From: Snag_one@msn.com
On 7/7/2025 10:21 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Leon Fisk" wrote in message news:104glsm$2tkl8$1@dont-email.me...
>
> On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 21:30:55 -0500
> Snag wrote:
>
>
>> So I jumped on the interwebs to see what it would cost to replace ...
>> and there ain't no way in hell I'm going to drop 250 bucks for this
>> part .
>
> Nice job!
>
> I noted the price these electric clutches go for many years ago when
> shopping for a "new" riding mower. Some have decreased since then but I
> question the quality nowadays...
>
> I pop mine on once starting out, once more where I have to pass over a
> rough gravely spot and then off when done (~2.5 hours). I cringe
> listening to other people mowing with that clutch engaging/disengaging
> every few minutes and knowing how much they cost😬
> Leon Fisk
> ------------------------------------
>
> The electric PTO mowing clutch on my heavily used ~1987 Sears GT18
> garden tractor needed adjustment (like everything else) when I inherited
> it but otherwise still works.
>
> Many of the adjustments are much easier on a lift unless you are a teen
> or contortionist. The owner lived on an island off the Maine coast, far
> from Sears service or most other tokens of modern civilization as we
> know it.
>
I saved on the clutch only to find the new in March fuel pump has died
. The original had replaceable check valves - if you could figure out
which ones you needed - these are molded into the plastic top section .
The outlet valve isn't closing and it's fuel starved . And that little
bastard wasn't cheap , 35 bucks plus and it fails in like 3 months .
I briefly considered mounting an "IV bottle" to gravity feed but
that's a bit too "country" even for me .
--
Snag
We live in a time where intelligent people
are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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