Welcome! This is Mike, AKA Mower Mike. I am a certified riding mower nut, I love fixing everything mower related and it is time to share my love of fixin mowers with the world!
These are short informative how to videos to teach you how to work on your mower the right way and not waste time or money at a mechanic. I am doing this because of my frustration at all the bad mower “how to” videos are on line! I am also doing this to share all my lame jokes and my amazing hat collection with the world.
My goal is to have my playlist setup as repair guides for each model of mower I work on and general repair guides for categories such as steering, fuel, engines, decks and what not. (Life Goal #2 - Create my own custom Mower Mike Hat!)
Yes, all the mowers on my films are really broke, none of these fixes are fake. (my backyard is full of broke mowers, the wife loves the new look!!!)
Now let’s get to Fixin!
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The vent plugs is where I was stuck at. Thanks for the help! Ol Toro is back up and running. It's going on 20 years old and I don't think my mom ever had the filters changed. They were nearly rusted through.
didn't think the oil would be that easy of a fix! Today I cleaned my carb and now I guess I gotta get the blade sharpened and oil changed now! Thx for the video good sir!
Comparing an old cub cadet to current production is a farce. Current production, owned by MTD and SBD are cheap. There are better built products out there, like Bad Boy, Hustler, etc........ There are no longer any small high quality riders. JD's are improved of late..............
What else could tbe noise be if not the tensioner pulleys? My noise sounds like it comes from under the engine and the pulleys are new. Push the clutch in and the engine sounds perfect.
I noticed your transmission looks like the one I have in my craftsman zt7000. Mine is as old as the wind, the right side transmission makes the machine "buck" at low speed, I have tried to adjust the speed control with no success. does The tranny have an adjustment at the tranny itself? Thanks
I agree with this gentleman 100%. The quality of parts and many others he didn’t even mention. Think about it!?…. Who puts a gas tank in the engine bay?..Quality is sooooo poor on those YELLOW LEMONS!
You gave the torque in ft lbs, not nm. It’s 8.7 ft lbs and 5.2 ft lbs respectively, or in nm 11 nm and 7.05 nm, which, as you stated is not much. 87 ft lbs is gonna ruin someone’s day.
I have repaired bicycle tires in the past, but for my lawn mower I was not sure. So for the past 2 years, I have been filling my LM tires with air each time I took it out. By the end of the day the tires would go flat again...I did the same thing next time and everytime. Now I have found the above ways to fix the tire and will do so. Thanks
Hey I did the same exact thing and my mower is still doing same thing, I can only run on half choke, if un try to take choke off it shuts down . Any suggestions much appreciated. Mower only one yr old John Deere z530m
I think MTD or whoever has owned Cub Cadet for the past 6 years hit on a good thing with the XT1 & 2 series. Only minor changes in hat time and the reviews have been pretty good all round. But I can understand your frustration with the older Cubbies.
I am taking my tires to the tire shop and they said they were gonna send it off to have foam put in, but I wonder if the different type of foam I need something in my rear wheel tires of my zero turn lawnmower to stop punctures, but I don’t know what else to use
I’ve done this on several motors with great success. This time however not so much. When I performed this service on a 21hp 540cc motor in a Craftsman YTS3000 it took multiple attempts before the compression dropped enough for the engine to crank. Valves are currently set at .004/intake and .006/exhaust. Even removed cover again to make sure. Still cranks hard though battery reads 12.9v. Weird thing is now when I shut it off it after fires a few times before stopping. Exhaust smell rich(?). Which way do I experiment with the valve lash to resolve? Greater or lesser lash space? And which one? Intake, exhaust, both?
I have a LT 1042, I had to re arrange the pully system for the blades. I was going threw belts some times 3 a summer, I took the high pully off moved it down went to a 96" belt, haven't had to change a belt in 3 years. I can't wait till the Cub Cadet dies I hate the way it mows, absolute Junk from MTD. At least my gas tank is in the rear of the mower, thank God.
I appreciate the honest video as I have a Cub Cadet ZT1 50 with a Kawasaki FR691V engine giving me fits. After warming up it starts sputtering and RPMs drop to the point of having to engage the choke to keep it running. I may have to rebuild as you did. For the haters its easy to arm chair criticize someone but where are your videos showing how to do it? Thanks again Sir
A Harbor Freight 4 1/2" angle grinder is less than $20 and is far quicker. Use a grinding stone NOT flap sanders which are only fast at first. My method has worked for decades and only takes off as much metal as you want.
Thanks a lot man! As much as I know about small engines and such I’ve never had to take off a deck lol. And a customer of mine has a LA140 with a bad Hydraulic belt. And I’ve never replaced one of those on a Johndeer either. But with your two videos and the exact size tools and steps to go bye it will be a breeze to do this week! Thanks again!
@@MowerMike Just did my own replacement no need to remove anything you juts use wood screw to pull it out and then hammer in new one ( which is sort of problematic as you need to find tube of right diameter. we damaged one seal)
I did not understand what you meant by removing the spacer, you said don't hit it on the inside but on the outside. I am not sure what that means, you can't hit it on the inside it is inside and can't get to it. I am confused
Trick works but another pro tip even if the wheels not stuck on some 80-120 grit sand paper around the shaft. To get rid of deposits that lodged into the metal Also red and tacky greese works the best for that
