i use needle scaler on my grasshopper and toro welded steel deck to clean them...works better than scraper for me.

I have a Briggs 650 series that came out of the factory in 2006, missing an intake manifold gasket where it attached to the jug. Same MO, just a different application, and it has the square filter. If you have a Briggs 650 series, check the intake manifold. If it is loose, you could have the same situation, where you are sucking in dirt by design.

The only thing I didn't like in this video that you didn't put the cover back on while the engine was running for 30 minutes the cover is designed to direct the air flow across the heads keep the heads from getting too hot

I hate all the KZbin reviews with the damn affiliate links! All lies for money!

You Really Need A Fence Around Outside, I Would Be Worried About Stuff Going Missing

I Am Surprised That The Deck Is Still In Pretty Good Condition, No Apparent Rust On Top. The Amount Of Grass/ Mud Under That Deck Was Surprising. It Must Have Been There For A Long Time To Grow Mould... Got To Clean Them Once In A While , For Them To Last Longer Greasing The Spindles Is A Waste Of Time And Grease, They Have Plastic Covers On The Bearings, The Inside Plastic Covers On The Bearings Really Need To Be Removed, So The Grease Can Actually Get To The Bearings . The Bearing Manufacturers Only Put Minimal Amount Of Grease Into The Bearings Good Video

The mystery continues 🤔

Brake clean and a lighter done in 2 seconds

Mine are all cable shouldn't matter their all the same

If it's Popping and backfiring that means the keyway under the flywheel is brocken and the timing is off.

Are you a Stens dealer?

I have older customers that demand I replace everything and there good for several years or more They say that I give them a better deal because they don’t have to break down several times a year 😊

Where are you guys located?? Sorry about your back I know how it is got the same problem great video Martin 👍I have done my deck recently the same one you were working on I got a Johndeer zero turn Z235

Great video, thumbs up. Also you sound like Tom Hanks, has anyone ever told you that? Thanks again.

Customers come in all flavors! My Deers haven’t see a repair shop in a decade Tks to guys like you on YT !

Is tipping the mower straight back to get underneath a good idea? Or should it always be tipped to the side so that the oil fill tube is on the side that goes up?

I just blow it back onto the bead with starting fluid, and a match thrown at the gap

That was awesome!!! Thank you!!!

It looks like you are like so many other small businesses. Too much work and too few workers. Unfortunately, that is today’s reality in America.

Thanks!

My wife helped clean shop and also book keeping for years 😊

That deck has never been cleaned for sure

awesome video!!! thank you!

I appreciate all of your videos, i will be doing a John Deere belt issue in the next few weeks and your experience that you share will help. Thanks again.

Love your channel. What is your name?

Hi, I have the Craftsmam version of this mower, r1000, what is the correct socket size and direction of thread for the blade. Thank you.

Tom Hanks😅

Exactly what mine has been doing for the past 5 years 😮, Great Video, I’ll been doing this soon. I’ve changed the battery, Solenoid,& Starter already

I take pictures on my phone and use it as a reference. These decks can be complicated especially on larger ones. How many hours was on the machine for all those bearings to go bad. I would also discourage the owner not to wash the deck or underside because it will cause rapid wear of the bearings.

My cousin called me to check his Troy Bilt with that engine. Crazy crazy. 3 Motor Mount screws were missing, last one was very loose. One engine mount broke off. Muffler bolts were off. I was how the heck could these come off.!!! I suspect head gasket has to be changed, because I saw some oil smoke

Do you have to set the gap on the spark plug? Or is it pre set?

Great video!!

Do you by chance know the carb float gasket part number

When did they get rid of the hour meter? I have the ZT1-50 with the Kawasaki and mine has an hour meter.

Make sure the bolt holding the rocker arm pivot piece has not backed out. Most of these are set correctly at .005"

Valves need adjusted...all it is.

I never have good luck out of troybilts, to my opinion they are junk

My deck keeps popping out on the right side and drops down, I can't figure out why.

Dude I hope the people in your area know how lucky they are to have such a good mechanic near them.

Sounds like a valve lash problem

This just happen to mine today! I think I can extract the broken bolt and reuse the shaft. Hopefully I m just out 2 bolts. I chk the brackets tomorrow. On Top fo that I either have a bent push rod or a faulty valve on the left side. I was limping the grass down on 1 cylinder until I can get it fixed then the shaft thing broke. But its been a great mower mowed 2 acres every week during grass season for the last 17 yrs. Just replaced a starter during all those years.

In 2024, my gas expired in 2019. I tried some other unused canisters that expired in 2019 and it worked for a bit. My issue was old gas canisters. I bought a new battery.

Ok I have a serious question, I was mowing about a week ago and I started mowing within 10 minutes the mower started to surge and hunt, at full throttle, pull throttle back and it runs but sputters, then it started to pop and back fire , when ever I gave it power. I checked the fuel and it's flowing decently. I don't know how to upload a video to share with you what I'm trying to explain. I'm behind on customers right now, I did cut two lawns with it today but under low power and it sputtered, spat seemed to want to shut off, and backfiring all at once. Kohler 7000 on a Cub cadet 54" 123 hours

Thank you for the video! it was very helpful. I changed my deck belt and the blade. My new issue is that it is slicing my lawn on one side. The right side if you are sitting on the mower. I noticed after i put the new belt on, the deck is harder to raise, almost like it is hitting something. I did leave the deck on during the belt change and the black cover went on just fine, so I am a little lost. Are you able to make some suggestions? Thank you!

Was one of the early Toros you mentioned not to buy a 22” Recycler? Perhaps Toro model 20333? I was looking at one used locally.

That's sad Kohler use to be good 😭😭😭😭

very good video.................

I have a hard time with belts even with a diagram. 😉

You do good work. I got a wood chipper with this motor I’ve been tinkering with and you’ve definitely shed some light on some stuff I can try

Great video! Every yard man should review...