Message: 2
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:10:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil thread
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
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That sounds like an outrageously good price for a 13 1/2 hp engine.
The best price I could find on a 11 1/2 hp Briggs was over $700. Is
there a "Rustys" For lawn mowers?
Regards
Steve
"85" Euro 240D, 5 spd manual, 110K
"79" 240D, 5 spd manual, 20K on eng rebuild
"94" Dodge/Cummins PU, 100K
"82" TD project wagon
"64" VW Bug
"65" D15, AC tractor
A broken connecting rod is no big deal, I got my Cub Cadet for $50
because it had thrown a rod, but throwing it out through the block is
a much bigger event. My only suspicion is that the piston siezed
suddenly and the rod started to bend so when it failed the pent up
energy was enough for the shrapnel to shoot out through the block.
$380 later and a new motor is on its way. 1/3 the cost of a
replacement mower and the new one is 13 1/2hp rather than 13.
The old White that we have for a backup mower had almost no
compression left before I started using Mobil 1 in it. I expect it
ran rich for years and built up quite a supply of carbon around the
rings, now it runs pretty good...
-Curt
