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08-04-2010, 09:45 AM
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I gota tell on myself...
Guys the other day when I got home from work me and the wife was suppose to start mowing our 4 acres with the twins { 129 and the 149 }.So I do the usual go check the oil do a little visual and fill up the tanks.During this process my neighbor pulls up in the yard and gets out and starts talking so I get a little distracted Anyway 30 minutes later he leaves and she comes outside and asks if we are ready and I said yes..This is where the brain fart begins..lol..We take off mowing and about 10 minutes later my tractor sputters and coughs and dies...Ive been having trouble with the float on this tractor sticking closed from time to time lately so my thought was it was stuck again...Now this is a pain because Im 600 ft or so from the shed where my tools are and my flapper is broke on the 129 so I cant drag it that far.Oh and by the way it was over 100 degrees that day and of course the she died in the only place where there was no shade..I headed off to get the tools the usual screw driver wrenches and the carb cleaner come back and start pulling it apart when I start getting stung by fire ants.The 129 had stopped right on a fire ant hill that would have been my luck.I dont know if any of you have ever been stung by those devils but they wait till they get 50 or so on ya before they start stinging ya...So picture this Im out by the hwy doing a little dance with carb cleaner in one hand a screwdriver in the other shucking my pants soaked with sweat and people driving by thinkin Im havin some kinda heat stroke or something ....lol....I ended up after tearin the carb apart in front yard fighting the ants and heat just to figure out I was OUT OF GAS....My neigbor had distracted me just enough that I forgot where I was on my service round.I could have chewed the screwdriver into mad at myself....Moral of this story check the simple things first and dont put things off...Carb kit in mail as we speak flapper gettin fixed ordered new automatic valves...Now I know Im just tellin off on myself and looking back on it a day or so all I can do is laugh...My wife had thought I had finally lost it she was 100 yrds from watchin this whole thing unfold...I figured I would share this little story today because its just not right that just the locals get a good laugh out of this..lol......Randy
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08-04-2010, 10:08 AM
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T-Mo nope but did take it to the point I unscrewed the shut off out the tank before I figured it out...lol...I thought the screen was stopped up.Thats how long it took me to figure out I was out gas when I screwed it out an nothing came out the tank is when the few choice words came out of my mouth....lol
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08-04-2010, 01:02 PM
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I know what you mean, transformer. We have fire ants here, as well. They will tear you up! Every time we mow, we'll get bit a few times. The mower deck throws them around...lol.
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Allen Proud owner of my Original! My Grandpa's Cart Craftsman Lawn Sweeper Craftsman Plug Aerator
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08-04-2010, 05:33 PM
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Allen your right they will tear ya up and we have them pretty bad here I manage to keep em away from the house but I just cant poison 8 acres for em..They just move from here to there...The really funny part of this was me shucking my jeans out by road....I was covered by them before I even know it out there on my knees workin the cub....I wasnt 40 ft from a pretty busy state hwy...and Im not a small guy Im 6 ft 5 so everybody gota show that day...My wife knew what was up and was just sittin on her cub laughin....
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08-05-2010, 12:50 PM
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Did the same thing with my 147
Ran fine when I parked it, a week later I jump on to mow, shes started then dies. Took an hour and checked over every wire, nut, and bolt. Finally looked in the tank...  Good news is every electrical connection, spark plug and air cleaner are all new now. :biggrin2.gif:
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