Sometimes, i get a story about what is going on, and sometimes, i don't get the person reason for giving it away, but the reasons help to know what route i want to go with it
Great video Mr. Hg awesome yeah you got it right on this one definitely the small talk I found to be nothing but cover For the guilt they share of having neglected that mower for so long mostly they're just trying to come up with some excuse as to why it isn't running.😂
Glad to see you back with new content again, looking forward to the double uploads on Friday and double uploads on Monday between both your channels again for the upcoming spring and summer
I hate to say it, but if the mower was mine and I wanted to keep and use it for my own needs, I would be on the lookout for a good Briggs and swap motors on it. I agree, those Kohler Courage engines are simply too much potential problems to keep around. Very sad; especially considering how great the old Command engines were.
I have one of those right now. It's interesting that for a push mower that has a 7/8" crankshaft. Bout to pull the motor off of mine to use on a self-propelled Ariens
If you don't talk to people, you don't know if they have more items that may interest you, or if you have something they want to get from you. They got you a free mower, if they talk, listen to them, they'll remember you next time. To send more things your way, or to make sure you don't get anything else.
It all depends on the type of people who are giving the lawnmower away are. If they are polite and kind hearted, I won't mind having a conversation with them. Especially if they can give me intel on the lawnmower. Keep up the good work. 😊👍🏿 #stihlpower #stihlisyourdaddy #stihlrunstheyard
Those Kohler auto-choke linkages are awful. They changed to the newer design setup, but I find removing the auto-choke mounted to the muffler is usually easier than removing the carb studs on the ones I get. They got away from that vacuum setup - I think I heard or read that it was designed to make for a smoother choke opening process, and while they look a little different the newer style carbs will mount up just fine. Their newer setup is similar to the newer Briggs style. I also notice that the Kohler choke opens MUCH slower than others usually do.
4:26 Oh geez it was missing a nut the pool start I had one of those lawnmowers that had one bolt missing for the pool start and it would slip often that hurt😂 4:26
I don't mind talking but I always started at square one with anything I had to work on anyway and as far as the Craftsman battery zero turn-- SAME answers. NOTHING about it on the Craftsman website BUT got referred to Craftsman Support at MTD and talked to the same guy I talked to awhile back about trying to keep the battery from freezing. SAME answers now as then. NO BOOKS. IF anything happens to the mower they will TALK you through the fixing process (try) and the WILL have trained people (maybe by then) to work on them and it is the owners responsibility to transport the mower to where it can be fixed IF the need arises. Same stuff. I like that mower so far BUT if Stihl made one when we got that one, I'd have 2 STIHL's instead of just one. As things are greening up here, we will see how it goes. Thanks and a Happy Weekend!
You were talking about oil leaks I have a hustler - riding zero turn mower with a 10.5 Briggs on it and I have noticed that during the off-season it is leaking oil and I’ve got a spot on a piece of cardboard under the engine now where would the leak be coming fromin your input would be very helpful
sure, I would look at the crankshaft seal right about the drive pulley. If not there, then there could be leak at the gasket for the oil sump. you might have to power washer it first to track down where it's leaking from
@@HomeGaragechannel Me too. Then it becomes this awkward conversation that you really want to end, but you don't want to offend them, so it ends up lasting forever, lol.
I’m fine with having a conversation with the owner but most of the time they don’t know what the exact issue is. They just know it doesn’t work. Lol My question to you is after replacing the carb on a toro mower. Still has a warm start issue. Quick spray of ether to start when warm. Any suggestions how to fix this issue. Thank you.
Not knowing the model number to your Toro makes this a tough one to answer as I don't know what kind of engine is on it. Have you checked the valve lash? And the other would be have you done a compression test?
hey, my old trimmer i think has had enough, i put in into storage for 3-4 months and tried to get it running today and the carb wouldn't go into full, and i snapped the little plastic lever as it wouldn't burdge, and also the rope wouldn't go back down smoothly anymore, think it's done, but it has been running for 13 years so it's very good, if there are any solutions to this, let me know
@@HomeGaragechannel yes I have the STIHL KM94RC it’s amazing to use, I have the time to repair it later, what would be the first few things to do? I find it so strange how this happened in storage
Hey, for about a year ive seen as i pull on the rope on my saw that the chain would loosen up and then tension. Today i checked and saw how my crank shaft is bent somewhere. I cant explain it very well but its bent and i want to ask if i should replace it on a saw that is from 2006.
tough question. Does the saw mean anything to you personally? Or is it worth a lot of money? If the answer is no for both, I'd say leave it the way it is.
Well its 300$, it means quite a lot to me tho. I spent some money on it, time and it was my gradpa's. But i mean that doesnt mean i cant just retire it on a shelf and use it for something smaller, right?
Yeah, I think if you are getting something for free as this mower a bit of patients on your part is due; listening to the rap. I would not be into it either but some people like to talk. 😀
I'm not very chatty. Usually if people want to talk to me, they are the ones doing all the talking. I'm usually hoping they have something better to do than stand here talking to me. But, I'll listen, up to a point.
wow.. you must be spending a lot on oil every summer. Are you sure you wouldn't want a friend or someone to at least look at it and see what all it would cost to fix the leak?
@@HomeGaragechannel here the grass takes more than one month to grow so it doesn't cost me it's like 2 months since I last mowed the grass. For my opinion it's not worthy fixing the mower because it's old it has other problems and it's not like affecting me with the mowing it doesn't leak so badly only some drops but if I leave it in the mower by the time I use it again it will have drained a great portion of oil
Speaking of leaky Kohler engines, I am having an issue with the 26hp one I am working on. It is leaking oil from the tube that you use to drain the oil out for an oil change. Do you know of any way to stop it from doing that?
I guess the repair was good, but you basically wasted the first two minutes with pointless back story and small talk about how you like neither back stories nor small talk.
