That little boy will always remember working with his dad. Its so important to create great memories for little kids. Because they will become what you teach and show them.
Your kid looking into the camera made me laugh out loud. My kids are high school and college age now, but I remember those days. Enjoy them while they are young. It goes by quickly.
Very inquisitive son there, Marty. He'll forever remember having these special times w/you in the yard. You're a very fortunate lad. Once again......there's just NO stopping you in your quest for operability!
Another enjoyable video Marty. Was so beautiful seeing your son make a cameo appearance in the film. Reminded me of my son when he was that age. I don’t have the skills you possess but if ever I was doing maintenance on my vehicles or trying to make something, my son was always there wanting to help. I had a wonderful old neighbour who was a retired builder but made wooden toys and furniture for charity. He was a beautiful and tolerant man and my son would disappear for hours visiting and helping him.
Aahh Marty , another great vlog , ( jokingly ..) could you make them longer , I could watch you for hours on end , pulling things to bits , fixing them and finally driving or operating them , much to my amusement and awe . I am so glad you are a fellow Kiwi who has been handed down the ability to fix things with a bit of ingenuity and number eight wire , but it is a lot easier when a great store franchise offers you a full range of their fine products to help you and deservedly so . Cheers mate .
Marty is so cool he doesn't even flinch when the tsunami siren goes off. Kinda like how us southerners in the U.S. hear the tornado siren and grab the video camera.
Lol. In small town NZ that used to mean there's a fire somewhere and for the volunteer firemen to all drop what they are doing and head for the Fire Station to man the engine. May still be the case where Marty is.
Where I live, the city simply performs a test drive on the sirens once a month, at the exact same time. Needless to say, I'm quite used to the sound after many years. I simply assumed that was the case in this video as well, so your post opened my eyes somewhat. I guess there are places in the world where there's actual use for the sirens, haha.
Mann , i Brought 2 of those back to life , they are german mowers , still one of the strongest one's from the 2000's. Mowers that survive longer than some cars ,and they still provide parts. Thanks again for the upload!
Thats another great save from the scrap heap. one of my customers gave me an 1870 Kubota lawn tractor that hadn't run for over 5 years when our 316 Deere puked it's kohler motor. 3 hour on a Friday afternoon and it's been cutting grass all this season, all it needs now is a new oil pan gasket sometime this winter as it's started leaking. To be honest thats the only machine a customers given me that was actually worth the time bringing it home and fixing. The other stuffs been a free scrap removal service for them when I really get into looking at it ! Kinda thinking the people in your new home street are either going to love you fixing broken equipment and helping them out with repairs or hate you for bringing "junk" home lots of times and putting it in the driveway LO.L. Thanks for the video, Take care
The belts can changed from underneath, it's a lot easier with deck off. I repair mowers and use a old hospital bed to lift mowers up high, saves your back and knees 😁.
Lose the deck and lift the front and stand it up on it's backside. That's how I do it. As long as the cylinders are above the oil you're good. Most mowers are built to be lifted like that.
Uhh ohhhh New Zealand ran out of abandon excavating equipment in the Forrest .... poor MartyT has no more challenges. So out the kindness of his heart a neighbor offered his old mower he doesn’t use since buying that zero turn last year just for the video. God bless his soul, he was thinking of us!
Everyone not from new Zealand is going to panic at the siren. It's called a civil defence siren and it's used in some small towns in New Zealand as a callout to volunteer fire brigade members.
Nah, Aussie Volunteer Fire brigades are the same as are many US volunteer firies. Mostly replaced by SMS and Pagers today though but the sirens still sound.
Nicely done Marty, I’ve had the great pleasure of visiting your country, I met a few like minded Kiwis who would much rather rebuild than discard and repurchase.Keep it coming Mate.
I'll pass on the wasps, as well... I can deal with spiders and snakes but not the flying stingers. Nice find here... I did a similar mower back in the 80s, even replacing the tires to a tractor tread to cope with the rougher terrain on the rear reaches of the property. It was all belt-driven, as well, and I recall replacing a pulley and several guide-pins (located outboard of the pulleys) that were worn and allowing belts to jump off. It's rather satisfying to bring something like this back to life. Thanks for a nice flashback.
Great score and quick tune. Don't forget to pop top engine shroud off to make sure cooling fins are clear. Grease nipples for deck bearings are usually on bottom side and if not you can sometimes drill and tap your own in if they are coned bearing holder design. You can also lift steering rack up and jog a few teeth one way to make it turn sharper one way for almost zero turn capabilities. Just have to do that and readjust steering rods. First add on should be a drink holder.
I don't know why, but there something about you that's special . You find old junk bring it home and a little squirt here and tap there and Whammm ? Thanks, we all love it, Thanks, See Ya Texas
I enjoyed your partners cheerful agreement at the end. Which we all know is not the end of that conversation. It usually ends up being you congratulating yourself on a job well done followed by cheerful agreement. Then asked "If your done messing around with that. You need to fix/replace 'insert word here-------->___________________ any appliance/my car/house/anything' now."
Just been through a similar situation with a cheap mower. Just about shat myself when it unexpectedly fired up. But all sorted now and I’m happy as, kinda look forward to doing the lawns now.
These v-belts can take quite a beating, had a Bedford CF long time ago, with the replaced and misaligned generator the belt had ran 2/3 of its way inside out, kept running like that for over 400km on the Autobahn, before I could replace it... Great job on that mower, thx for showing! :-D
I ran my MTD "Ranch King" for 12 years, mowing about 2 acres once a week. The first thing to wear out was the pivot on the stamped steel front axle. That variable speed 2 belt set up works fine. I still have parts of that mower and the engine off one my brother had, on an 1989 model my Dad bought new and used for about 15 years. I haven't used it in about 3 years, but probably could have it working with a couple hours of tinkering.
Marty the only man we know who can make a sit purse out of a Sow's ear, beat up derelict MTD V- twin riding mower works his magic on it and it qualifies for Targa Tasmania it runs so well, Nice one Marty ,love it 👍
My dad has a Kohler engine MTD (in Kansas City). It's dark green and the grass-catcher is different. He abuses the heck out of it. In his book, leaving it out in the rain counts as 'cleaning' it, so it counts as 'maintenance'. In spite of his abuse it's been a trouble free mower, supremely effective at clearing up leaves in the Fall..
I think many look at something like that old mower and think, “what a piece of junk”. You on the other hand see potential. Then with a little know-how and not being afraid to get your hands dirty, you turn junk into something of value. Good work Marty.
Bro since I been watching your vids I had stripped and rebuilt 2 chainsaws, replaced items on cars, mac gyvered projects around the whare without a welder which was needed, 2 microwaves, 4 slice toaster, built and remodeled garden shed roof, extended top verandah and spouting, modified some gym equipment, and now finished on 2 leaf blowers both goin one needs primer pump, and fixing grandsons toys and teaching him as well. Lock down keeping me useful lol Awesum work Bro churr
Hi from the UK. I just settled down to view your video and then suddenly ran to the shed to get my old mans gas mask and tin helmet and took my tablet and hid under the stairs. Bloody hell what was that ?
Nice one! I've a 1988 MTD lawnflite that I got working with my 10 year old son. Hope to get many years of service! And hope the mower lasts a few years too.
Good score for free. Years ago I had the black version,MTD Yard Machine,also 20hp I think. Got it cheap when it was near new and the people let the battery die over winter and they wanted to use a push mower anyway. I glued an adjustable double drink holder to the fender and was very happy mowing with cold beers in koozies on a hot day. Sold the mower but kept the holder! It will go on a garden tractor if I ever find the right deal on one.
Love it! your videos gave me the confidence to work on bigger projects! I still buy these old lawn tractors fix them up and give them away or sell them to people who need them but cant afford newer ones. Nine times outta 10 its a 15$ part and an hour of work and they fire up. Those old single and twin engines just love to work.
Nice one Marty. MTDs are very simple mowers. I’ve had mine since 1998. Enjoy keeping it going. Getting the deck back on is always tricky. It has that fierce spring. Your Tirfor will be useful to stretch that. I don’t use the broom handle on the catcher. Move the D handle to the back and just pull that towards you when you need to empty it.
Another one rescued from the scrap pile . A little time and patience , job done . Keep up the excellent work and content Marty . You sure can find them . Top man .
The mowing deck comes off easily making the drive components easy to get at. Check under engine cowling for wasp and mason bee nests amongst the cooling fins, they build them in there and if not cleaned out the engine can overheat.
Hey Marty I just came across your channel , great job. Someone has probably mentioned this already but I'm not going back through 700 plus comments to find out. Make sure that you clean the derbies out from behind the shields on the side of the engine at the cylinder's , as grass will build up preventing the fins from cooling. When it overheats it will seize the valves in their guides. Brigg's twins are bad for this. I know I had to learn the hard way. Keep up the good work
I'm surprised how much I LEARN watching these videos, I don't own a car, I have never worked on one, but now I'd bet I could at least tell if it's infested with wasps or not.
ohhh that was a fancy one back in the day with the rear discharge, and bagger.. o0o.. that rubbing noise on the deck is from the break that rubs on one pully to slow it down when you dis-engauge the blades, or it would keep spinning
I remember "helping" my Dad when I was a tyke. He will remember things like this his whole life. With the wasps, though, I'm afraid I would have grabbed the gas bottle with a spud and singed the whole mower!
Peek-a-boo to you to young man! OK Marty now you've got a whole extra hour to the weekend what other project are you going to find yourself ;-). Jim Bell (Australia)
My grandpa has a 1995 yard pro garden tractor made by craftsman with Briggs and Stratton van guard engine 20hp the garden tractor is at least 30+ year's old and she is the best mower my grandpa ever had and he still has it today 😃😄
Your one of the best most patient mechanic I've seen in a long time! The world needs more people like yourself! Thanks so much for sharing, it's always a pleasure watching your videos! Except that angry ram made me want to say dang alot! 😡
I rebuilt a 42” Cub Cadet earlier this year (made by MTD), and those blade spindle bearings are really cheap. They’re sealed bearings, so I removed the inner seals and filled the cavity between the bearings with grease so they could be degreased when needed. Easy repair and parts readily available from Amazon very cheap. OEM parts are outrageous, and I live where that MTD was made here in Cleveland, Ohio USA. Plenty of TH-cam videos available for rebuilding the deck. Good luck with your new toy!
Thanks, yeah I'll do the bearings when they start showing signs of side to side movement, theyre actually still nice and tight just had moisture in them I guess
I do not presume to teach grandma how to suck eggs, so a couple of points from experience. i) It is worth drilling a hole, tapping it and fitting a grease nipple on the blade bearing housing. Just make sure it points in the right direction when installed. ii) A larger hole on the cutter deck fitted with male hose fitting. When flushed, use your sucky-blow to dry it, then a dribble of your favourite no-rust goo, also with blade/s spinning. Wet grass clippings are almost as bad as cow shit and fertiliser for rust. You know all this, Marty, but someone else might take a tip.
I used to run a small Toro rider with a hard shell leaf & grass clipping catcher very similar to this one. It was very easy to empty. I would collect a load of leaves from the lawn and then just drive through the woods and dump it on the fly without even slowing down. It was brilliant.
That little boy will always remember working with his dad. Its so important to create great memories for little kids. Because they will become what you teach and show them.
Your kid looking into the camera made me laugh out loud. My kids are high school and college age now, but I remember those days. Enjoy them while they are young. It goes by quickly.
Yeah it was a cute moment and it cheered me up 🤗
Made me say "Well hi there"
Yeah, that time just fly past. Missing it :-)
Man it sure does!
Very inquisitive son there, Marty. He'll forever remember having these special times w/you in the yard. You're a very fortunate lad. Once again......there's just NO stopping you in your quest for operability!
I just wrote a similar comment on his other video :)
Yes. Don't miss these opportunities with your children, you will regret it when you are older, we all do.
Another enjoyable video Marty. Was so beautiful seeing your son make a cameo appearance in the film. Reminded me of my son when he was that age. I don’t have the skills you possess but if ever I was doing maintenance on my vehicles or trying to make something, my son was always there wanting to help. I had a wonderful old neighbour who was a retired builder but made wooden toys and furniture for charity. He was a beautiful and tolerant man and my son would disappear for hours visiting and helping him.
I enjoy “piddling around” as my dad called it.
It’s good for the young fella to see this also. Great memories
For someone not mechanically minded (me), everything you do is fascinating, love your work Marty.
That close-up ASMR wasp crunch 3:45 was incredibly satisfying 😍🤣🔥
Mr. Marty, Gentleman farmer.
You are what we USE to have in Australia, a "bush mechanic"
Nice to have your boy around and wanting to help
"that's a bloody wasp.. I don't like wasps"
I support this statement 🐝 🔫 😂
“Die motherf***er”
Those mowers are the worst to change drive belts on. I’ve done many and hated each and every one...well done for your patience. 👏👏👍
That siren sounded exactly like the one in Schloss Adler (Where Eagles Dare).
SIT DOWN, COLONEL!
God Bless the Children!
You look like a proper Dad on that mower!
Maybe I’ve been stung too many times, but those crunches were satisfying 🤣
If I hadn't squashed them, I can pretty much guarantee they would have ended up down my sleeve or in a boot
@@MartyT I’ve had too many down my sleeves or sneaking up for a quick poke on my neck not to enjoy the squish lol!
Aahh Marty , another great vlog , ( jokingly ..) could you make them longer , I could watch you for hours on end , pulling things to bits , fixing them and finally driving or operating them , much to my amusement and awe . I am so glad you are a fellow Kiwi who has been handed down the ability to fix things with a bit of ingenuity and number eight wire , but it is a lot easier when a great store franchise offers you a full range of their fine products to help you and deservedly so . Cheers mate .
Marty is so cool he doesn't even flinch when the tsunami siren goes off. Kinda like how us southerners in the U.S. hear the tornado siren and grab the video camera.
Lol. In small town NZ that used to mean there's a fire somewhere and for the volunteer firemen to all drop what they are doing and head for the Fire Station to man the engine. May still be the case where Marty is.
@@briananthony4044 still the case, most volunteer brigades still have the siren.
Probably more like a higher than normal wind warning siren after the shite weather here recently
Where I live, the city simply performs a test drive on the sirens once a month, at the exact same time. Needless to say, I'm quite used to the sound after many years. I simply assumed that was the case in this video as well, so your post opened my eyes somewhat. I guess there are places in the world where there's actual use for the sirens, haha.
Another job well done
u rock mr kiwi! if your ever in TN you have a friend!
Mann , i Brought 2 of those back to life , they are german mowers , still one of the strongest one's from the 2000's. Mowers that survive longer than some cars ,and they still provide parts.
Thanks again for the upload!
I even think this had a motor swap in the past , i thought the 13/102 was for : 13hp/102 cm mowdeck
Thats another great save from the scrap heap. one of my customers gave me an 1870 Kubota lawn tractor that hadn't run for over 5 years when our 316 Deere puked it's kohler motor. 3 hour on a Friday afternoon and it's been cutting grass all this season, all it needs now is a new oil pan gasket sometime this winter as it's started leaking. To be honest thats the only machine a customers given me that was actually worth the time bringing it home and fixing. The other stuffs been a free scrap removal service for them when I really get into looking at it ! Kinda thinking the people in your new home street are either going to love you fixing broken equipment and helping them out with repairs or hate you for bringing "junk" home lots of times and putting it in the driveway LO.L. Thanks for the video, Take care
I hate Wasps too over here in the UK. Love your collection of bargains. A lil bit of work and you prove that things can be achieved, nice one. 👍👍🤜🤛🇬🇧
Well done Marty........Again.............
The belts can changed from underneath, it's a lot easier with deck off. I repair mowers and use a old hospital bed to lift mowers up high, saves your back and knees 😁.
I’m with you! 👍🏼👍🏼Remove the deck!!
Lose the deck and lift the front and stand it up on it's backside. That's how I do it. As long as the cylinders are above the oil you're good. Most mowers are built to be lifted like that.
Another pile saved from scrapping. Your little helpers are awesome especially the one that made sure the camera was still filming.
Uhh ohhhh New Zealand ran out of abandon excavating equipment in the Forrest .... poor MartyT has no more challenges. So out the kindness of his heart a neighbor offered his old mower he doesn’t use since buying that zero turn last year just for the video. God bless his soul, he was thinking of us!
nice picture of the daughter peeking into the camera. reminded me of own kids "helping" me work.
Everyone not from new Zealand is going to panic at the siren. It's called a civil defence siren and it's used in some small towns in New Zealand as a callout to volunteer fire brigade members.
Here in Southampton UK is used to announce lunch time at the port hahaha
Nah, Aussie Volunteer Fire brigades are the same as are many US volunteer firies.
Mostly replaced by SMS and Pagers today though but the sirens still sound.
Fire tornado and 12-6 and 9 in small towns here in the USA
Central PA volunteer fire call-out too. Near my dads house, it sounds like a sick cow sound.
Ours in southwest MO goes off every day at 5 pm.
We used to drill a hole in the side of the bearing housings to put grease fittings on the mowing decks.
Saint Marty, patron saint of the hopeless cases, pray for us!
YOUR a good bloke !! Love from the UK !!
Seems so easy for you. Nice job.
Nicely done Marty, I’ve had the great pleasure of visiting your country, I met a few like minded Kiwis who would much rather rebuild than discard and repurchase.Keep it coming Mate.
I'll pass on the wasps, as well... I can deal with spiders and snakes but not the flying stingers. Nice find here... I did a similar mower back in the 80s, even replacing the tires to a tractor tread to cope with the rougher terrain on the rear reaches of the property. It was all belt-driven, as well, and I recall replacing a pulley and several guide-pins (located outboard of the pulleys) that were worn and allowing belts to jump off. It's rather satisfying to bring something like this back to life. Thanks for a nice flashback.
seeing the son get involved reminds me of working on the old houseboat with my dad, good stuff
I think those Vanguards are really good engines.
Pure artestry. Now, I think I will change my mower's oil!
Even under threat of a Chinese Air Raid Marty perseveres!
Great score and quick tune. Don't forget to pop top engine shroud off to make sure cooling fins are clear. Grease nipples for deck bearings are usually on bottom side and if not you can sometimes drill and tap your own in if they are coned bearing holder design. You can also lift steering rack up and jog a few teeth one way to make it turn sharper one way for almost zero turn capabilities. Just have to do that and readjust steering rods. First add on should be a drink holder.
I don't know why, but there something about you that's special . You find old junk bring it home and a little squirt here and tap there and Whammm ? Thanks, we all love it, Thanks, See Ya Texas
I enjoyed your partners cheerful agreement at the end. Which we all know is not the end of that conversation. It usually ends up being you congratulating yourself on a job well done followed
by cheerful agreement. Then asked "If your done messing around with that. You need to fix/replace 'insert word here-------->___________________ any appliance/my car/house/anything' now."
Nice save Marty!👍👍👍
Just been through a similar situation with a cheap mower. Just about shat myself when it unexpectedly fired up. But all sorted now and I’m happy as, kinda look forward to doing the lawns now.
Have a drive like that on a wood latte. Works great. Nice work Sir
These v-belts can take quite a beating, had a Bedford CF long time ago, with the replaced and misaligned generator the belt had ran 2/3 of its way inside out, kept running like that for over 400km on the Autobahn, before I could replace it...
Great job on that mower, thx for showing!
:-D
Ah Sunday morning coffee with Marty!
I ran my MTD "Ranch King" for 12 years, mowing about 2 acres once a week. The first thing to wear out was the pivot on the stamped steel front axle. That variable speed 2 belt set up works fine.
I still have parts of that mower and the engine off one my brother had, on an 1989 model my Dad bought new and used for about 15 years. I haven't used it in about 3 years, but probably could have it working with a couple hours of tinkering.
Glad to see the air raids didn’t get you!
The alarm was likely either Earthquake or Tsunami warning, depending where in New Zealand it is.
@@user-Adam72 I don't believe there are any earthquake sirens. tsunami sirens in most coastal areas though
@@user-Adam72 actually that was the siren from a fire station. it's a backup for the fire fighters' pagers
I'm not in New Zealand but here the fire department uses air raid sirens to alert the volunteers that there is a fire.
From memory we used to have them if there was a fire (Feilding Manuatu) that was 21 years ago
I really like your video God Bless you and your Family
Marty the only man we know who can make a sit purse out of a Sow's ear, beat up derelict MTD V- twin riding mower works his magic on it and it qualifies for Targa Tasmania it runs so well, Nice one Marty ,love it 👍
And, Mrs. T, it was free!
My dad has a Kohler engine MTD (in Kansas City). It's dark green and the grass-catcher is different. He abuses the heck out of it. In his book, leaving it out in the rain counts as 'cleaning' it, so it counts as 'maintenance'. In spite of his abuse it's been a trouble free mower, supremely effective at clearing up leaves in the Fall..
Nice work man!
Nice find, good work.
Strewth! I'ts ze Lutfwaffa! Its taken em a few years to get there but fair play, they’re tryers!
Can't beat a good find that can be fixed up and used.
Enjoy your videos, you truly are a very skilled man.
Nice job, once again. You're a fixer BOSS Marty! Thanks for the regular uploads.
I Love to see people save things like that. All my very best.
I think many look at something like that old mower and think, “what a piece of junk”. You on the other hand see potential. Then with a little know-how and not being afraid to get your hands dirty, you turn junk into something of value. Good work Marty.
Good one. Looking forward to seeing more of the little bulldozer.
I need to scrape the slippery layer of pine needles off my 4wd track with the dozer, might as well film it
Bro since I been watching your vids I had stripped and rebuilt 2 chainsaws, replaced items on cars, mac gyvered projects around the whare without a welder which was needed, 2 microwaves, 4 slice toaster, built and remodeled garden shed roof, extended top verandah and spouting, modified some gym equipment, and now finished on 2 leaf blowers both goin one needs primer pump, and fixing grandsons toys and teaching him as well. Lock down keeping me useful lol
Awesum work Bro churr
Great job Marty 👍 I ready enjoy seeing you bring back from the dead old equipment. Looks like your son will be following in your footsteps. Thanks
Love watching your videos
ooo Vanguards are good engines. We have a 20+ year old 12.5hp model on a lawn tractor with many lawn mowing hours, I've only replaced a couple seals
Hi from the UK. I just settled down to view your video and then suddenly ran to the shed to get my old mans gas mask and tin helmet and took my tablet and hid under the stairs. Bloody hell what was that ?
Hey my friend Marty, I’m always so happy to hear from you brother! 🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼Thanks for sharing
Nice one! I've a 1988 MTD lawnflite that I got working with my 10 year old son. Hope to get many years of service! And hope the mower lasts a few years too.
You’ve inspired me. I fixed my coffee machine. Next a complete filter change on the Ute.
Nice justification to the missus at the end.
Good score for free. Years ago I had the black version,MTD Yard Machine,also 20hp I think. Got it cheap when it was near new and the people let the battery die over winter and they wanted to use a push mower anyway. I glued an adjustable double drink holder to the fender and was very happy mowing with cold beers in koozies on a hot day. Sold the mower but kept the holder! It will go on a garden tractor if I ever find the right deal on one.
Most ride ons you can drop the whole deck and drag it out from under the mower then there should be grease nipples on the ends of the blade shafts
Excellent work 👍👍👍 . Thanks for sharing
Love it! your videos gave me the confidence to work on bigger projects! I still buy these old lawn tractors fix them up and give them away or sell them to people who need them but cant afford newer ones. Nine times outta 10 its a 15$ part and an hour of work and they fire up. Those old single and twin engines just love to work.
Messing about with a knackered old tractor while the SS20's are inbound!
Nice one Marty. MTDs are very simple mowers. I’ve had mine since 1998. Enjoy keeping it going. Getting the deck back on is always tricky. It has that fierce spring. Your Tirfor will be useful to stretch that. I don’t use the broom handle on the catcher. Move the D handle to the back and just pull that towards you when you need to empty it.
Good advice, cheers mate
You are very handy person to have a ramp I'm sure your wife and children love it
Another one rescued from the scrap pile . A little time and patience , job done . Keep up the excellent work and content Marty . You sure can find them . Top man .
It sounds like there is a kids birthday party happening in the background at one point, haha. Very cool
Nice lockdown project there Marty.
The mowing deck comes off easily making the drive components easy to get at. Check under engine cowling for wasp and mason bee nests amongst the cooling fins, they build them in there and if not cleaned out the engine can overheat.
Hey Marty I just came across your channel , great job. Someone has probably mentioned this already but I'm not going back through 700 plus comments to find out.
Make sure that you clean the derbies out from behind the shields on the side of the engine at the cylinder's , as grass will build up preventing the fins from cooling. When it overheats it will seize the valves in their guides. Brigg's twins are bad for this. I know I had to learn the hard way.
Keep up the good work
You are starting to have a good inventory of Suburban Home Owner Toys. You are the pided piper of broken machines.
I'm surprised how much I LEARN watching these videos, I don't own a car, I have never worked on one, but now I'd bet I could at least tell if it's infested with wasps or not.
ohhh that was a fancy one back in the day with the rear discharge, and bagger.. o0o.. that rubbing noise on the deck is from the break that rubs on one pully to slow it down when you dis-engauge the blades, or it would keep spinning
I remember "helping" my Dad when I was a tyke. He will remember things like this his whole life. With the wasps, though, I'm afraid I would have grabbed the gas bottle with a spud and singed the whole mower!
Peek-a-boo to you to young man! OK Marty now you've got a whole extra hour to the weekend what other project are you going to find yourself ;-). Jim Bell (Australia)
Nice repair, I had to do a lot of repairs to my old ride on mower too, very satisfying resurrecting broken stuff.
My grandpa has a 1995 yard pro garden tractor made by craftsman with Briggs and Stratton van guard engine 20hp the garden tractor is at least 30+ year's old and she is the best mower my grandpa ever had and he still has it today 😃😄
I bought a MTD in 1995 and it is still running good till this day.
Your one of the best most patient mechanic I've seen in a long time! The world needs more people like yourself! Thanks so much for sharing, it's always a pleasure watching your videos! Except that angry ram made me want to say dang alot! 😡
Tusen takk for god underholdning. 👍🤗👍
I rebuilt a 42” Cub Cadet earlier this year (made by MTD), and those blade spindle bearings are really cheap. They’re sealed bearings, so I removed the inner seals and filled the cavity between the bearings with grease so they could be degreased when needed. Easy repair and parts readily available from Amazon very cheap. OEM parts are outrageous, and I live where that MTD was made here in Cleveland, Ohio USA. Plenty of TH-cam videos available for rebuilding the deck. Good luck with your new toy!
Thanks, yeah I'll do the bearings when they start showing signs of side to side movement, theyre actually still nice and tight just had moisture in them I guess
Excellent video Marty T :) also some take lots TLC on sitting around long time for sure and this pretty fast to!
I do not presume to teach grandma how to suck eggs, so a couple of points from experience. i) It is worth drilling a hole, tapping it and fitting a grease nipple on the blade bearing housing. Just make sure it points in the right direction when installed. ii) A larger hole on the cutter deck fitted with male hose fitting. When flushed, use your sucky-blow to dry it, then a dribble of your favourite no-rust goo, also with blade/s spinning. Wet grass clippings are almost as bad as cow shit and fertiliser for rust. You know all this, Marty, but someone else might take a tip.
Love the channel shaun from Ireland
You're a better man than I am...there's no way I'd put that much work into an MTD machine. :)
What a clever little compressor gun!
Yeah, I thought at first, what's Marty doing with that cordless drill, then rewatched. Every home should have one.
I used to run a small Toro rider with a hard shell leaf & grass clipping catcher very similar to this one. It was very easy to empty. I would collect a load of leaves from the lawn and then just drive through the woods and dump it on the fly without even slowing down. It was brilliant.