Thanks mate. The reversing switch has been driving me crazy. Instead of moving the switch on/off thing I removed both the little wires and stuck a car fuse between them, but you solved the hard part of knowing which switch it is for me.
Nice lawn tractor! 👍 I have a two year old Stiga Estate lawn tractor that is pretty much the same as your tractor except that it has a collector for the grass on the back. I shorted the switch for the seat and is going to do the same with the annoying reverse button on the dashboard and had to tighten the two 13 mm steering gear bolts underneath the fuel tank to get rid of wobble in the steering, you should check out those bolts too. I also put in some 5W5 led bulbs in the headlights so now the lights are much brighter and it looks better too in my opinion.
Howdy, yeh they are not bad for the coin. Will check out those two bolts and look for some brighter globes too. I added some grease on the Steering Linkage cross bar bolts/plastic spacers too. Cheers
Just bought one (well the one with the grass collector), hopefully it'll serve me well. Haven't looked to see how easy it is to hook up a trailer yet , though ill make the mods you did so thanks for figuring that put and sharing it.
Thanks for the review. I, too, have a 4108 but a couple of years old with the 550 twin. I must put in those blocks of wood as I have the same problem but hadn't looked closely and just thought there was some play I couldn't adjust. Did you put in a 10A fuse for the seat? Have you thought about changing the hydro gear tranny oil before the hours get up too high, as the tranny oil I understand isn't the best from the factory and it pays to put the better Stens 5W50 in so I am led to believe? I haven't seen any on line tips about doing that, have you? I have only done it on a tuff torq and had left it too late and the gears were worn.
Hi, Yep those little blocks take out the wondering for sure. Yes it was a 10 amp auto fuse, just pull the two wires off the seat switch and plug in the fuse to short both wires together. No I have not looked at the Hydro drive, will do now and see what I come up with, cheers. Made another video here th-cam.com/video/5qVmKHr7Ll4/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
It looks nice tractor. I could get one for 1300$ only slightly used. It is made in china and tons of plastic parts. Im actually horified about the amount of plastic in these machines. I have seen 80s and 90s Murrays that are almost full metal construction still in everyday service. Metal rusts, but plastic brittles and wears down in sun and breaks while using it in frost.
Thanks mate. The reversing switch has been driving me crazy. Instead of moving the switch on/off thing I removed both the little wires and stuck a car fuse between them, but you solved the hard part of knowing which switch it is for me.
Glad to help others, yes that Nanny switch is just so silly. The people who come up with these idea's are living in a bubble wrap.
@@WagsOutback We are living in a *_Not so Brave New World_*
@@tonybloomfield5635 Ha ha, drive mine bare foot with a beer in the holder most of the time.
Nice lawn tractor! 👍 I have a two year old Stiga Estate lawn tractor that is pretty much the same as your tractor except that it has a collector for the grass on the back. I shorted the switch for the seat and is going to do the same with the annoying reverse button on the dashboard and had to tighten the two 13 mm steering gear bolts underneath the fuel tank to get rid of wobble in the steering, you should check out those bolts too. I also put in some 5W5 led bulbs in the headlights so now the lights are much brighter and it looks better too in my opinion.
Howdy, yeh they are not bad for the coin. Will check out those two bolts and look for some brighter globes too. I added some grease on the Steering Linkage cross bar bolts/plastic spacers too. Cheers
Thanks for the tip on fixing the loose steering. It worked really well for me.
@@tonybloomfield5635 That's nice to hear 😊 my Estate was horrible to drive before i tightened these bolts in my opinion.
Just bought one (well the one with the grass collector), hopefully it'll serve me well. Haven't looked to see how easy it is to hook up a trailer yet , though ill make the mods you did so thanks for figuring that put and sharing it.
No probs, mines still going strong, its not a rugged tuff machine but for the price it gets over large areas of lawn easy.
Thanks for the review. I, too, have a 4108 but a couple of years old with the 550 twin.
I must put in those blocks of wood as I have the same problem but hadn't looked closely and just thought there was some play I couldn't adjust.
Did you put in a 10A fuse for the seat?
Have you thought about changing the hydro gear tranny oil before the hours get up too high, as the tranny oil I understand isn't the best from the factory and it pays to put the better Stens 5W50 in so I am led to believe? I haven't seen any on line tips about doing that, have you? I have only done it on a tuff torq and had left it too late and the gears were worn.
Hi, Yep those little blocks take out the wondering for sure. Yes it was a 10 amp auto fuse, just pull the two wires off the seat switch and plug in the fuse to short both wires together. No I have not looked at the Hydro drive, will do now and see what I come up with, cheers. Made another video here th-cam.com/video/5qVmKHr7Ll4/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
It looks nice tractor. I could get one for 1300$ only slightly used. It is made in china and tons of plastic parts. Im actually horified about the amount of plastic in these machines. I have seen 80s and 90s Murrays that are almost full metal construction still in everyday service. Metal rusts, but plastic brittles and wears down in sun and breaks while using it in frost.
Yeh its not a bush basher but gets over the ground fast. Yep made in China but parts easy to get. Got a 24yo metal Cox Bushman for the rough stuff.