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The Great Big Lawnmower Thread

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  • #3002
    NotQuiteBertie
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭NotQuiteBertie


    Hi,
    Could anyone tell me why the mower keeps doing this?

    I fill it with (fresh) petrol each week for a cut, it runs fine for about 5 minutes then it slows down, coughing black smoke out of the exhaust for about 5 seconds, then speeds up again. Does this every 30 seconds or so. Throttle is always wide open (I never change it really).

    It's a Macallister-Mprm-46hp, And really old. I had a video but can't post it on forum (new user :-( )

    Thanks for any help!


  • #3003
    Needles73
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Needles73


    NotQuiteBertie wrote: »
    Hi,
    Could anyone tell me why the mower keeps doing this?

    I fill it with (fresh) petrol each week for a cut, it runs fine for about 5 minutes then it slows down, coughing black smoke out of the exhaust for about 5 seconds, then speeds up again. Does this every 30 seconds or so. Throttle is always wide open (I never change it really).

    It's a Macallister-Mprm-46hp, And really old. I had a video but can't post it on forum (new user :-( )

    Thanks for any help!

    Did you clean the carburetor?


  • #3004
    NotQuiteBertie
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭NotQuiteBertie


    I've used a carb spray and I have cleaned the air filter, etc. Even tried a bit of Redex. Didn't work unfortunately. I tried running it with the petrol cap off today (saw that on another post) - but no effect.

    Seriously considering getting a new one :-). The starting cord is wearing thin and looks like I'd need to pop rivets off to replace it!

    Jeez nothing lasts these days. Only had it for 15 years! :-)


  • #3005
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    NotQuiteBertie wrote: »
    ... The starting cord is wearing thin and looks like I'd need to pop rivets off to replace it!
    ......

    I very much doubt it. Often the bit that holds the starter cord mechanism is inside a dome that is riveted on but you get to it by removing screws in the side of the cowl over the top of the engine. So you remove the whole cowl.


  • #3006
    NotQuiteBertie
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭NotQuiteBertie


    my3cents wrote: »
    I very much doubt it. Often the bit that holds the starter cord mechanism is inside a dome that is riveted on but you get to it by removing screws in the side of the cowl over the top of the engine. So you remove the whole cowl.

    I will take a look! Thank you.


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  • #3007
    deezell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭deezell


    NotQuiteBertie wrote: »
    Hi,
    Could anyone tell me why the mower keeps doing this?

    I fill it with (fresh) petrol each week for a cut, it runs fine for about 5 minutes then it slows down, coughing black smoke out of the exhaust for about 5 seconds, then speeds up again. Does this every 30 seconds or so. Throttle is always wide open (I never change it really).

    It's a Macallister-Mprm-46hp, And really old. I had a video but can't post it on forum (new user :-( )

    Thanks for any help!
    Remove the carb reservoir bowel. Check the bowl for water and signs of gunk and corrosion. Clean the float and the needle valve, they might be sticking. Does the mower have a manual or an auto choke?
    Remove the air filter. Make sure all butterfly valves in the inlet of the carb are moving freely. Check for debris on the lever mechanisms controlling the throttle speed for rubbish or twigs which might be preventing free movement. Clean the air filter thoroughly, if its a sponge, if its paper replace.
    Also drain out the fuel tank completely, if it's metal, check inside for flaking paint and rust. Blow through the fuel line into the carb while the bowl is off.
    The HP in the name indicates 'Hand Propelled' btw , not HorsePower, in case anyone was wondering what kind of a savage mower would have a 46hp petrol engine!


  • #3008
    MAYOMICK
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭MAYOMICK


    Lawn Mower Blade:

    I am looking for a blade to suit a old Partner 148 CD Collect with a Honda engine.(Not Original Engine)The blade is 47cm from end to end with a 10mm centre hole and two 8mm holes either side. The cutting points of the blade are about a half inch lower than the centre. I have tried numerous Lawnmower places here in Mayo but cannot find a replacement.I could use a flat blade but id need some sort of spacer.Would anyone any idea where I might source such a blade.


  • #3009
    deezell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭deezell


    MAYOMICK wrote: »
    Lawn Mower Blade:

    I am looking for a blade to suit a old Partner 148 CD Collect with a Honda engine.(Not Original Engine)The blade is 47cm from end to end with a 10mm centre hole and two 8mm holes either side. The cutting points of the blade are about a half inch lower than the centre. I have tried numerous Lawnmower places here in Mayo but cannot find a replacement.I could use a flat blade but id need some sort of spacer.Would anyone any idea where I might source such a blade.

    Here you go
    https://www.newgardenstore.eu/en/husqvarna-ayp/10208-Blade-lawn-mower-lawnmower-COMPATIBLE-30-194-HUSQVARNA-AYP-NOMA-531-00-50-33.html

    Blade length is measured tip to tip, diagonally through the centre hole, so the actual cut width is 47.5 cm.
    These part numbers are equivalents
    516 47 97-00 , 516 47 97-04 , 516479700 , 516479704

    Try Husqvarna dealers, or order online. First link is about €25 with postage. Here's another from UK.
    https://www.ransomspares.co.uk/parts/lawnmowers/jonsered/mower-blade/720792.htm

    483073.jpg


  • #3010
    celtic_oz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭celtic_oz


    https://www.coopsuperstores.ie/Homepage-Products/Mcculloch-M185-Briggs--Stratton-Petrol-Ride-On-Lawnmower-508cc-1772961
    deezell wrote: »
    If you want a side discharge mower, this is good value. Enough power as long as it's not too heavy, but side discharge can cope better than collector, and you'll be mowing more frequently si as not to have heavy swards of cuttingd lying on the ground.Big cut at 107 cm, 42", it'll fly through a big garden. CVT variable speed is a simple concept compared to hydrostatic drive, just a belt between variable diameter pulleys. Used in quads, Should be reliable enough. The slightly smaller m145 but with the 107cm deck is €2100 On Agrieuro, so this m185, an extra horsepower, bigger tyres, for €1900 is a good deal. You'll pay at least €300 more for this width with hydrostatic drive.



    Anyone else buy this ? I ordered on the 7th of June .. still no sign


  • #3011
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    Why are ride on mowers so expensive? I'm looking at some second hand mowers that are worth more than my car that get used a lot less.


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  • #3012
    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    celtic_oz wrote: »
    https://www.coopsuperstores.ie/Homepage-Products/Mcculloch-M185-Briggs--Stratton-Petrol-Ride-On-Lawnmower-508cc-1772961


    Anyone else buy this ? I ordered on the 7th of June .. still no sign

    Nope but still thinking about it! Long time to be waiting for delivery...let us know how you get on with it


  • #3013
    deezell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭deezell


    celtic_oz wrote: »
    https://www.coopsuperstores.ie/Homepage-Products/Mcculloch-M185-Briggs--Stratton-Petrol-Ride-On-Lawnmower-508cc-1772961





    Anyone else buy this ? I ordered on the 7th of June .. still no sign

    At the price offered it's likely that it was a stock clear out somewhere in the chain. I presume it was not in stock in the co-op, and they are likely waiting for a batch to be shipped if its not warehoused here. Those kind of logistical movements are slower (and cheaper) for the trade than say you ordering one from Agrieuro, who would use expidited shipping.


  • #3014
    CodeJACK
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭CodeJACK


    Any thoughts or experience with this particular mower from Lidl/Parkside?

    https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=20643

    I presume there is a pull start also for when you've forgotten to charge the battery? I know it lithium but Id still get caught out by that :-)

    Is the extra cash simply for the easy start or is the rest of the mower any use?


  • #3015
    garv123
    Registered Users Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    Anyone know the best place to get a blade for a CastelGarden XS 55 BVWE4?
    Pretty sure it's a combo mulcher blade as standard.
    It met a few stones and a chunk of metal in a rough patch of ground and has seen better days.

    Are standard blades cheaper? Ive a lot of cutting on rough ground to do and don't want to ruin another expensive blade.


  • #3016
    deezell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭deezell


    CodeJACK wrote: »
    Any thoughts or experience with this particular mower from Lidl/Parkside?

    https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=20643

    I presume there is a pull start also for when you've forgotten to charge the battery? I know it lithium but Id still get caught out by that :-)

    Is the extra cash simply for the easy start or is the rest of the mower any use?

    There's no pull cord on the InStart engines. Concept is different from older electric start hand mowers, the battery is mounted like a power tool battery, you clip it off and stick it on the charger when it gets down to one bar of charge. A few minutes on the charger would be enough to get you going, fully charged it does 40 starts. It doesn't charge while mounted on the mower.
    The InStart accounts for an extra €70-100 on the mower price, it's the equivalent of buying a good Li ion power tool and engineering it into the engine. Our Cobra InStart is excellent, no more tugging for her poor ageing arms and muscles.


  • #3017
    deezell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭deezell


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    Why are ride on mowers so expensive? I'm looking at some second hand mowers that are worth more than my car that get used a lot less.

    You mean why are Used ride ons so expansive compared to car depreciation? Maybe because they are used so little in hours compared to a car, or phone or TV. The technology is fairly static also.Its easy to get €500 for a good but basic 20 year old ride on with a current new price of say €2500 ( about Ir£1400 in '98). Imagine getting 5 grand for a 1998 Mondeo?


  • #3018
    deezell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭deezell


    garv123 wrote: »
    Anyone know the best place to get a blade for a CastelGarden XS 55 BVWE4?
    Pretty sure it's a combo mulcher blade as standard.
    It met a few stones and a chunk of metal in a rough patch of ground and has seen better days.

    Are standard blades cheaper? Ive a lot of cutting on rough ground to do and don't want to ruin another expensive blade.
    Cheap as chips for these models, here's one about £15 on EBay.
    https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F392294487606
    Maybe pay a little more and get a (stated) genuine Stiga 53cm blade
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Genuine-Petrol-Lawnmower-181004409-Models/dp/B078TGGZ66
    Part no is.
    181004409/09
    It's a mulch blade, but not an expensive one, say like the ones with multiple fins and edges. This one just has less lift. Here it is from the Irish distributors, €22.72, though delivery is €11.
    https://www.doyles.ie/products/id-83000.html
    They're in Castlecomber if you fancy a nice drive.


  • #3019
    Shaunoc
    Registered Users Posts: 521 ✭✭✭Shaunoc


    deezell wrote: »
    Cheap as chips for these models, here's one about £15 on EBay.
    https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F392294487606
    Maybe pay a little more and get a (stated) genuine Stiga 53cm blade
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Genuine-Petrol-Lawnmower-181004409-Models/dp/B078TGGZ66
    Part no is.
    181004409/09
    It's a mulch blade, but not an expensive one, say like the ones with multiple fins and edges. This one just has less lift. Here it is from the Irish distributors, €22.72, though delivery is €11.
    https://www.doyles.ie/products/id-83000.html
    They're in Castlecomber if you fancy a nice drive.

    Deezell - you are a one man lawnmower library / font.
    I await your book :D


  • #3020
    DeborahLQ
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭DeborahLQ


    my3cents wrote: »
    Just as important where did you get it and what did you pay?

    Sorry it took me so long to reply to this, I totally missed it.

    I got it online from Amazon. It arrived in a box, but fully assembled, because the it folds up for easy storage. All I had to do was add oil and gas. It took two pulls and it started.

    My 11-year-old can start it himself and actually mows our backyard with it (although I gotta pay the little fella each time!)

    So far, so good with this machine...


  • #3021
    deezell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭deezell


    DeborahLQ wrote: »
    Sorry it took me so long to reply to this, I totally missed it.

    I got it online from Amazon. It arrived in a box, but fully assembled, because the it folds up for easy storage. All I had to do was add oil and gas. It took two pulls and it started.

    My 11-year-old can start it himself and actually mows our backyard with it (although I gotta pay the little fella each time!)

    So far, so good with this machine...

    From Amazon in the US?


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  • #3022
    garv123
    Registered Users Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    deezell wrote: »
    Cheap as chips for these models, here's one about £15 on EBay.
    https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F392294487606
    Maybe pay a little more and get a (stated) genuine Stiga 53cm blade
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Genuine-Petrol-Lawnmower-181004409-Models/dp/B078TGGZ66
    Part no is.
    181004409/09
    It's a mulch blade, but not an expensive one, say like the ones with multiple fins and edges. This one just has less lift. Here it is from the Irish distributors, €22.72, though delivery is €11.
    https://www.doyles.ie/products/id-83000.html
    They're in Castlecomber if you fancy a nice drive.

    Thanks for the info. I got the blade sharpened locally to keep me going for now, so ill keep the links for when its time for a change of blade.


  • #3023
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    deezell wrote: »
    There's no pull cord on the InStart engines. .

    surely thats a bad thing....what happens if the instant start fails...is there any alternative to start?


  • #3024
    garv123
    Registered Users Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    fryup wrote: »
    surely thats a bad thing....what happens if the instant start fails...is there any alternative to start?

    I have that model engine in a castlegarden mower, no issues so far. battery lasts ages, and if you forget to charge it, stick it in for 10 mins, it will be plenty to keep you going.
    Its great not to be pulling and tugging on the cord all the time, especially when cutting high grass and stopping every row to empty the bag.


  • #3025
    deezell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭deezell


    I concur, and a pull cord is just as likely to snap at some stage. Not a trivial task to replace, a lot more hassle than charging a battery. Fwiw, I've emergency started broken corded hand mowers and failed starter ride ons by putting a large socket and ratchet bar on the crankshaft nut under the engine/recoil cover, and giving it a whirl. Make sure rachet is set to lock clockwise ( tighten) only, so it will slip when the engine fires. Like cranking an old Ferguson tractor, or a Morris 1100 back in the dark ages.


  • #3026
    celtic_oz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭celtic_oz


    deezell wrote: »
    If you want a side discharge mower, this is good value. Enough power as long as it's not too heavy, but side discharge can cope better than collector, and you'll be mowing more frequently si as not to have heavy swards of cuttingd lying on the ground.Big cut at 107 cm, 42", it'll fly through a big garden. CVT variable speed is a simple concept compared to hydrostatic drive, just a belt between variable diameter pulleys. Used in quads, Should be reliable enough. The slightly smaller m145 but with the 107cm deck is €2100 On Agrieuro, so this m185, an extra horsepower, bigger tyres, for €1900 is a good deal. You'll pay at least €300 more for this width with hydrostatic drive.

    Arrived yesterday .. first cut took less than 20 minutes ( 2.5 hours with a lawnmower) .. I had let the grass grow in anticipation though it was dry and it absolutely flew through it.

    they've stopped selling now .. for E1899 I think i got a bargain?

    https://www.agrieuro.co.uk/mcculloch-m185-107tc-pwr-lawn-tractor-automatic-shifting-system-grass-collector-p-10260.html


    Really impressed thanks


  • #3027
    BullBauld
    Registered Users Posts: 806 ✭✭✭BullBauld


    Hi folks

    Myself and my father are getting a ride on between us.

    Our local company have Mountfield mowers. Looking at the 1530H for €2630.

    Any opinions on said mower.

    They do finance so handy.

    Thanks.


  • #3028
    DeborahLQ
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭DeborahLQ


    deezell wrote: »
    From Amazon in the US?

    yes


  • #3029
    kaiserrussel
    Registered Users Posts: 237 ✭✭kaiserrussel


    DeborahLQ wrote: »
    yes

    Hi there, are you by chance based in the US or did you use one fo the forwarders that deezal mentioned to ship to Ireland?

    Seems like a great deal


  • #3030
    DeborahLQ
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭DeborahLQ


    So I am based in the U.S. and I think I actually got it from Home Depot now that I think of it. I shopped at a bunch of places and got it mixed up. It was indeed a great deal. I just used it today and it is still running great. Although the gas tank top popped off while I was mowing and I did not realize it till I ran over the darn thing and chopped it up, what a bummer. This is it: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Toro-Recycler-22-in-SmartStow-High-Wheel-Variable-Speed-Walk-Behind-Gas-Self-Propelled-Mower-20339/205026227


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  • #3031
    deezell
    Registered Users Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭deezell


    BullBauld wrote: »
    Hi folks

    Myself and my father are getting a ride on between us.

    Our local company have Mountfield mowers. Looking at the 1530H for €2630.

    Any opinions on said mower.

    They do finance so handy.

    Thanks.
    That mower is made by the GGP group, Stiga, Alpina, Mountfield, castelgarden. Quality starter size twin blade ride on with a non synchronous cutting head.
    Just because you're getting finance doesn't mean you have to pay the full list price. That mower is knocking around for about €200 less.
    https://www.mchaleagri.ie/shop-honda-husqvarna/garden-tractors/mountfield-1530h-ride-on-lawnmower/

    The seller will get whatever deal price you can strike from the lenders. better to borrow from the Credit Union. A bag of cash and no trade in is any retailers dream. If you do raise your finance elsewhere, there are a few alternatives to this for around the 2,500 mark, maybe bigger and better. Its only a 33" cut, decent size engine for that though. but perhaps that's big enough for you if you have smallish sites.

    For the same price you're being asked, you can get this Castelgarden, extra 14cm wider cut and bigger 500cc engine.
    https://www.hanlysgardenmachinery.ie/product-information/xdc170hd-castelgarden

    Exact same mower as the Castelgarden above is this Alpina, bang for your Buck if you are willing to buy online, same Maker as Mountfield and Castelgarden, (GGP). Free trailer with it too.

    https://www.agrieuro.co.uk/alpina-bt-98-hcb-ride-on-mower-grass-collector-briggsstratton-500-cc-engine-p-12634.html

    See if your dealer can match Hanly's price for the Castelgarden, (i'm sure they can supply them) and then do the finance at that price.


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