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I'm not complaining but I get this notice to renew or update my email .Problem was when I attemted to do I had misplaced my pass word .Took me three days to fiqure out how to get a message to the admin about it because it basically had me locked out. It worked out but certanly was frustrating ...

Tom the tree guy who was kind enough to help me on the cotton wood had bought a splitter that looked nearly new .Yard Max ,never heard of it .It looked fine but would not split wood with a 5 inch cylinder and a 10 HP Briggs engine . The normal set up on say a Prince brand control valve the pump...

I'm a little befuddled with this one .Belongs to the tree service that dropped the cotton wood .Danged thing won't built pressure and I suspect the control; valve .Somebody had the pressure set real low .I took it apart .looked okay and cranked it down to max ,no split .It won't even pull off...

The subject is a 7 year old Toro Titan 54 .So far it's been a good one until this year .The pot licker would just putz to a stop .If it sat for 15 minutes would fire right up and it only got worse . I changed the impulse fuel pump which took two tries because some use a right hand assembly and...

You get a lot of comments on varied things some coming from genuine factory trained experts cautioning they know more than you the unlearned .Not always the case I might add . One recent case was a 5 HP Briggs engine on a roto tiller that came over on the Mayflower .Never did seem to have enough...

Damned thing gave me fits ,drove me nuts .Out of the blue the pot licker would die on the vine .Toro zero turn ,Kawasaki engine . Come to find out it was what they call a "kill relay " .It is the safety relay that drops out if the other switches are activated .Cuts off the two ignition coils...

I've got a dandy .A 5 HP Briggs that has made a monkey out of me .Spark was screwed up, new solid state ignition ..Carb diaphragm was stiff, new one .Valves so far out of wack it only blew 20 PSI,got it up to 55 PSI .BTW a flat head is a pain in the azz to dial in the valves if you don't have...

Most everything I own is old but usually runs good .An antique roto tiller with a 5HP Briggs that predates the pony express .Been a loyal old friend for 20 years but fell down .Condenser gave up the ghost .No sparky no starty . Aftermarket "magnitron " on order 12 bucks .The condenser alone is...

If it isn't one thing it's another ,So the Toro zero turn was giving me fits. new fuel pump --nope carb .I'd never seen one of that design before .Had a solenoid valve that blocked the main jet and a float carb,Walbro .I thought I could blow it out --no .Had to take that SOB off and clean it out...

I may be on to something Kawasaki FR 691V .Evidently the vacuum fuel pump has a failure not unlike a Briggs with a Pulsa jet carb .I'm only assuming it's a diaphragm pump with a buna n diaphragm which the ethanol could be working on it .It 's not very expensive to replace after market ,less than...

We had a big blow a few days ago about like a monsoon .I saw this yesterday ,2 footer about 65-70 foot ,the roots gave away .This is typical of an EAB killed ash after about 8-10 years .The wood will still be solid as a rock and hard as a rock also I might add .It's going to take a tug from the...

I think this thing is a modification perhaps this sub division is only used on the Makita concrete saws I've spent forever on .At any rate this was the first of two I attempted to rebuild with no luck on this one .I failed to notice a welch plug that was missing .As such the discharge of the...

This is just general info regarding those damned flip caps that drive most people nuts .I thought I'd put this on here before I forget . The rings swell up because the ethanol in the gasoline causes them to get as stiff as a sailor returning from 90 days at sea, been there done that . .You...

This is just to show a little of the stock porting and the two different coils .The way this cylinder is cast it would appear the tabs would be much stronger that Stihl .The transfers have a good sweep already back over the intake port .. The two different coils ,one being self contained and the...

This is what happens when you run aviation gasoline and 20 % nitro .Runs fast but not long ,comes apart . My brother in law tried this trick some time ago in the 80's on a right hand start 10-10 McCulloch trying to out gun me and my dad . Never got it done . I robbed the crankshaft for a 6-10...

I know most know how to make gaskets but some don't . If you get to dealing with old stuff sometimes you have no other choice because parts get very difficult to find .I found a several tutorials on the net . I use the mark and cut method using mix oil because it has blue dye which shows up...

Why I'm so slow on the uptake I don't know.Yesterday I've finally gotten back to a rebuild,restore of two Partner p-100s .In removing one I had to pop the cir clips out of the piston which I usually use a ice pick .Found something better ,a nut pick .Who knew .This thing is the cats meow...

Here's one most people would never use ,digital level and dead on .They got use these things at work for us to help line up robot axis .I had left the damned AAA batteries in too long and the things corroded so I had to dig into my bag of tricks to clean it up today . Rainy out out you...

I live in the woods,giant trees for the eastern side of the USA,oaks,hickories etc .Nuts and acorns every where as well as squirrels .Funny to watch but what a pain the the behind they can be . Damned things will hid nuts any place you imagine like under the hood of my lady's GMC Envoy .Some how...

Has anybody ever used one of these things ?Looks to be the cats' meow .I've got all this sand stone and it's a pain in the buttocks trying to keep the weeds from growing through the cracks...