaf blowers, I will probably be using battery powered. It will be used mostly for the homeowner's sake.
I see your point. Although if you intend on using the leaf blower for more than 20 minutes, the battery would be an "iffy" choice for me. I unfortunately have several trees along with the neighbor, so leaf season is quite intensive
@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE yeah, depends on usage for sure.
I noticed you primed that engine six times, lol. I have a 15 year old Briggs branded mower with that engine. Prime it six times and it starts on the first pull every time, lol.
LOL... If it was new, follow the rules.. but once it's got some age on it, you might have to make some "adjustments"
I hold on to my older equipment as long as parts are available for em. I've often fabricated or modified parts for my equipment. Ebay is a godsend for older OEM parts even if they're used. The older equipment, IMO, is much better than today's newer equipment.
you are correct about that
No i love mij lawnmower honda
nice mower
I bought a battery string trimmer, mostly for my wife since she does not want to use the big Husqvarna I use. After a year it started slowing and smelled of melting plastic. I discovered the bearing at the trimmer head had seized up. I went to Black & Decker parts to find out the replacement part is no longer available. So far the only battery tool that the battery outlasted the too itself! I am a huge fan of cordless shop tools, but useless for garden equipment.
B&D used to make good stuff but has gone down like everything else.
couldn't have said it any better myself
Truth is truth.@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE
Interesting fuel line (looks like a garden hose)?
not sure, I think I've seen it at the garden center but not sure what it's used for.
Hey bro what's up? I believe that most of the newer technologies are quite amazing but the don't last as long as old or low tech equipment.
agreed, it's a real shame too, I think if they wanted to, they could make something great
@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE my concern with new tech is that they weren't made to last you a lifetime but for a few years max and not make replacement parts easily accessible so that the customers would be forced into getting new equipment for ridiculous prices.
that is my concern too.
i seen a lot of new gas mowers in all the stores and hardly any electric ones or even battery operated ones not buying anything new for the next 15 to 20 years all my lawn and house stuff is all in good working order i keep it that way my rider mower is 30 years old and runs like brand new my push mower is 20 years old and runs like the day i bought it and my weed eater is 25 years old and works just fine
that's interesting, all three places, I've looked is more than 50% battery. I wonder if it's the area you're at?
i am in the deep south @@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE
Plan on using a 1992 John Deere SB14 I came across and got running.
nice work and great mower
Very well said, the only battery powered tool I may buy is a string trimmer, however one that uses the same batteries as my drill and other tools because it is a name I already use and trust and currently already have the batteries it wouldn't be that expensive for me especially if the tool comes with another battery however i am in no rush as my current string trimmer is about 6+ years old and has goven me zero issues thus far
I have a DeWalt that was turned on once when it was assembled and never been used. My wife uses a Kobalt and is happy with it. We used Featherweight for years and I had an ECHO that my son-in-law is still using that's better than 10 years old. I got the DeWalt because I already had batteries. And I got their trimmer bare tool. Keep after it, Zero. You're doing a FINE job!
that's a very good choice to make.
No use to expand f you don't have to and if you have what works already, well................!@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE
My dads echo weed trimmer wont run when full of gas and it leaks gas a little what should I do?
I'd make sure the tank breather is open but our Host will probably have the cure, bless him.
@@lewiemcneely9143 it is thats the weird thing
Sounds like it's building pressure somewhere. Depends on where the leak is. Might need to replace the fuel lines and the tank grommet they run through. I had to do mine when the ethanol fuel came out. See where the leak is coming from. Then you can narrow it down to what's ailing it better.@@ianursino901
Unless it's getting HOT! That'll cause the fuel to expand and run out. Make sure the fan is working and no crud in the cylinder fins and no obstructions in the fuel delivery system, intake OR exhaust. Exhaust blockage will make it run cold or miss and load up. The intake stoppage will make it run lean or hot. Might be a carb adjustment wrong as well. Take it to House Garage!.@@ianursino901
where is it leaking from? The air filter area?
All well said! Reminds me of oil injectors on Yamaha Waverunners of the 90s. Trouble-free, right? No one has to be familiar with ratios for mixing fuel and oil. lol
you are correct, sounds great until you take a closer look and see that it's a pain
I will keep my gas powered equipment. No way i would to go battery on lawn equipment
I hear what you're saying
If an electric future is inevitable, go with a commercial variant. It may cost more but it should be designed with maintainability in mind. So many of the models sold in big box stores are disposable; all you can buy is wheels, blades, and batteries.
that's great advice but the cost is astronomical!
A M E N to THAT! I ought to charge admission to even LOOK at ours.@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE
I don't remember the exact quote, but Henry Ford once said that he would stop making cars if he could because the parts business was much more profitable. In small engines, that model has been turned on it's head due to the existence of clone parts. The parts business is no longer profitable for the designers because Chinese companies are immediately cloning the parts and selling them much more cheaply. Therefore, it is more profitable for them to make maintainance free or disposable machines.
wow, I like the way you put that, great comment
Nope! Don’t want that battery garbage! Keeping my 14 year old Troy-bilt and my 25 year old husqvarna mowers, both with B&S engines that are ran dry for storage every year, along with fresh oil changes
agreed!
Yep. My new innovative tool is going to be a gas powered string trimmer. My battery powered unit is nice for the average every week stuff around the house and trees, but I need one for the fence line. My car is a 2007 hybrid, which I am very happy with. My wife's car is a 2023 and we are taking it to the dealer next week to replace the touchscreen, after we had to replace the main computer, after we had to replace the starter. I'll stay with my car thanks.
wow, that newer car was having all sorts of issues.
Electric lawnmowers are total junk
Went to Walmart and browsed the lawnmowers, They no longer sell gas mowers anymore and the battery ones are all plastic. Hit one big rock and it's history. I wonder which one will last longer, the battery or the mower?
man that's some sobering news.
I’ll just hang on to my gas powered equipment as long as possible.
you and me both.
Yeah I heard about robotic Vacuums and lawnmowers. Yeah I have seen one model of Robotic lawnmower and that sucker was well over $2000 bucks. Yeah unlike robotic Vacuums that have been out for quite a while now robotic lawnmowers are a still a new concept. I also like the idea of robotic lawnmowers. Ever since I watched the move Honey I Shrunk the Kids. I always wanted a remote control/radio controlled lawnmower because I thought that was such a cool concept.
Yeah EV are becoming popular and even my oldest Sister owns an EV and it's very nice but it's not my cup of tea. In terms of battery operated Riding mowers yeah they are very expensive they cost more than a gasoline powered one. With how much mowing commercial companies do I can't see battery operated riding mowers being used because if you don't have enough batteries for the job then you will be losing money because time is money. The same thing applies with normal consumers the price of a battery operated riding mower is so out of their price range that they will purchase a gasoline powered one.
One time I compared and contrast the price of the a battery powered riding mower vs a gasoline powered one and the battery operated one is at least 2x the price of the gasoline powered one. I am sure that at some point down the road that Battery operated riding mowers will become more affordable just like their push counter parts are right now vs gasoline.
In terms of push mowers I made the switch to battery and so far it has worked great. Yeah battery operated equipment does NOT do well in the cold weather back during like late October into November we were mulching leaves with our battery operated mower and it didn't last as long as it did in the warm weather of the Spring or Summer. My dad was using battery operated leaf blower to help blow snow off our cars to clean them off due to the snow being dry and powdery which worked great however the leaf blower didn't last as long in the cold weather.
The only thing innovative that for the next mowing season that me and my family are going to get is another battery operated mower.
nice, thank you for sharing your experience with us. I do have a battery mower to work on for the spring, but it's not conventional by any means. You'll see what I mean.
@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE I have seen a video of a person fixing a battery operated mower but it was simple fix being a controller of some kind. As you and others have said on working on mowers in general sometimes the fix is easy and other times is is very complex.
very true
I’ve bought a Toro electric snoblower, was impressed with performance so far. Bought the blower which is ok for my use and trimmer haven’t tried yet but I’m sure it will be fine. Homeowners I think will get along with electric equipment, but commercial guys I don’t know?
RIGHT! I've done both and commercial won't get it unless you have a trailer load of batteries. Ours work fine for home but I wouldn't even try and do someone else's place.
with the tech we have now, I wouldn't think commercial will be able to switch yet.
Need a lot better and safer batteries.@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE
agreed
This year, like most, will just be purchasing the parts and materials necessary to service and repair the aging equipment that I already have. Hopefully that will be minimal. So, with switching to electric power, spring start up will go from cleaning, rebuilding, or replacing fuel system parts damaged from sitting in ethanol over the winter to replacing failed batteries that cold temperatures, lack of charging or overcharging has ruined?
People must learn to realize that there are no perfect, fits all solutions in life. No matter what, you are just swapping problems. The best you can hope for is a wide variety of solutions to solve the particular issue you’re having, which seems to be exactly what we will not be given!
Old electrician pal always said that EVERYTHING is a tradeoff.
...and have you see the PRICES for those batteries?!?!?!? UGH!!!!
Not yet. I hope keeping a heater under the mower'll put that off a while. The mower price was MORE than enough. Getting old is rough in a bunch of different ways!@@ceejay9663
I like how you put that.
I'll keep my Briggs kicking along as long as i can!!! Not put any of them Batteries in my garage or basement.....dont trust them bursting into flames..
you bring up a good point, the chances are slim at the moment, but it's still risky
I saw you drain the oil from the fill plug, my other friend told me that it's a very bad idea on doing that and it's better to drain the oil from the plug from under the deck, what's the best solution
it depends on what you believe. I do what I find is easiest. Draining from the bottom takes a lot more patience. I like your friend, they seem to be full of advice.
I can do both 😄👍
I'm not buying anything new this mowing season, im staying with my vintage lawn equipment. My gas powered lawn tools will out perform the battery powered junk thats made today!!!! Just my opinion tho.
nice!
The better the technology the dumber and lazier we become. The calculator is a great example.
great example!
Absolutely not, lol. I am currently refurbishing my 14 year old Craftsman riding mower with a 26hp Kohler and a 54in cutting deck. Bigger is always better, lol. I have already replaced the key switch, starter solenoid, starter motor, brake arm, pulleys, and done a full tune up. The spindles and blades just came in this morning. I'm hoping to get another 14 years out of it.
if that's the 26hp Kohler "Courage" engine ... I wouldn't count on it. You haven't heard about their issue?
gonna run my old junk till they outlaw gas , then fence my place and buy a cow . that is , if they haven't outlawed cows by then .
hey I like that idea
This is my brother lawn mower but looks a lot rougher than this and it's green same engine. It does run but spuders a little bit. I will fix it better than a new one.
nice and I like your attitude about fixing it.
The video recycle master strikes again!!
Yessir! He did!
winter strikes again
Yearly global cooling. Somebody defrosted a glacier!@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE
LOL!!
Where is the actual repair video
Can anyone help me about this issue of retrofitting brake cables and throttle cables to engines and mounting them in the handle of lawnmowers. How do you determine required length? It's extremely difficult as there has to be proper tension but no too much or the cable may break. Thanks ?
not sure, maybe someone else who's done this can chime in.
I’m staying with gasoline
me too.
@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE 🤗
I've adopted a contrarian approach, though I don't oppose GENUINE innovation. That is, I have a Murray with a B&S Quantum 5 HP, self-propelled mower that's now33+ years old and still runs GREAT [Just changed the oil again yesterday]. Long tale short, I got INCREDIBLE deals on 2 Honda mowers over the intervening years that I bought because I couldn't pass the deals up at the time. I rotate the mowers. Just as I was going to donate the Murray, the IDIOTS running California outlawed ICE yard equipment, so I'll be KEEPING ALL 3 just to avoid the battery nonsense(!) Like others, I use cordless tools, but EVs and the battery yard equipment are BOTH "not ready for prime time" yet. The cost of, say, Stihl battery-powered tools is ridiculous and may gardeners cannot afford it. California's answer? The politicians plan to give away taxpayer money to "help them" buy replacement equipment! Politicians just cannot stay out of free markets....
it's getting really tough out there.
I will stick with quality tried and true designs. Less chances of things going south when I need the equipment the most.
nice choice
Battery stuff has been pushed WAY too hard and fast with no or way too little info. I know from past and current experience! No more info that from the start. NONE! I just hope the info channels open up and US consumers can get shop manuals for better maintenance and understanding of what we spend an ABSURD price to obtain. I looked again last night and 9/10ths of the parts still have no pictures/illustrations to explain what they even are. Who can guess from just a number and no picture? I still have our gas jobs for spares too. And this winter is a prime example of how all this electric stuff holds up (vehicles) in adverse situations. We still have a heater under our zero turn. Are there any other ways for a consumer to keep a battery from freezing as far as yard equipment goes from the factory beside the brand that has 6 removable individual batteries with 3 double chargers that also fit hand tools? I can't and won't take a 56 volt 3000 Ah battery out, bring it inside and according to the owners manual, take it back outside, hook it back up to the mower to charge it once a month, THEN bring it back inside. For as much as that mower costed and still has money coming into it in rechargings and whatnot, I think we deserve more/better/ANY support than what we're getting. BUT this is just me and I'm looking at the naked truth as far as I can see. 2 and 2 is still 4 here. Blessings!
I know right, the stuff they ask you do sometimes
UYes por just don't have an answer for even though they just lay out 1/2 of a problem without an solution. THAT's what drives me up the wall. You're RIGHT!@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE
I am no fan of EV stuff, but you run into the same problems on gas powered stuff. My mom likes to use her riding mower year round to deal with leaves and stuff like that. That mower will not start without starting fluid if the temperature is below 50 degrees. Temperature is hard on anything
I would like to get an EV just to say..yeah I had one, what do you want to know. But as of right, I see too many drawbacks to having one, the biggest one is the depreciation
Gasoline for EVER
it's been around and very reliable for a long time.
I’ve seen people review some of those robotic mowers and honestly they are a complete joke. They don’t use a conventional mower blade like you’d expect, instead they use this circular saw blade which does okay when the grass is short, but completely fails to cut down taller and tougher grass. Second, the mowers just bumble around randomly and don’t follow any kind of striping pattern, so it just leaves messy lines all over the grass when it’s done. There is no point in owning one because the price you’ll pay for it, you could just hire a mowing company for several years. It also should be noted that these things aren’t built very well so they’re very likely to experience a break down within the first two years of ownership.
unfortunately the mower has to run constantly to keep the grass at a manageable height. The ones I've seen have little "razor" blades on the edge of a disk.
@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE, let's not forget that the parts are at least sometimes NOT available. Another TH-cam channel reported that when she called the manufacturer to replace a crucial part on a robot mower, the customer service operator told her the part is NOT included as a replacement. It rendered the ENTIRE piece of equipment useless junk that must be discarded!
yes you bring up a great point.
How about no reliability any more. Lol
it would seem that way.