Recent content by JTK

With my closely cropped weed style lawn, it's more about the terrain than the "grass" itself. For my current Toro Super Recycler, the wheel adjusters are set one click from the highest setting. I don't know what that amounts to inches wise. No matter the push mower, that seems to be the...

When I was shopping used GM vehicles of this style in 2024, things like these 'thermo control units' were one of the reasons I went with the LYX 1.5 equipped Equinox instead. Not that they are perfect by any means, but the LYX 1.5 has much less plastic and lots more room under the hood for...

I had a similar tire experience with Walmart years ago. I got the notification that my tires had arrived at the store. At the time, you couldn't schedule appointments. I arrived to have them installed. At first they couldn't find my order. Then they were only able to find 3 of the 4...

Just to add to some recent GM 1.2 and 1.3L turbo 3cyl talk on bitog, this clip popped up on my YouTube feed. Wowzas..

It is amazing to see how many hours these light tower and various rental equipment 3cyl diesels can rack up. I'm assuming the steady, low-ish RPMs make all the difference, along with the good sized oil sumps and cooling systems on them. On the other hand, the 0.99L 3cyl Yanmar in my little...

Insurance carriers are squeamish these days. Even us in the N.East are seeing premium increases of 50% in one shot, even with a clean history. They're doing this to your friend because they can do it. I feel for ya. As mentioned above, the only thing your friend can do is back out of the...

In 2025, I paid ~$4500 to upgrade my 1970's 150A panel to a new 200 in the Buffalo NY area. I went from above ground to underground service which added ~$2K, plus $1500 for a guy to do the excavation. The whole thing was basically forced upon me when a tree limb landed on my above ground...

I estimate I have somewhere around 5hrs of use on my new Toro SR at this point. It's been excellent. Always starts on the 2nd pull. I absolutely love the personal pace self propel system. I give the underside a quick scrape after each use, but there are plenty of nooks and crannies that...

I've not had a problem with OEM Chineseum plugs in the past 20+ years either. Still a good plan to have a name brand replacement on hand anyway. The only issues I've ever had with Chonda engines is with the fuel lines, plastics and soft bits.

Unless the one or two small holes you're describing are submerged in water most of the time, it sounds like you've got other leak sources happening. For one or two small holes, the patching methods you had done should have sealed them for good.

The last few new cheapies I've bought, I've mail ordered through Walmart when they had rollback pricing on them, or just an overall odd-ball low price on them. I usually give them away to someone in need, as I do with stuff I acquire and fix up. A few years back I picked up this odd ball 18"...

The metal jets plug up just the same in the plastic carburetors. Great find with that H214! Looks mint! That was probably a $500 mower back in 1985.

I hear you. I paid $200K for my home in 2011. Insurance says it would cost $720K to replace it today, thus my ever increasing premiums. I'm decent with a dollar, but I'm not BITOG good by any means. LOL

If you do go through with this, consider what will happen if you need to file another claim in the next few years. I know my homeowner's insurance premiums have doubled over the past 4yrs. I live in a relatively low cost for homeowner's insurance area and have never filed a claim. I have...

If you are looking for a lower cost riding mower, I would suggest something Husqvarna Group built, with a hydrostatic transaxle rather than MTD built machine, with a belt and variator "CVT".