We've been gone for 2 weeks so yesterday I needed to mow the lawn. Pulled out the 1965 Snapper 308x, made 1/2 pass around the lawn and had the blade bolt come loose. I've been fighting this for awhile, the bolt is soft and has a shoulder to hold the blade, the shoulder has been deepening which allows the blade to spin free. Each time that happens I grind the bolt a little thinner. Someday I'll get a new bolt, they're still available from Snapper.
Made 1/2 lap of the yard and the drive wheel fell off. This thing uses a friction drive system, apparently one time when I replaced the friction wheel I didn't get the bolts all the way tight and wallowed out the holes. I'd lock tighted it together but yesterday that gave up. So I upsized from 3/8 to 5/16" bolts, cut new threads and put that together with locktite. Finally got to mow the whole front yard, then had a flat tire. Found an upholstery tack in the tire. Fix-a-flat in the tire managed to fix that one. While fixing the flat my air hose developed a leak. It's a cheap Harbor Freight retractable system which had been weather checking for awhile. I covered it in electrical tape while I finished the job but I need a new air hose. Suggestions on where to get a new, quality hose? The Harbor Freight one lasted 4 or 5 years. Looks like for $40 I can upgrade to a "premium" Harbor Freight hose... I think that's what I paid for the whole reel assembly last time... Anyway, more details and pictures: https://curtsotherblog.blogspot.com/2022/07/1-day-3-breakdowns-and-one-bonus.html -Curt _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
