Off the top of my head the negative is usually the housing of the distributor. That is if the negative cable of your battery is connected to the frame of the vehicle. Some older cars were positive ground. Check out your battery to see where the cables go. I’d have to rewatch my video to see what I did as it was a few years ago now.

I just played the video again and I see my distributor does indeed have a negative wire. So all I can suggest is you do more research on exactly how your distributor is meant to be connected. Good luck, it’s likely to be grounded along with everything else. Let’s face it there has to be a negative in there somewhere 🤠

Thanks for letting me know you got something out of it. I feel like I’m talking Tax to myself sometimes 🤠 Hope you fixed your tap without calling a plumber!

Glad you are working on your own stuff. Can be quite satisfying 🤠

There could be something wrong with the actual cell. Sorry I can’t be of more help

You could do it with a chamfer tool like this one, just grind it to 30 deg instead of 45 deg. I think I have seen Abom79 true up a Center with a tiny boring bar with the compound slide set to 30 deg Abom has a lot of videos to sift through 🤠 You could grind a small boring bar from HSS fairly easily as it would not need to be very long. Just make sure you support your workpiece well with a steady rest if you can. Good luck and thanks for commenting. Dave

Not my best video but difficult to film in the dark under my old car. Glad you got something out of it. I generally film stuff I like doing not simply try to feed the YT algorithm. Thanks for commenting!

Well lean is worse than rich 🤠 I showed you mine now you show me yours I promise I’ll give you a thumbs up 🤠

This was literally the very first time I started it. A while ago now but I think I was missing a spring under that knob to provide friction and stop the knob from turning due to vibration of the engine. There is a second video that shows me recording the RPM with one of those laser things. I have been procrastinating hooking this engine up to a power hacksaw to do some actual work 🤠 I need to gear it down from 900 rpm to about 60. Why not record your engine on your phone and show everyone how it runs. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmjMfmOIrM-obJosi=TAOhupwk8GfVeYH4 Dave

It’s easy to throw parts at them. With a cheap multi metre and some cables you can test that stuff before you buy new ones Glad you found the problem!

I’m not sure what you mean? Do you like fixing and or making stuff? I surprised my self the other day. I bought a 90ish year old broken mantle clock, pulled it apart and put it back together again and now it works. I didn’t video it as it would be like watching paint dry.🤠

@@DavoShed That's right. You've said what one of my primary hobbies is, that has given me some entertainment, physically and mentally healthy activities and many helful, nice and durable tools/equipments. I feel your love and patience (never-giving-up) through your video. We're different at the present but totally have similar journeys of life. Be happy and best wishes from Vietnam...

Thanks I understand now. If you want to see me not giving up look for the one where I fix a broken tape measure I found in the rubbish at a building site.

Glad you liked it. I think some people look at them and wonder what they do. For large diameters the are really useful.

Thanks for commenting. Most saws are nice if you keep them sharp 🤠 I’m currently fixing a old Mantle Clock. I have it completely disassembled and I’m cleaning all those gears and bearings. I can’t help but think I’m an old dog and this is a new trick! Not sure if I’ll film it. Might be boring as hell for someone else to watch. Dave

Atlas made good quality equipment. I have been fixing things here and there on mine for years. I like old machines :) I have a play list with other how-to’s if you are interested. Depends how much experience you already have. Let me know if you can’t find it. Good luck and have fun.

I still get a laugh when I watch this video. I’m just waiting for it to go viral 🤠 For the record, Simon, the other guy at the table had no idea what was happening either. I just said get a table and two chairs out then hide the car. We only had a minute or two head start on you to set things up.

As far as I know it’s still going 🤠 Thanks for commenting

@@DavoShed That's alright - thanks for the video. I started buying Ozito around 2019 and have never had a problem. The latest tool I bought was the 36v chainsaw (2 x 18v) for cutting back my jacaranda trees. It's brilliant - so light and easy to use and flys through 12 inch branches no problem. Watched this video because I have 10 Ozito batteries now (2 x 3Ah + 8 x 4Ah) and thought I better get familiar with them in case they ever go out of balance. I've watched a heap of these videos now for all sorts of brands and the one thing I've noticed is that the Ozito batteries appear to have much more complicated circuitry in them compared to the more expensive brands. My opinion after using them for almost 5 years now is that the Ozito balancing circuit works better than most others. You will always get some that become unbalanced, but that will always be the case no matter the brand because there will always be small variations in the cells themselves.

Thanks! I wasn’t expecting the reason to be “Don’t Lay it Down” 🤠 The owner was about to bin it. It lives on now.

It’s a bit like a 3D jigsaw puzzle. Except you only get to see how it looks on the way in. It did take a bit of courage but there was nothing to loose either. This is the Fitter bit of Fitter and Turner 🤠. Not sure if you remember but I did a course out of High School. Next video I’m fixing the brakes on the Limo. There is a fail then success in that one. It’s in the can now and I’ll probably publish it tomorrow. I’m also wanting to do a repair on my Grandfathers clock. I bought a cheap one with a matching movement to practice on. Not sure if I will video that one as I don’t know what I’m doing. My usual message is “If I can do it you probably can to” 🤠

Well I already had a brand new battery sitting there after the alternator failed on my car. This was the get home battery I had to buy instead of getting towed. They are worth a couple of hundred bucks and if I didn’t use it it would still be sitting there. Thanks for watching and commenting!

That’s good news I found that oil was still disappearing out of the tank and I simply couldn’t see it flicking off the chain. I think if you need half to three quarters of oil each time you fill the fuel your probably going ok. Don’t forget to clear the little hole in the cutter bar. The bar can also be reversed to share the wear. If you can post the link to the manual here I’ll pin the comment for others to find! Well done

Glad you liked the video. This one gets mixed responses but I’m really just showing if I can do it you can too 🤠

Yes but I didn’t know that at the beginning. It turned out the battery had a partial short inside that was hard to determine. The goal is to home in on the problem without throwing parts at it. Regular maintenance parts like filters are a good idea anyway. If your engine turns over when you turn the key you have ruled out or already replaced the starter, solinoid and the battery as the problem. If you have replaced the air filter that’s good. It means it’s getting air. That leaves Compression, Fuel and spark. Take the spark plug out and re connect the cable, hold the threads against a metal part of the engine. Crank the engine being careful not to zap yourself. Wear rubber gloves if you are concerned about that. You should see a nice blue spark if you are inside. Can be hard to see in sunlight. If not then spark is your problem. If you don’t you could clean or replace the spark plug, they are cheap. It could be a compression problem but less likely. While the plug is out put your thumb over the spark plug hole turn the flywheel by hand. It should squeeze air past your thumb. If it doesn’t then that’s your problem. If you get a good spark put a tea spoon of fuel down the spark plug hole, replace the spark plug being careful not to cross the threads. Then try and start again. If it kicks and tries to run more than before then fuel is your problem. Check or replace the fuel filter if there is one. They are also cheap. If it still doesn’t go then your carb might need a clean. If so at most you will only need a gasket. There are heaps of carb cleaning videos out there.

Well If the machine is worth $1600 new and I reckon I could do it in 4 hours not counting waiting for parts (now that I know what I’m doing) Would you pay a mechanic say $500 to save it? The hard part is if the cylinder was badly scored would you pay $200 to hear “It’s rooted mate” I can understand them not wanting to open a hornets nest for potentially no return. Their tactics worked, the customer now has two machines, one with a blade and one with a line installed 🤠

I guess it depends on who is bearing the risk, if it turns out that it’s not just the piston that is damaged. Very impressed with the outcome. One of your best efforts I reckon. Ring squeezer was a pearler. 👍

@starshiptrooper7520 Well the customer would have to bear the risk. You could expect something like $200 to quote on it. Then it can quickly become uneconomical. Maybe they just replace fan belts 🤠 I wonder if this video will do as well as John Deere No Crank No start?

I must admit, I didn’t think you would be able to fix it with just the parts you bought. So did the owners pay for the assessment by the professional repairer or was that a free opinion?

@starshiptrooper7520 I thought I might need a head gasket but it was made of some rubbery kind of stuff. It’s going back into service today so we will find out how I really went!

It’s kind of John Deere bare metal at the moment. I’d paint it JD yellow but there’d be too much masking off to do 🤠

Good advice, although less than 11v it probably wouldn’t start. I could have made the video after I new the answer but there would be no fun in that 🤠 It’s still going strong although it has blown a head gasket since then. I diagnosed and fixed that but didn’t video it as I have never done one before. Looking back I should have videos it 🤠

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11v is a very good 1.6 drop is excellent think of your car starter when the drop is > 10 is excellent Cheers check voltage drop for yourself you’ll find out what’s good check VD on both positive and ground if there’s a problem

@@anthonysova7117 I’m not really sure what you mean? Are you talking about the voltage drop while you are cranking the engine. I was always lead to believe this value was pretty meaningless. Anyway my battery had a dead short inside by the time it had a car ride to the battery shop. So it must have been hanging by a thread in there while I was trying to diagnose the problem which is why the volts still looked ok to start with. This turned out to be a good real world problem, so I left all the diagnostic steps in even though they didn’t find the problem. Not much fun running straight to the kill without the thrill of the chase! Thanks for taking an interest in my video

@@DavoShed voltage drop while cranking engine you can’t have VD without current flow or resistance (motor)A shorted battery looks like 10.5 open circuit voltage (at rest =1 cell shorted 2.11 volts+10 .55 =12.6 ) Next time you check a battery keep the DVOM on the terminals check at rest(OCV) then while cranking (VD) By the way 11v at VD is excellent hope this helps Cheers

Hi Nicholas, I never know which of my videos will be popular. I had to struggle myself to get it working again. Determination may be required. 🤠 I’m glad you got something out of it and thanks for letting me know! I know people harp on about safety stuff but definitely wear glasses and probably gloves when dealing with the spring. Good luck

Who knows what direction life will take? I always had you down as a Massy Ferguson kind of guy. All you need is a few acres 🤠

Correct. It had hardly any amps. I took it to a battery specialist shop to give it a load test keeping in mind I know they sell batteries but by the time I travelled the 15km into town the voltage was only 10v or something like that. There was clearly a short or something stuffed inside the battery and the car ride into town made it worse. I hear that the vibration of mowers is hard on batteries and the charging system isn’t that great in the first place. Notably the replacement battery is still going great. I guess the take home is that the voltage reading isn’t fool proof. Keep an open mind.

If I remember correctly that distributor doesn’t have points. Does that make it HEI? I was trying to diagnose a bad coil but couldn’t get it to fail. It was fun making all the sparks🤠 The coil did fail on the car as I changed only that and the problem was solved. The cause was the distributor needed a ballast resistor and it had been removed. Replaced that and been good ever since. I did another video about that around the same time.

@@DavoShed I am not an expert. Just wanted to test a GM HEI ignition module that I have but I don't know how. That same module, sometimes, is inside the distributor as i have seen in videos. Mine is outside it, attached to a distributor through wires. The distributor is a non-contact from the inside. I think it used a magnet or something. Again, not an expert so excuse my lack of terms or knowledge.. Thank you for replying, it was really fun watching them sparks 😀

Half as good as a new one.🤠 Thanks for watching until the end! Dave

@@DavoShed At the moment I'm having a battle of wills with Stanley's 3.5 meter smaller brother's spring and he's winning 🤣🤣🤣

Stick to it I almost gave up a few times 🤠 Wear gloves and glasses! Mine is still going. Lives in my chainsaw kit now. What do I need with logs over 4m anyway. 🤠

What was I thinking 🤠

Did I say “Ah Shit” in the video. 🤠 That was a while back, I’ll have to watch it again. Thanks for commenting

Glad you got something out of it. No excuse not to go slow now 🤠

Sounds like your experience was different to mine. Well done getting it sorted! I have a hydraulic line to replace now. I’ll try and video that. I picked the part yesterday at nearly $500. I’m just waiting on a couple of large spanners arriving as the fittings are bigger than anything I have (except for a 15” shifter 🤠)

Worth a try but stay safe. I’d say it would need to be really steep to work. It might be more trouble than just draining it out. Get hold of some nice clean drums anyway. Let me know how it goes 🤠

Done it successfully! Thanks so much - I'll post another comment to assist others!@@DavoShed

@@charlestibbey2666 Did you end up draining the oil out? You wouldn’t believe it, mine sprung a new leak in a steel hydraulic pipe yesterday. One of the pipes down by the brake pedal has a dent and a tiny split in the seam. That’s not going to be cheap 🤠

I only needed to drain 6L! Try brazing the hole? keeping 45 year-old tractors going is a never-ending task!@@DavoShed

@charlestibbey2666 John Deer still stock the part $475AU! Well done getting yours sorted.

He walked into a Bar.

If you are talking about the ones making all the sounds at the beginning of the video, they are Rainbow Lorikeets en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_lorikeet They are quite comical as well as being noisy. We have quite a lot of birds here. It’s like living in a aviary sometimes 🤠 Thanks for watching and taking an interest.

Your welcome. Get out there and turn something slowly 🤠

@@DavoShed ;-)

If you are asking about the spring on the end of the cable that engages the blades it should have a step on the end of it like a bit of a Z shape. There is a small hole in the moveable pulley arm where the z bit goes. Put that in there before you slide the deck fully back under. You can see what you are doing if it’s only 3/4 the way under. Then put the cable in the vertical guide with the split pin. Then slide it fully back under and hook up all the other linkages. I show the z hook at 6:02. It goes into the idler pulley that tensions the deck belt. I hope that explains it better. Let me know how you go.

Thanks, that’s a friends saw. Mine is about the same size but a different model. I find sharpening the blade after each use keeps it going well. At least it feels that way 🤠 I always have a spare blade with me incase it goes blunt while I’m out. I made a video on how I sharpen them as well. Thanks for commenting

Glad it helped you sort it out I had fun making this video

That’s a good question. Another step in the morning procedure developed without me really noticing at first. I usually feed the horses in the morning before the dogs come in for their fruit. The grey dog (Flash) figured out that sometimes we drop a tiny bit on the garage floor when scooping it out. The dogs can’t get to it at the time as they are still in their kennels. So after we play “Fruit Names” Flash is busting to check the garage floor. Of course we don’t disappoint him and we leave him a bit to find and he then runs straight back in. Such a procedure around here in the mornings! Actually with them the whole day is a sequence of events. 🤠

Hi Johnny, Yes I was also surprised by how much junk was in there. It starts like a dream now. It does look nice around here this time of year. Humid as hell but I just deal with it 🤠 Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Haha. My name is not Johnny, we call all John Deer tractors "Johnny" around here. I guess it's not common where you are. I should have said "Great job of fixing Johnny Deere"😁@@DavoShed

Now I get it 🤠 We call the Tractor Big John And the Mower Little John My Car is The Dog Truck but that’s another story

I have done one of those about a year or so ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/npaWh4d3q72ZY9Esi=ZaYG_EH8ImaJwvKq Let me know what you think and if it improves your technique. Do you have a specific problem you are trying to solve?