Time for a new mower.
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When they do this.
https://ecomodder.com/forum/attachme...1&d=1597687069 Lawn mower engines don't throw codes they throw rods. I didn't hit anything and it was at the full mark for oil. I have a mower that hasn't ran in 7 or 8 years that I fired up with the carb and fuel tank off the blown mower. The newer mower burned less oil and started easier so I went with the newer one, but with the carb and fuel tank assembly off the newer mower it starts about the same. I think I will put the old mower engine on the blown mowers deck, it has larger rear wheels and the mower push handle is made for someone my height. |
Go electric!
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I had electric lawn mowers from 2006 to 2017 and wore out 2 of them.
I might get a second electric one for around the house, a 120v plug in mower. |
I’d be inclined towards battery electric unless acreage is more than about 2. Then again NM is hot and I have no idea what the battery expectancy is there.
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The heat cooks air cooled batteries here.
Last electric mower I had lasted from 2011 to 2017 I don't think a battery would last that long. |
I have a mower I bought in 1990 that still runs great. I think I have changed the oil in it once. It sat outside uncovered in Montana at my daughters house for the last 4 years, she got a new one so I brought it back home, it hadn't been started in over a year. Put gas in it, pushed the priver 5 times, pulled the cord and it coughed to life on the first pull. It's a Murray with a Tecumseh engine. I only use it now for some tight spots as I have a Craftsman rider now that never starts without a jump and shorting the starter solenoid.
I will stick with gas mowers, maybe 5 gallons a year and 30 years going strong for $200. I did buy a 60v chainsaw and love that thing. I do infrequent cutting, like firewood while camping or some tree trimming and it's great. I love to make a cut, put it down, move wood around, and not just leave it idling. Better for transporting in the camper with no gas. A gas chainsaw is very loud too, much more than a mower. |
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I'll see if I can pick up 120v plug in for around the house when they go on clearance, any day now.
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I didn't even watch it, the pic was just too funny.
last summer I gave my beat up 16 year old riding mower to one of the guys at work and bought a new one. It was sad- it had so many issues that it wasn't worth paying to fix, but it was in such good shape otherwise that if you fix cars for a living and this drops into your lap, you can fix it in your spare time and have a great mower. It came up in conversation today, and I asked him how it was. He said he spent $85 on parts and put in half a day and it's his main mower now. I was thrilled to hear it- the work to do it was beyond my abilities and available time, and the rest of the mower was just too good to scrap. It's living on and running strong. I feel like I gave up a dog to go live on a farm somewhere, and it's actually living on that farm, not just a line in a story you tell your kids. |
Fat Charlies story reminded my of my riding mower experiences, mainly repairs. It's a husqvarna 850-10, maybe 15-20 years old. I'm using it with a "pay with keeping it running"-lease. Every single time i call the local parts store and ask for spare parts/belts etc, i get the "whoa, THAT sure is an old model, hang on a minute":D
It is what it is, still, gets the grass cut. |
I have a riding mower like that. I got it and it needed new blades, a blade spindle, actuator cable for the blade engagement, carb rebuild after I ran it for a season.
It's go the good Kohler 18.5hp V-twin that is lubed with pressurized and filtered oil and air filtered with an actual paper filter. I will probably sell it when the plandemic is over next spring to buy an even more powerful 60 inch. But I'm taking my special laser edge dot com blades off it. |
Any chance you'll be using Amsoil Smal Engine 10w30 Oil in a new mower? I've been using that in my push mower since April 2018, when I got the mower new, though I did try breaking the engine in (if that's a thing anymore) with the oil that came with the mower. I'll change the Amsoil oil once a year, but it should extend the mower's life considerably. It costs about $10 per quart, but if it means that I don't have to buy a new mower within 20 years' time, a $5 oil change is really no big deal to me.
https://www.amsoil.com/p/10w-30-synt...A#pills-home_0 |
With the riding mower I use any synthetic "air cooled motorcycle" I can get a hold of on clearance at Walmart.
The push mower gets cheap Dino juice since it only runs 10 to 20 hours per year if I'm lucky. |
Outside of commercial use, any motor oil at all should keep a mower happy forever. I use El-Cheapo 5w30 once a year whether it needs it or not.
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As long as you never start it below 50 or 60 degrees imperial the multi viscosity oils don't give you any benefit.
That "old oil" you have is likely SJ rated and is packed with additives compared to modern SN rated oil and is perfect for engines that don't have roller everything internals. |
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Lawn mowers can be horribly neglected and just keep on working. |
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Oils are rated SH, SJ, SK maybe they skipped K, SL, SM, SN.
SH was back in the 1980s, SJ was 1990s through 2000ish, SL by mid 2000s and so on. SH oil has the most antiwear additives and detergents. The current standard SN has the least. By a factor or a lot. SH oils can have 3 times the antiwear additives and up to around 4x the detergents than an SN oil. |
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