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My neighbor just bought a new Craftsman lawn mower, and I noticed him mowing in slow motion. I actually thought he was having trouble, so I buzzed over on my 20 year old JD 425 to talk. He informed me that mowers were not supposed to run at the highest speed and that it would prolong it's life...

I normally use a small HF pancake compressor almost exclusively to inflate tires around the farm and house, but it can almost never inflate a tire on one charge and then I have to wait for it to build up to finish, so when my neighbor needed to borrow my compressor, I just told him to keep it...

I've been using various HF corded impact wrenches and been pretty impressed with them, but always wanted an 18V cordless that was powerful enough to do heavy work. My neighbor has the high torque 18V and it's a beast, and will easily do suspension work, but at well over $300 it's a bit more than...

I keep my 425 in an unheated separate garage and forgot to change out my summer straight 30wt oil. Now it's in the single digits and I'd like to change the oil so I can use the tractor to plow with. Should I wait for a warmer day or just go ahead and start it.

Well, it snowed about a foot the other day, and me and my grandson had to get the snow blower out. Now, during the summer I start it once in a while, and it will start on the first couple pulls always. It's an older Craftsman track drive 5HP Tecumseh, and I love those engines, they start better...

The question comes up pretty regularly (duh!) about using regular auto oil in small engines. The only real question I've ever had about it is the manufacturers all make a big point of saying small engine oils, (that they sell) have anti foaming additives that keep the oil from aerating. I don't...

I posted a year or so ago, that I was having trouble with my JD 425 starting, and running funny. Long story short, I had bought some different plugs to check out, because the parts house were out of new NGKs to fit the Kawasaki engine, I bought a set of plain old Autolite, and poped them in...

I just ordered a couple gallons of Delo 400 30wt oil for my Kawasaki water cooled v twin. The old Delo 400 was SL rated, but the new bottles I received only have CF rating on them. All the literature on the Chevron site says all Delo 400 are mixed fleet gas and diesel oils, and the pds from 2018...

I have always been a believer that there's not much difference between sparkplugs, whatever came in an engine is what I would keep using. Well, I bought a used JD 425 a few years ago, and although it ran fine, it could be hard to start and finicky to restart. Carb rebuild, new ignition delay...

Friend of mine hit his gas meter and knocked it out of service. No fire, but it sheared the coupling on one of the lines. I had to go and buy the fittings and repair the meter so he would have gas. Luckily no fire or other damage. Well, that was not enough for him. The other day he hit his water...

I'm thinking about ordering this to haul brush and cut down trees off to the woods from my yard. It looks like a good trailer but I've not seen one in person. Just looking for ideas. Any first hand experience would be appreciated.

My good neighbor came over to see what I was up to, while changing the oil and transaxle fluid in my JD 425. He noticed I was putting regular dino ST oil in it, but that I was using JD brand Low Vis HyGard for the hydrostat. It immediately launched him into his "days of yore" when he worked for...

This is for all those who say HF is junk. Stopped by today to look around, and since I work in HVAC , I'm always on the lookout for something I can use. The new combination tools are a real boon to those of us who have to carry tools. I use the combo wire stripper/ long nose pliers A LOT, and...

Just curious, I've been using Milwaukee for a long time and have had good luck, til now and I've had two failures. It's not the problem of the tools, they've been used long and hard. So I decided it was time to make some new purchases and if I'm going to change platforms, then now is the time...

I work in HVAC and am always needing a drill to drill small holes in duct and metal cabinets to do testing, so I bought the drill-impact driver combo with batteries. They are SMALL, I mean they are far smaller than anything out there EXCEPT for the Makita 18v sub compact combo, which I also have...

Well made filter with excellent construction. Gluing is first rate. If this filter had a silicone adbv, it would be a super filter as far as construction is concerned.

I dunno, I just can't like the combo valve. I'm certainly no engineer, but it looks crude. It's a shame, everything else looks fine. One funny thing, the glue on each end of the element is different, but very well done.

Stopped off at AZ to pick up some stuff and grabbed two gallons of Delo LE 15W40, as I like the SJ stuff in my tractor. Well, I get home and later when I'm unloading the truck, I realize the date codes on the oil, HOLY COW! Take a peak below. What would you do? It's over 1 to 3 past the shelf...

As many of you may have seen from the post below, I bought a service pack of Champion plugs for my JD 425 and some other tractors my neighbors have that use the same plug. Well, they weren't something I'd put in one of my engines, so they went back. see thread here...

I know, I've heard don't buy Champion, don't buy Fram, yatta, yatta, yatta, but I've had good luck with Fram, and until this one, Champion too. So, I ordered a 24 pack of CJ14 plugs for the tractors in our family/neighborhood, and they came today, nicely packaged in styrofoam and sitting pretty...