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Old 04-22-2018, 11:53 AM
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Do ya pose they are snickering like precious pup @ us??
Arent we the fools

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Maybe it’s Justin again..........

I think that was his name anyway.
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A trolling we will go, a trolling we will go, hi ho....
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Truly sorry of your luck,
MTD makes most lawn mowers now, and they are priced accordingly, to what you receive.
It makes no difference if they are yellow, Green or
red.
Cheap mowers are sold for cheap prices.
The Garden tractors of 30 years ago or more, with mower decks underneath were a lot more robust and cost a lot more,
and a hell of a lot of them are still preforming.
If you are replacing the tires because of tread wear, you need to set the toe in properly and/or check the nylon bushings in the front axle.

As far as the battery, it has nothing to do with an expensive or economy lawn mower.
If you kept it in the house during the winter, and charged it every couple of months for 12 hours with a little trickle charger they almost always last at least 3 years, some lasting more.

Usually the "throw-a-way" economy model mowers produced in today's world have reached maximum life in the 10 year range.
As far as starting with starting fluid, either your carburetor choke is not working or it is needing attention.
Continued use of that will lead to a quick death of your engine's piston & rings.
I bought a new Craftsman mower 3-4 years ago, said right in the owners manual "expected life 7 years" this was the 30" rear engine rider. I only kept it 1 year as I didn't need it anymore but I doubt it would make 7 years without some help.
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Ok, I'll bite on the chum...errrrr... troll... Stick with the old stuff my man. 1 acre is probably far too much to maintain with that mower. I tried maintaining an acre and a half with a Lowes Troy Bilt mower my grandmother gifted me brand new in 2010 and the mower blew after one season, and I replaced it, over the course of the next 5 years, I replaced 3 deck belt engagement cables, 4 deck spindles, two deck belt guards, an idler pulley, AND it ate deck belts like crazy. I wasted so much money on that piece of trash and I didn't even buy it! I maintained it well, and it still crumbled. I got a 1970's Jacobsen GT in 2016, and my first 1990's cub cadet in 2017. There is no comparison whatsoever to the newer stuff. I think the newer stuff is made out of recycled beer cans.

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George, it's the steady rotation of crap new MTD stuff on my property that brought me to old cubs.

A couple of questions.

* Who hasn't MTD ruined? Wheel Horse, CC, Toro, Simplicity all seem to have been devoured to trade off the name while stripping the brand of the quality that created the brand to begin with. Sooner or later there's not much out there but MTD unless you go big dollar. As you say, these garden tractors were big dollar in their day! I guess MTD has helped feed (or create) the "buy cheap, wear it out, throw it away, buy a new one" marketing scenario.

* How does ether (or whatever starter spray is) ruin a small engine ? I've heard this before and I believe it, just don't understand the mechanism. I never have used it in any application as I just squirt a few drops gas thru the carb and if there's spark and any semblance of timing, it'll generally fire.




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Truly sorry of your luck,
MTD makes most lawn mowers now, and they are priced accordingly, to what you receive.
It makes no difference if they are yellow, Green or
red.
Cheap mowers are sold for cheap prices.
The Garden tractors of 30 years ago or more, with mower decks underneath were a lot more robust and cost a lot more,
and a hell of a lot of them are still preforming.
If you are replacing the tires because of tread wear, you need to set the toe in properly and/or check the nylon bushings in the front axle.

As far as the battery, it has nothing to do with an expensive or economy lawn mower.
If you kept it in the house during the winter, and charged it every couple of months for 12 hours with a little trickle charger they almost always last at least 3 years, some lasting more.

Usually the "throw-a-way" economy model mowers produced in today's world have reached maximum life in the 10 year range.
As far as starting with starting fluid, either your carburetor choke is not working or it is needing attention.
Continued use of that will lead to a quick death of your engine's piston & rings.
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George, it's the steady rotation of crap new MTD stuff on my property that brought me to old cubs.

A couple of questions.

* Who hasn't MTD ruined? Wheel Horse, CC, Toro, Simplicity all seem to have been devoured to trade off the name while stripping the brand of the quality that created the brand to begin with. Sooner or later there's not much out there but MTD unless you go big dollar. As you say, these garden tractors were big dollar in their day! I guess MTD has helped feed (or create) the "buy cheap, wear it out, throw it away, buy a new one" marketing scenario.

* How does ether (or whatever starter spray is) ruin a small engine ? I've heard this before and I believe it, just don't understand the mechanism. I never have used it in any application as I just squirt a few drops gas thru the carb and if there's spark and any semblance of timing, it'll generally fire.
The explosion that occurs from using Ether is violent, causing in some engines,
the erosion of piston head/top ring areas.
Diesel engine pistons are a lot beefier because of being a diesel design and even they suffer from continued usage.
Occasional usage, while not good, is tolerated.
but in a normal gasoline engine it is more detrimental, because of the less robust piston design.

I have a pressure/squirt can that you can put in any liquid and pressurize it with an air hose.
I fill it with gasoline not only to aid in starting/diagnosing an engine but many times as a refillable spray cleaner.
It works slick and is less costly than brake cleaner or starting fluid.

You can remove a carburetor from an engine and put it on the bench, and still start that engine as long as you keep squirting mini bursts of fuel into the intake.
It's funny watching some peoples reactions

I prolly should have several pressure vessels, as handy as they are.
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