The latest addition to my collection of projects.  A very nice person saw my ad in Craigslist and contacted me.  I told him that I loved a challenge and he gave me this mower and two walk behind mowers.  All needed considerable work, but this rider looks cool and I am really looking forward to catching up on other projects so I can get this up on the lift and start working on it.

If you have any dead or dying machines you no longer want, please let me know, I will gladly haul them to my shop.

Better yet, if you have a mower, trimmer, or other outdoor power equipment that you would like repaired, I am your person.  My hourly rate is quite low ($35.00) and I will give you a free diagnosis of its ills.  I can come and pick up and return your equipment for a small fee.

Latest project

This is what I currently have on my "bench", a Husqvarna riding mower.  It was not running until I worked it over.  I took it out for a test drive and the engine kept  running at too high an RPM which could damage the engine.  I quickly turned it off and started my research.

It turned out that the issue was a stripped governor gear located in the crankcase of the engine.  In the midst of all of those wonderfully machined metal gears, crankshaft, connecting rod and piston was this little "plastic" gear (small beige reat, top photo) that controls the engine speed, much like the cruise control on your car.  In the middle photo, sitting in the remaining oil, is the governor regulator pin that once sat between the gear and the governor lever.  Fortunately, this small piece of metal did not get tangled up in the gears.

I have the parts, will install in the morning, reseal up the crankcase, remount on the tractor and, according to my calculations, it will run as designed.
Tomorrow will be an interesting day.
Stay cool, if possible.
Tony