Also, buy an extra head and replace one. Clean it as in the video, then soak it in vinegar for a week to clean off all the calcium deposits, then replace the next one, rinse and repeat.
Great video! Can't wait to fix mine. A tip for others: use one of those pool water squirters from the dollar store to flush and suck out all the mud and gunk. Makes it super easy!
I had this same issue on my 2013 F150 3.5 ecoboost after changing my transmission mount. I found the video, listed below, that helped me find the issue. Based on the video it will more than likely be the bolts on one of your crossmembers that are not tight enough or, in my case, it was the bolts that hold the transmission mount to the crossmember. I thought they were tight enough...apparently not;-) Hope this helps. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yhRXWBgFFZ0.html
I have about 12 of these now, and one won't spin back on the return rotation. When i turn that zone on, I would have to poke my finger at the metal wire that activates the return and move it around or lift it up, and it would work. But every time i turned it on, I'd have to do that to it. Now, it won't rotate at all. Only had it about a week
Looked everywhere can't find how to fix the cap! when one or both of the ears break that hold the cap on! these Maxi-paw's are famous for this fault! and there's really no way to fix it1 if any knows let me know! and glue will break the first time mowing!
Others have complained, and I'll admit they aren't entirely without merit. But your description gave me enough info to investigate the problem, and your title gave enough keywords for me to have it pop up in the search results. If you can't figure out what to look at the assess if this is an issue, or if you might have a similar issue well... you should probably take your mower to a qualified individual cause you shouldn't be messing with things you don't understand. Just my 2 cents. Thanks for the info, Dan!
Great video I have been servicing these sprinklers for many years but never thought of using wet and dry to sand the grooves out as I thought it would only be doing more harm, but I tried your technique and it works a treat. Thank you 👍🏻
@gabrielotero8604 well I'm having a bad grinding noise when I put my truck in 4wd either in 4h or 4A but goes away once I'm back in 2wd. Idk if it's my actuators I had my cv axles replaced and I think the shop that replaced them broke the actuators when putting the new cv axles in
I just got my boots replaced on my CV Axle’s so I was thinking my actuators are slipping too I never replaced them so they may be finally going out it’s going to be the first thing I replace if anything
Good job. I have 1 that stops at the transition also. Maybe I will give this a try if I can remember where the washers go back in😅and i can sneak the butter knife without getting caught😂
I'm just doing a maintenance on our 3-burner Coleman. I had not even thought about the adjuster thing. I'll do that to, now that I see this video. I'm also trying to get some ideas on which solution to use to clean the burners themselves in the ultrasonic cleaner. Our stove is much older and doesn't have those updated, nice elements like you have on yours. I wish!
Thanks for the pro tip, gonna try this tonight. We nuked an entire pack of hot dogs on ours last night, the kids said they tasted like the trash! haha and they did :)
I have these sprinklers & some are still working at 35yrs. I had to replace those by the street more & would.just replace the whole thing. First 5yrs with them I didn’t know you could unscrew them out of the pod & that was a game changer for me but I complained that you can’t just buy the guts for these. I have a collection of new pods with old sprinklers in them for parts. I took one pod & put a garden hose on it to clamp it in a portable workbench to work on them because I hated fixing them on the ground. Then I hated to get up to go turn sprinklers on or have someone do it for me & that’s why I bought a timer with remote, now you can control them with your phone. I bought a cordless shop vac to clean pods out & haven’t used it for that yet. Before I would loosen the mud with end of sprinkler wrench & push sprinkler into pod while it was on to flush it out. I’ve learned a lot of tricks working on these for 30yrs & glad to see a video like this. I had to replace those washers with an old one that broke.because they wore out. I never throw old ones away & I took some from a neighbor who was moving who didn’t know how to fix them. I got them all working for spares. I had the stem crack but the head was still good & that’s when I figured how to take the head off. I see you could just buy the head but it screws on to a pipe & I’m thinking you can put it in a pod. It has the tab for lid on it & half the price of the whole pod. I even replaced the directional switch with the spring from another one. I have found a rock stuck inside the flapper once causing problems. One thing I found out was a pressure setting on the main spring . Our pressure is regulated by the city & it’s irrigation water that comes from a damn & sewage plant that gets filtered. At the bottom of spring there is a hook that you can move in a couple notches. Sometimes that spring comes unhooked & sprinkler won’t work. I am thinking of replacing all these sprinklers with more efficient ones with less maintenance. I few of my neighbors have already done that & won’t go back to maxi-paws. I like the sound of these sprinklers & that’s why I haven’t replaced them yet.
I have about 50 of these and am plagued with the same problem. For those that have done this 'fix', how long are they lasting? One guy said a few weeks, but other results? Anyone else try the lighter idea to 'glaze' the plastic rather than sanding it?
A tip for all: when the top lid of your Maxi-Paw is oriented below the level of the soil, particles of dirt, weeds, etc. will fall down inside the housing. The accumulation of that soil inside the housing eventually gunks-up the sprinkler head. You have to dig a small trench (like a moat) around the Maxi-Paw housing (and sometimes a mini drainage ditch to divert mud away), so that dirt doesn't fall in anymore.
