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Old 10-30-2015, 10:59 AM
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We were doing up some PITA saplings, and brush the other day. While pushing through the thick crap, I was backing up and all of a sudden I noticed oil soaking my front left tire! So I immediately shut the 104 (124 just haven't re-badged) down and jumped off the seat to find this.
I looked around for hours for the little pr!ck, no luck, so I got the potato picker out and started raking weeds and sticks still nothing. So, I got to thinking, prob one of the saplings that bent over stood back up and caught the edge the the stick. I looked further away from where I was at and found the little bugger about 6 feet away!

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And now its bright red!! Do any of you fine gentlemen know where I would be able to get the o-ring seal for around the top of the stick? I noticed it was kinda hard and has been seeping oil around it.
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Old 10-30-2015, 11:10 AM
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I get my o-rings at NAPA. They have a pretty good selection.
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Old 10-30-2015, 07:35 PM
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I get mine "O" rings @ Ace Hwd ,---just got 5 today About 1" dia.
they robbed me!
They were nine cents each, Ha,LOL!
try that @ a dealer
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When I was younger mowing with my dad's 125 I was mowing around a kids seat swing (like one of those that hang from chains) and I pushed forward through it, then backed out. Upon backing out I saw oil shooting out of where the dipstick was, or should have been. Shut her down and wondered where the dipstick went, and lo and behold there it was hanging from the chain of the swing. The chain caught it and pulled it out as I backed up.

My dad has a hedge line that I used to mow next to (same mower) and occasionally a branch would hit the governor lever and slow the engine down momentarily. Got me every time.
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When I was younger mowing with my dad's 125 I was mowing around a kids seat swing (like one of those that hang from chains) and I pushed forward through it, then backed out. Upon backing out I saw oil shooting out of where the dipstick was, or should have been. Shut her down and wondered where the dipstick went, and lo and behold there it was hanging from the chain of the swing. The chain caught it and pulled it out as I backed up.

My dad has a hedge line that I used to mow next to (same mower) and occasionally a branch would hit the governor lever and slow the engine down momentarily. Got me every time.
One of the reasons i am dozing them over! When i get close mowing they suck the tractor right in! My old craftsman is belt drive and have actually had the branches and twigs get in and roll the drive belt off the pulley and then its time to pull it out of the jungle with cub and time for new belt!
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I get mine "O" rings @ Ace Hwd ,---just got 5 today About 1" dia.
they robbed me!
They were nine cents each, Ha,LOL!
try that @ a dealer
I do alot of buisness with my ace here in town, the small engine mechanic is a buddy of mine. Cant find thick enough ring there.
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when the o rings get worn and the crankcase pressure is hi enough they pop out and can go pretty far and make a big mess. On our pulling engines, we used to tape them in.
One day we were dyno testing a motor and somehow the vacuum pump got hooked up backwards. It blew the dipstick out and soaked my Fat Boy and Ultra classic with oil.
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I do alot of buisness with my ace here in town, the small engine mechanic is a buddy of mine. Cant find thick enough ring there.
My Ace Hwd. is a larger one, and they stock a lot of "O" rings, but don't go much over 2" in small increments.
It is nice to have something close/convenient.
If they don't have what I need, a 1/2 mile away is a large AG John Deere dealer and they usually have it.
It just galls me that a Hwd store gets nine cents for an o ring and auto parts or Deere/IH gets a couple of dollars or so for the same ring.
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My Ace Hwd. is a larger one, and they stock a lot of "O" rings, but don't go much over 2" in small increments.
It is nice to have something close/convenient.
If they don't have what I need, a 1/2 mile away is a large AG John Deere dealer and they usually have it.
It just galls me that a Hwd store gets nine cents for an o ring and auto parts or Deere/IH gets a couple of dollars or so for the same ring.
I second that!! I have to repack my lift cylinder, do you know if they are standard rings or "special" order?
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when the o rings get worn and the crankcase pressure is hi enough they pop out and can go pretty far and make a big mess. On our pulling engines, we used to tape them in.
One day we were dyno testing a motor and somehow the vacuum pump got hooked up backwards. It blew the dipstick out and soaked my Fat Boy and Ultra classic with oil.
That would "blow"!! I actually have 2 dipsticks, long one in tude on top of motor and short one in side, when I was leveling out the dirt the town brought me the long stick came out a couple times and since the hood is in the way of seeing that one i had no idea until the smoke started rollin out from under hood! Covered engine, my grill, cast front end, ws a mess. But i found another stick for that tube and never did it again, only lost that little one once.
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