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Posted on 11/6/23 at 9:10 am to theantiquetiger
Enough to know that I hate replacing fuel lines. Hate. But I’ve done a good bit of that and similar stuff guided by a YT video or two.
I can see how there are basic components that every engine has that can make it easy to work on once you know what you’re doing. But I don’t know all those things.
I can see how there are basic components that every engine has that can make it easy to work on once you know what you’re doing. But I don’t know all those things.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 9:10 am to 0x15E
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As cheap as they are these days you could replace one every two years for almost decade for that price. Why spend the time fixing a motor? Seems like something people with a lot of spare time do. Buy one cheap, run it into the ground with only minimal year to year maintenance and then buy a new one.
This is the second dumbest thing I’ve read in this thread.
You would rather buy a new mower every couple years (I’m guessing $125 each, IDK), instead of spending $750 on a mower that I had to spend 45 mins and $30 on in 15 years? The only other maint I’ve done on the mower in 15 years is swapped the spark plug a couple times ($5 each) and changed the oil few times ($3 each tops).
I cannot wrap my head around your dumbass theory of buying a new one every couple years.
My mower will last me another 15 years.
This post was edited on 11/6/23 at 9:13 am
Posted on 11/6/23 at 10:28 am to sleepytime
Boomers can change carbs but don’t know how to send a goddamn email, so let’s not puff those chests too far out
Posted on 11/6/23 at 10:34 am to theantiquetiger
I’m sure I could, would have to go buy a mower first though
Posted on 11/6/23 at 10:49 am to theantiquetiger
Not a lot to it. If you don't know you can get a masters degree in about 4 hours on youtube university.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 10:52 am to theantiquetiger
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I knew the gas tank needed cleaning out, so I decided to rebuild the carburetor, change the fuel filter, and remove & clean out the gas tank.
Took about 45 mins and $30. Son of a bitch cranked up on the first pull.
I did some similar work about 3 months ago. The jet main in the carburetor was the culprit. Air filter was a change regardless. Old fuel was the cause of everything. I thought the date of the fuel was more recent and clogged the shite out of the mower.
Only thing that took time was waiting on the part in the mail.
5hp Briggs and Stratton.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 10:55 am to theantiquetiger
Sure, I can fix mowers, trimmers, and saws. But why? Everything but the chainsaw is electric now.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 11:04 am to crossfire
"Yes, our high school ag department had a competition to take one apart and put it back together"
pretty sure this is an episode on Saved By The Bell
pretty sure this is an episode on Saved By The Bell
Posted on 11/6/23 at 11:16 am to Red Boarman
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Sure, I can fix mowers, trimmers, and saws. But why? Everything but the chainsaw is electric now.
My electric chainsaw was the best tool I ever bought. It needs a refill of bar chain oil before the battery dies.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 11:18 am to BlackAdam
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My electric chainsaw was the best tool I ever bought.
I'm surprised at how good those things are, I was skeptical at first so I rented one to check it out, a Makita, that's a badass little saw
Posted on 11/6/23 at 12:46 pm to BK Lounge
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Lol at ur stupid assumption.. No, actually my Dad just stressed education over manual labor
I guess he didn't stress enough since you're moving to a poor Asian country to be 'rich'
And sleep with questionable age girls.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 1:29 pm to 0x15E
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No brainer
Basically people that makes posts like you did are definitely light in the brain department. I can't imagine being so dumb and uneducated as to be defeated by a minor small engine problem.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 1:36 pm to theantiquetiger
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(I’m guessing $125 each, IDK),
Not these days. Even a barebones Walmart MTD push mower is well over $200. With Honda exiting the market your choices are either junk for a few hundred or commercial-grade for a thousand or so.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 1:39 pm to Red Boarman
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Everything but the chainsaw is electric now.
I'm heading there. I have a Milwaukee M18 blower amd trimmer. The trimmer is great. I use it to trim and edge a 3/4 acre yard. It's a lot of edging and the battery holds up fine.
The blower is fine for the driveway and garage, but it's not stout enough to move huge piles of leaves.
My battery powered hedge trimmer works great, too.
Chainsaw and pole saw are next on the list to buy
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:10 pm to armsdealer
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I stopped cleaning small carbs... just replace them. The time is worth extra couple of bucks... if you are cleaning them right anyhow.
A gracious plenty of them have special tools needed to get into them correctly and the tools and the rebuild kit is usually about the same as the carb and replacing the carb takes about 5 seconds.
To be honest I don't know what my wife and I are going to do if I live long enough to become physically unable to keep our shite running and our house from falling in on itself. I did it when I was younger because we could not afford to pay someone else to do it. I do it now because you can't pay someone enough to do it and not frick up more than they fix. I have not had a mechanic fix anything in about 15 years. I have paid some to fix shite, nary a one of them managed to do so. I have quit trying. I just do it myself.
An good example is our motorhome. The control board for the slideout went out 2 years ago and I did not want to frick with taking the couch out and cranking the slide out manually so I got quotes on it. $3K- $5K to replace a $15 circuit board. I fixed it in about 5 hours. Our microwave went out and my wife called a repairman. $150 minimum service charge and he said the thing would probably be cheaper to replace it...at about $350 (a hood/microwave combo). I did not want to frick with and would have gladly paid him $150 to replace the....and I am dead serious....$1.69 switch in the door that was bad. The $150 he was going to charge was on top of whatever the repair was going to be. I ain't the smartest fricker in the world but I ain't dumb enough to fall for that kind of shite. That is now though, I don't know what we will do when I am no longer physically able to do it. I guess get robbed or let things go to wreck and ruin....
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:13 pm to BK Lounge
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Yep.. Especially if you have other skills that allow you to make enough money to pay soembody else to do that shite .
I make pretty good money. I would GLADLY pay someone to fix shite. No one is capable of doing so and they charge about 10 times what it is worth. I would much whether, for example, pay someone to change the oil in our cars. The problem is that 2 vehicles our ours in the last 3 years and 2 others I know of have had to have the oil pan replaced because the stupid bastards over torque the drain plug and strip out the pan and it starts leaking and the only fix is to replace it (or the proper fix).
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:19 pm to ArHog
quote:I wouldn’t know where to buy it.
Use leaded gas
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