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Too old to learn zero turn. Budget is $2600.00 to $3000.00. This unfortunately holds me to the big box store mowers. Our neighbor has a Husqavarna. Nice looking piece of equipment but he has had multiple problems. Also it has the plastic transaxle housing.

Replacing a 20 year old Craftsman riding mower. Looking at riders with at least 46 inch deck. 4 anti-scalp wheels on the deck is a must have (corners of deck). So far the possibilities are: Cub Cadet XT1, John Deere S140, and Craftsman T2400K. Any opinions and experiences are appreciated...

No. It does nothing. Install the seal in the factory method. (Both halves seated in the block and main cap). Apply a very slight glaze of RTV on the seal ends where they meet as well as the rear main bearing cap and block. Cocking the seal opens the door to assembly issues and a really bad oil leak.

The best-1969 Chevy Bel Air. Frost on the AC vents in 90+ weather. The worst- 1997 Volvo 960. AC worked intermittently. Several Volvo dealerships never found the problem. My wife drove it to Savannah in August and it decided to quit there. Not only did the AC quit the heated seats engaged...

I’m looking for the same. There’s one one FB Marketplace in my area that supposedly is new. It doesn’t look new but this type won’t hurt the bearings like a traditional shell type bearing remover can.

If all the bearings are used, it won’t hurt anything to go ahead and crank-run the engine. They’re run in anyway and it takes about 1 second to flood the bearings.

I had the 351 FI engine in my last pleasure boat. The dealer serviced it while under warranty using Union 76 10w40 racing oil. High zinc. Carry on with VR1.

I have the tach. The “simply raising” the RPMs is what I’m curious about. Is there a high speed adjustment or tweaking the governor linkage?

The gov adjustment is interesting. Any pointers to share would be appreciated.

Thanks. I’ll take heed.

My yard is Bermuda grass and this mower has a hard time mulching and will leave clumps. That presents another level of yard work to either blow or rake the trail of clumps. Thinking if it could actually discharge the clippings it would scatter them and not lead to clumps. As it is set up now, it...

Considering this side discharge chute for my mower. https://www.partspak.com/productcart/pc/Honda-06814-VE2-030-Chute-Kit-06814VE2030-p330124.htm?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=211523443&gclid=Cj0KCQjwj8jDBhD1ARIsACRV2TvV82J1iBoeSDyU-3zogOP0JGK974RLCNdNX9H2fFeuvjXsDE89bmwaAkU3EALw_wcB Anybody have...

My family were vacationing (cabins-white water canoeing) in the Smokey Mountains when our kids were 10 and 8. Our daughter woke up one morning with a scarlet red whelp on her shoulder. Wondering what could have bitten her, I pulled all the bed covers back and found a very small spider in the...

And head to the ER….unless of course you are hoping to have an area of rotting flesh.

Lived in North Carolina all my life. Never seen a spider like that one. It’s probably not deadly. You’d just loose a leg or an arm if it were to bite you. Spray the area well. May be a native of where the mulch was bagged…