deezell wrote: » Paint the arse of the deck with 2 coats rust primer before first use and keep it cleaned and dry, or you'll have another perfect Honda engine attached to a few kilos of Iron Oxide in a few years time!.
peadar76 wrote: » Should I have done this with my Honda HRG536VYE ?
peadar76 wrote: » Cheers. I presume it's the underside we are talking about? The guy I bought it off said to clean it and put wd40 on it
johndaman66 wrote: » McCullough M40 - 450 C with a B&S 450 Series engine. Was cutting wet grass about a week back with it in a bit of a mood. Was clogged and instead of stopping it and clearing out the grass I shook it and kept cutting for a few mins. Has to go away for 5 mins and when I came back the pull chord was jammed - will only pull out a tiny bit, doesn't retract by itself, rather I need to turn the blade to pull it back in. Presumably it seized when I shook it? Is there any hope of rectifying it if I open up the engine or is it most likely the case that its all fused together inside? Oil level was still full but presumably starved vital parts of the engine of oil after shaking it. I'd be by no means an expert with these sort of things but not bad by any means either. Wheels slightly bent and grass box broken but apart from that it wasn't in bad order so a shame to scrap it if its fixable without too much effort.
Emmersonn wrote: » Check the underside between the cutting blades and the deck to make sure that the wet grass has not balled and jammed the blades.
dar_cool wrote: » Snapped deck belt on my husky last week due to trying to cut wet grass. Rang a few local places and all said new belt would be 60 euro. Got one for 20 pound on eBay. I for one am not looking forward to Brexit!!
fryup wrote: » The blade engagement lever snapped off my castlegarden ride on...is that an awkward expensive job to fix? how much ball park?
my3cents wrote: » Think thats one with a carburetor bowl? Take the bolt out of the bottom of it and then pop out the float and needle valve (often held by the pin that is the hinge for the float) clean the end of the needle and put it back together. briggsandstratton.com/eu/en_gb/support/faqs/browse/carburetor-rebuild.html if you skip to Step 2 you can often do that without removing the carb from the machine.
listermint wrote: » Ya pretty sure it has a bowl alright.
my3cents wrote: » What happens if its not been used is that you get residue on the needle valve after the petrol has evaporated and the needle sticks.
deezell wrote: » I'm assuming manual blade engagement. Had to repair this on an older Castelgarden TC102, the lever on that was bolted on to a short part which formed the base hinge part and pulled the pulley tensioning cable.
fryup wrote: » deezell wrote: » I'm assuming manual blade engagement. Had to repair this on an older Castelgarden TC102, the lever on that was bolted on to a short part which formed the base hinge part and pulled the pulley tensioning cable. yep thats the very one, so how much €€ do you reckon deezel ?
johndaman66 wrote: » McCullough M40 - 450 C with a B&S 450 Series engine. Was cutting wet grass about a week back with it in a bit of a mood. Was clogged and instead of stopping it and clearing out the grass I shook it and kept cutting for a few mins. Has to go away for 5 mins and when I came back the pull chord was jammed - will only pull out a tiny bit, doesn't retract by itself, rather I need to turn the blade to pull it back in. Presumably it seized when I shook it? Is there any hope of rectifying it if I open up the engine or is it most likely the case that its all fused together inside? Oil level was still full but presumably starved vital parts of the engine of oil after shaking it. I'd be by no means an expert with these sort of things but not bad by any means either. Wheels slightly bent and grass box broken but apart from that it wasn't in bad order so a shame to scrap it if its fixable without too much effort. my3cents wrote: » Take the top cowling off (just 3 bolts on the base model but some have loads of pointless plastic as well) that should also remove the starter rope rewind. Then couple of very small bolts to remove a screen off the mechanism that engages with the shaft when you turn the blade. iirc that mech then screws off the shaft. Now check which is jammed the starter cord and its rewind mechanism the main drive shaft - turn the shaft with a spanner on the flywheel nut or the starter engagement mechanism. This is the bit that might be jammed https://www.ebay.ie/itm/171760491200 - Starter Clutch they call it. It has a load of ball bearings that drop down so that one always engages for starting but are all thrown outwards when the engine starts so they can't engage anymore. They sometimes very very rarely get jammed. If its jammed the top cover pops off so you can see whats going on but don't loose any of the balls.
my3cents wrote: » Take the top cowling off (just 3 bolts on the base model but some have loads of pointless plastic as well) that should also remove the starter rope rewind. Then couple of very small bolts to remove a screen off the mechanism that engages with the shaft when you turn the blade. iirc that mech then screws off the shaft. Now check which is jammed the starter cord and its rewind mechanism the main drive shaft - turn the shaft with a spanner on the flywheel nut or the starter engagement mechanism. This is the bit that might be jammed https://www.ebay.ie/itm/171760491200 - Starter Clutch they call it. It has a load of ball bearings that drop down so that one always engages for starting but are all thrown outwards when the engine starts so they can't engage anymore. They sometimes very very rarely get jammed. If its jammed the top cover pops off so you can see whats going on but don't loose any of the balls.
deezell wrote: » 2016 since I done that, trying to find record of purchase, I gave all my parts diagrams away when I sold the mower in 2017, but... I've tracked it down. This was the type used in the older tc102, 1998 onwards, but there are others. €21. If it's the same as yours you're sorted.
kaiserrussel wrote: » kaiserrussel wrote: » I took the plunge and purchased the stiga estate from agrieuro.https://www.agrieuro.co.uk/stiga-estate-5092-ride-on-mower-briggsstratton-engine-grass-collector-mulching-system-p-10498.html Let see how it goes. I’m probably a little mad buying so late in the season Hi all Mower arrived today so with fading light I’ll see what’s involved in getting this this together. Not sure how much assembly is involved. Hopefully not too much
kaiserrussel wrote: » I took the plunge and purchased the stiga estate from agrieuro.https://www.agrieuro.co.uk/stiga-estate-5092-ride-on-mower-briggsstratton-engine-grass-collector-mulching-system-p-10498.html Let see how it goes. I’m probably a little mad buying so late in the season
