"Specialization is for Insects" ... Robert A. Heinlein.
"Focus on progress not perfection" ... Bill Phillips
"The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right"... Confucius
I'm not an expert at anything, but I have a way of figuring things out.
When I was in school I was a B student and I couldn't tell you how many times "right answer, wrong method" was written on my assignments.
My channel will be about projects I do and the process I go through from start to finish.
If you are looking for expert advice, this is the wrong channel. I promise I will be making mistakes along the way, but in the end I usually get the job done right. Well more like "right-ish"
Great video...not the normal, "sponsored" content in a product review video. I appreciate your candor and what some would consider as brutal honesty. I enjoyed entire video, not just the answer reveal. I was already interested in this product, and found this video very informative from someone who seemed sincere...Thanks
Nice work. And yes, as usual, JD doesn't supply a wiring diagram and parts are proprietary to JD. Why anyone would buy a JD new again after going through the learning curve of how they do business is beyond me.
I referenced you video for cleaning the carb on my trimmer (DR Premiere). Trash in jets was the problem. Cleaned, reassembled and installed, it now runs fine. Problem is it won't shut off. I didn't notice any ignition ground in the throttle linkage. Where to look? Thanks.
When you pull the throttle all the way back, it grounds out the ignition. Look under the fuel tank and see if it is bent or the wire came out. Also, the throttle control may be binding and not going all the way to the off position.
Great video! I had the same cooling fan problem. How did you know how the relays were numbered and which was for the cooling fan? It’s annoying that the fuse cover identifies the fuses but the relay cover is blank.
Enjoyed your candidness while replacing the pump. Don't care for content people that try to act like everything is so simple in how to repair something. I always run into unexpected issues as you did and you simply shared your resolution.
You get less maximum out put power on propane compared to gas You don't believe me just look up what the new dual fuel generators say in their brochures instructions sheets etc
In many cases I would agree with you. In this case (low cost & high vibration) I don't mind a barb fitting as long as you use a constant tension clamp to account for temp variations. Just my opinion.
Note, please, that when you open the valve on the tank, you open it VERY slowly. If you open the valve to fast, you might trigger some form of Overflow Prevention Device.
Yo hice ese mismo cambio con un carburador similar en la parte de arriba del regulador de gas del carburador hay una llave que dice gas lp y gas natural hay que seleccionar el correcto, yo uso un regulador de gas de baja presión y 0.8 metro cúbico por hora y 0.4 psi y funciona perfectamente. Ojo pierdes un 20 o 30 % de potencia
Gracias por tu contribución. La mayoría de estos kits/carburadores son tricombustibles. Gasolina, Propano y Gas Natural. Olvidé mencionar la posibilidad de cambiar a gas natural, así que gracias por mencionarlo.
I used a NASH 3 fuel kit. Think it cost me like $140 back when I bought it, like 10 years ago. Worked like a charm. IMO, these are a must if you want options.
Wow! I really like this idea and may copy it to an extent for something for my old White lawn tractor. I find I need to haul my old Stihl trimmer down to the edge of my property to cut down the ditch and it is a pain to cut the yard with the tractor, park the tractor and walk to the workshop to get my trimmer and walk all the way down to the ditch where I just mowed near to trim it. I thought if it can be done on a zero turn, why couldn’t it work on a lawn tractor? And then, I found your video and was inspired!
You are one of the few people that I have seen with the Mud Mixer that produces a reasonably stiff mix. You did the stairs in a nice organized manner. I am old school and like sand, gravel, cement and water in a Multiquip mixer - but when my age creeps up I will be getting a mud mixer - but for the moment I just hate bagged mix.
For me it was. The price was the hardest thing for me to get past. It made sense to me because, I have a number of concrete projects and I'm at the age (63) that using my tractor PTO mixer was getting to be just too difficult. So the Mudmixer has worked out great for me. So far I poured the caissons for my solar system, about 80 feet of sidewalk and a set of stairs. This summer I'm planning a retaining wall and at least another 60 feet of sidewalk. Here is a video on my decision process: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fr9EExOkMUA.html
It depends on your fuel source and how long it sets unused. I try to run the fuel level down below 1/4 tank then I fill it up. Every time I fill I treat the fuel with (Kill Em) which is a diesel fuel biocide which will kill the stuff that grows in diesel.. So far so good
I haven't used mine yet, but being on a well myself, I figured I'd be having the same issue that you described. I'm planning on taking one of the old 30 gallon poly tanks I have on my farm and connecting a stock tank high level shutoff valve at one end and a 12v water pump at the outlet and possible connecting a pressure regulator after the pump if necessary. It will be similar to the backup (50 gal) water system that I built for my house for power outages.... which works great. The tank gives consistent/steady flow and the pump gives consistent/steady pressure and the shutoff valve ensures that the tank is always full.
I just bought one a couple of months ago for all the same reasons as you. I'm 65 and every year I buy more equipment to help me get back to doing the things that I had stopped doing because it was no longer "fun" doing the sort of projects that I'd been doing for practically my entire life. Another reason is because I can either spend my money on toys to help me stay busy, or hang onto it so that the lawyers, doctors, and taxman will eventually take possession of it when I'm gone.
I fully understand. We have an auction company out here and when I pass they are to be contacted. From going to numerous of their auctions, If the tools are good quality, they will sell at pretty good prices.
This video was a Great Find for me! I'm grateful to you for making it! My saw is a 11327521 model; I'm guessing its from either the late 50s or early to mid 60s? Info on this has been sorta hard for me to sift through. At any rate, I am 68 yrs. old, and I'm thinking my saw and I are about the same age. The saw I have has what appears to be the same fence as yours, and nearly the same "Built like a Tank" motor. Do these motors have an oil port at each end for the bearings? I bought my saw for $40 a few weeks ago. It was missing a few parts (table insert, belt, & fence), and I had planned to put the cast iron extension wings on my newer" early 80s Craftsman saw, and scap the old saw and base. After messing around with the older saw, and seeing how well built it is, the newer saw is now on craigslist. Thanks again for the video and story within it!
I came looking for info on adjusting the speed or drag of the Grinder. Specifically what that adjustment screw does on the back of the tool. I guess I'll have to dig all the literature out and read it. Hope you got a replacement from Amazon w/o any hassle.
We have owned 2 AWD Astro vans and still have 1. As for the AWD, I found / find they are the best show vehicles ever. I have owned big 4x4s, F250 x-cab, Broncos 4x4s, full-size 4x4 van, and more, and find the AWD astro outperforms them all. If they still made them, I'd buy another. The only thing I hate about them is, working on / repairing them, is a real pain. If you work on them yourself be ready for a long day, if you take it to be fixed, be ready to dig deep.
The way you fix it is replacing the Astro. Lol. Just kidding, I'm on my 5th. I just keep replaving parts. Lol. I've never had it to a Chevy dealership. Lol 🎉
Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is exactly what happened to my John Deere 190C about a week ago. Only difference is it didn't shut my engine down. So I've been using the tractor for projects other than mowing since then. And meanwhile been checking every switch and fuse and relay in the whole system. Thought I'd narrowed the problem down to a bad PTO clutch, which I'd been dreading from the time the blades suddenly quit spinning. I don't know how many videos I've watched on how to diagnose and replace a PTO, so I wasn't dreading the work. I was dreading PAYing for a new PTO! lol! And this is the only video I've seen showing this exact problem. So I promptly took a quick look see underneath and sho nuff, the hot wire was hanging by 2 tiny strands right at the connector. So I jumped power to the PTO and it's fine. Oh what a relief! I'll probably repair mine the same way you did because I don't even know how to do a search for the original little doo dad piece of metal with the tang on it... or even what to call it. But if anybody here knows what to ask for and who to ask, please post it here. A whole box of those things can't be too terribly expensive. And thanks in advance to anyone who knows.
