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How Much Oil Does a Cub Cadet Lawn Mower Take?
The Cub Cadet lawn mower is available in electric and self-propelled electric models. Lawn mowers require both gasoline fuel and motor oil in order to operate. Regular maintenance is needed in order to...
View ArticleHow to Adjust a Lawn Mower Chain
Lawn mowers with chain-driven transmissions use a chain and sprocket system to move the mower forward and help rotate the blades. Because these drive chains stretch over time, they require periodic...
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Consumer Guide of the Best Riding Mowers
Riding lawn mowers provide a convenient way to reduce the time and effort needed to mow lawns 1/2 an acre or larger. Assessing your property to determine its size and the flatness or roughness of the...
View ArticleStep-by-Step Bearing Replacement for a Deines Mower Deck
Deines lawn mowers are zero-degree-turn-radius mower with forward mower decks. They cut grass like any other ZTR mower. The mower deck on the Deines mower has pulleys mounted inside that guide the...
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Craftsman Rider Mower Won't Stay Running When the Choke Is Pushed In
A Craftsman riding lawn tractor has a powerful engine and a large cutting blade. The engine is fitted with a choke designed to help the engine start and, in cold temperatures, to allow the engine to...
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How to Determine the Size of the Cutting Deck Needed for a Riding Mower
If you're in the market for a new riding mower, your first thought might be to buy the model with the biggest deck you can afford. After all, the larger the deck, the wider the cutting width is. That...
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How Do Lawn Mower Breathers Work?
No matter the size of your gas-powered lawn mower engine, the combustion chamber produces high temperatures. Those hot gases are what drive the engine to rotate the cutting blade on push mowers, and...
View ArticleHow to Replace a Pull Cord in Hunter Blinds
No matter whether you have cellular, faux wood or mini Hunter blinds, the pull cord operates in the same manner. A pair of cords run through the blinds and travel over a system of pulleys in the head...
View ArticleHow to Replace the Pull Cords on Hunter Douglas Honeycomb Blinds
Hunter Douglas honeycomb blinds have two to three pull cords on each blind. If the pull cord breaks, you’ll have to replace it with a new one to lift the blind again. Hunter Douglas provides cord...
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DIY Lawn Mower Trailers
Cutting large areas of grass has become easier with the use of driving lawnmowers. However, it can be an even bigger chore to have to go back to bag up all of the shredded grass and carry the rake and...
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How to Make a Lawn Roller Attachment
Rolling your lawn is an effective technique for smoothing air pockets when laying sod. Lawn rollers are also an effective tool for flattening out uneven surfaces on your lawn for ease of mowing, as...
View ArticleTroy-Bilt Riding Mower Belt Replacement
Troy-Bilt lawn tractors use a belt to transfer energy from the engine to drive the blades of the mower. The belt runs from the front of the machine and around pulleys on top of the mower deck. The...
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What Happens if a Mower Deck Is Higher in the Front?
On most riding lawn mowers and large lawn tractors with an attachable mower deck, the front of the deck needs to be slightly lower than the back of the deck. This allows the cutting blades to achieve...
View ArticleMy Cub Cadet 1024 Mower Engine Runs but Won't Move
Your Cub Cadet 1024 Hydrostatic lawn tractor is designed to cut and maintain large lawns. It uses hydraulic fluid for steering and gear shifts. But it can’t do anything if you turn your engine on but...
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How to Check a Lawn Mower Coil With an Ohmmeter
The coil on a lawnmower engine provides a continuous high-voltage charge to maintain combustion in the engine. The initial spark to start the engine is provided by the spark plug, which is wired...
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How to Remove a Lawn Mower Clutch Brake
Many residential walk behind lawn mowers include a safety feature known as a blade brake clutch system. Blade brake clutch systems allow the mower engine to continue running even when the blade is...
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Lawn Mower Hydrostatic Transmission Maintenance
Hydrostatic transmissions allow a lawn mower so equipped to operate without the gearing that a car's transmission has. The drive train system works on pressure plates responding to the gas pedal, and...
View ArticleHow to Connect Control Cables to a Craftsman Lawn Mower
Before you can use your Craftsman lawn mower for the first time there are some parts that must be assembled, such as the upper and lower mower handles. For example, the control cable is a part that...
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Why Does My Mower Mow Better in Reverse?
A lawn mower may perform better in reverse than forward gear for a number of reasons. When a gas powered lawn mower runs in reverse, its blade continues to spin in the same direction as it would if the...
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How to Remove a Link From a Riding Lawn Mower Chain
Riding mowers eliminate the formerly backbreaking work associated with cutting the grass of spacious home landscapes. Chain-driven riding lawn mowers by and large use chain-and-pulley transmission...
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