Steiner 440: Crank, No Start - At The In-Laws w/ Mrs. O. 

Hope people heed your advice. Ray from Rainman Ray's had to tell people to knock it off when he got let go from his job last year.

I have to say, if Eric O. is my son in law there is no way I am having anyone else look at my equipment.......just sayin'.

So what, are you brand: you knew?

Probably the OG seller.

😂that's just common sense not to blame if you're not 600% sure. But that's not the way people...

I don't trust sober mechanics😂

Awe, man, I wish my wife would come "check on me" more often. I'm like, baby, your Kia could fall off the jack stands you have to check on me once in a while. I will be out there for hours and she will stick her head in and say, "you okay under there." And I'll be like, "Yeah, come hang out for bit I can show you what I found" and she is like, "You've been checked on, I'm gonna get back to this or that..." *sigh*

No pressure, right?

No child around to fetch the beer it seems ...

It helps that the supervisor is kind of cute too.😊

So do I. At least you don't have to charge it every 20 min!

Love the name!!!

Me too.😂

​@@uhplumber5962They're OK in the Winter. I don't need a 75 watt heat lamp next to my face in Summer. My halogen shop light can dry paint. So there's that feature.

I have three of them. They all came from my father.😂

God love them both ❤ ... They have a wonderful marriage.

found the dude that made the hills on the progress bar 🤣

I can only imagine haha

They don’t make’em like they used to!

100%. A good cook is also nice.

And always make sure to get that dinner out of them for your trouble.

Lol you're 100% correct. Must have had a hundred glass fuses 😂

Mine only starts in the morning.

lol

Same response when you go to a stealership.

That's why there's two, *two* count 'em, fuel filters on the lines.

@@mikeybhoutex Clogged with paint chips.

@@BuceGarApparently not so far, thing's started up on its own, so... *shrugs*

Well, there WAS a shot....a clear shot.....of the dealer's decal at one point.

@@G31mR Yes I saw it too, but that's not necessarily where the work was done. It might be, but he didn't call them out on it. I'm satisfied with how Mr. O wants to play it, so I won't guess. :)

Troubleshooting is Eric O's food. Troubleshooting for many other shops is just too much trouble...

They probably never really looked at it, or some kid in the shop couldn't figure it out so they said they have no idea, rather than having someone actually trouble shoot the problem...very common where I live, shops have a lot of unskilled employees because they don't want to actually pay the wages of a real mechanic that can fix anything, so they hire people with no skills whatsoever and pay them minimum wage...if they so happen to accidently fix a machine that comes in they get a pat on the back, if they can't fix it they get a pat on the back and get told better luck next time. By the looks of that Steiner, I don't think I'd want to own one, and given the cost of them, I sure wouldn't pay that kind of money to get a fake tractor with a rats nest of wiring, and that is how they come from the factory, wiring mess and hoses everywhere. They also don't have a true PTO, its all a belt drive system like a lawn tractor with an electric PTO clutch pulley setup. Pretty janky system for the $25-30k+ these things cost.

kind of ruin's Eric O's common missive that "he's just like thousands of other mechanics out there, he's no different, he just has a youtube channel." -- ya right.

We have become a replace mentality. They would rather sell him a new tractor than fix the old one. A ground and as a fuse and a shop could not find that? Time for a new shop.

@@andyd9900 I've found that privately owned small engine shops are the way to go. The dealers typically don't have a clue.

like an old chevy, if the dash lights and tail lights both go out, you blew a fuse.

How about that close up of Gas Hole huh ?

it's true Jim lol

You would be surprised! I am as nice and handy as Eric O. You name it, I have fixed it for my in-laws. They take me for granted and treat me like crap. You find out quickly being married that in-laws are not like your real family! Eric O got lucky on that!

A friend of mine, had a broken down wreck of car that was dead and sitting for a long while. He asked me if I could help him. I did. Got the old hulk running and driving for him in one afternoon. His mother, who did not really know me and who was very nervous about me "getting under the car" about leaped to the moon when she came out and saw the car running. She praised me again and again. Cooked me dinner. Praised me some more. Gave me leftovers. And then called me the next day to thank me again. My in-laws? Huh! Would have meant nothing to them. "Oh, you have the shop and the tools to do it." Or some shit like that! Rant over. I feel better! 😂

Zip ties and bias plys!

My thoughts exactly! From the sticker, it looks like a small local dealer who has been in business a while. They are usually good, especially working on the brand they sell. Surprising.

Dragging that machine non running to the shop must have been 0 fun. Then dragging it home broken🙄

They just sell stuff they don't know how to fix what they sell...the "service department" is just there to put the wheels on air up the tires and put the seat and steering wheel on that's all they do in many of these places, they don't really know how to fix anything let alone troubleshoot a problem regardless how simple it may be.

I wouldn't assume he sent it to the dealer, how often do you see a dealer for this brand? He may have went further to purchase this thing than he would to fix it.

Unless you screw in an LED bulb...

Bonus meal to boot.

Be better to try a neighborhood yard sale...