Lawnmower Trouble

[Meece 1,958]

1 hour ago, Rebel said:

Well lads lawnmower up and running.

Just like was said she smoked like f**k but is now running away grand.There was a smell of petrol from the oil that was drained.

When finished with the mower should I turn off the petrol and allow the engine to run until it stops? Will that prevent that problem occuring again?

While I'm here and if you don't mind I have a few other issues.

The drive belt looks damaged, chunks taken out of it and the mower jumps forward when releasing the clutch. Obviously I need to replace the drive belt, but do I need to replace the pulleys?

Also the blade isn't engaging, it's an electronic one where you pull the button. This was working intermittently and I had to pull the button a few times, but now has stopped working. Do I need to replace the pto clutch?

Thanks very much and apologies for all the questions.

 

It's  nice to be able to share the information and help people.  The belt is f'd.  Some pulleys are metal and some are plastic with a ball race in the middle.  Quite often the bearing will jam up solid and wreck the belt and wear a big flat into a plastic pulley.  WARNING ... BEFORE YOU DISMANTLE  take a load of pictures on your camera device of all angles as to how the belt runs around the Pullies and how the belt guides are fitted. There is a set route that the belt goes around the Pullies to make the blades rotate in the right direction or you could have one going in the right direction and the other going backwards. Some like that Castel garden have a figure eight twist  in the belt that makes the blades rotate left and right.  The blades rotate in opposite directions so that they cut from the outside across the front in towards the middle and then blown up the grass shuts into the bag.  Westwood are a bit different. Just take  loads of pictures of all things BEFORE YOU TAKE THEM APART. COZ you will have a game rebuilding it.

Ps. Petrol attacks most plastic / rubber parts and this fault has been caused because petrol has gotten past the needle valve seat and if you don't either replace it or turn the fuel tap off, the petrol will fill the engine up again. Wastes a lot of petrol, and oil .  It is best to turn the tap off every time.  Just remember to turn it on when you want to use it again.

Edited August 19, 2020 by Meece

[Rebel 846]

8 hours ago, Meece said:

It's  nice to be able to share the information and help people.  The belt is f'd.  Some pulleys are metal and some are plastic with a ball race in the middle.  Quite often the bearing will jam up solid and wreck the belt and wear a big flat into a plastic pulley.  WARNING ... BEFORE YOU DISMANTLE  take a load of pictures on your camera device of all angles as to how the belt runs around the Pullies and how the belt guides are fitted. There is a set route that the belt goes around the Pullies to make the blades rotate in the right direction or you could have one going in the right direction and the other going backwards. Some like that Castel garden have a figure eight twist  in the belt that makes the blades rotate left and right.  The blades rotate in opposite directions so that they cut from the outside across the front in towards the middle and then blown up the grass shuts into the bag.  Westwood are a bit different. Just take  loads of pictures of all things BEFORE YOU TAKE THEM APART. COZ you will have a game rebuilding it.

Ps. Petrol attacks most plastic / rubber parts and this fault has been caused because petrol has gotten past the needle valve seat and if you don't either replace it or turn the fuel tap off, the petrol will fill the engine up again. Wastes a lot of petrol, and oil .  It is best to turn the tap off every time.  Just remember to turn it on when you want to use it again.

Thanks Meece, would I be better off getting the local garden repair man to do it or is it doable?

Amy good online sites to get the parts?

Thanks again.

[Meece 1,958]

It all depends on on what your physical strength, mechanical  abilities and knowledge are.  It is doable but it is beyond most people.   Not only that but unless you have regularly cleaned the underside of the deck ect you may find that the deck is so rot that it is a new deck.  Big money in parts and labour.  There's no way of knowing until it is removed and cleaned and inspected. Do you have a pair of shears or a sheep maybe.?