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Chevelle_Nut said:
When I had a Sunbird I saved the lifetime brake shoe receipt. 10 years later they had to give me new brake shoes. A lot of parts stores quit offering lifetime warranties because of people like me.
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Years ago, AutoZone offered a lifetime warranty on the Performance Friction "Z" line of brake pad.
It was a great track pad, so people would run a few track days and get free new ones, over and over again!
 
I put all receipts in my truck armrest console, and Lisa collects them to file and she saves everything. If I have to return something, I just ask her for the receipt and she gives me the right one so I don't have to deal with it.

Yeah, I'm lazy like that, but it works for us and I've been doing that for 35+ years.
 
Last Saturday I bought an old Sears GT18 lawn tractor that included a rear mount blade and disc plow in addition to the mowing deck.
I may have overpaid a bit but accessories often cost as much or more than the tractor.
I got it to run on Sunday but it ran weakly and erratically.
Today I fixed that by cleaning the carb and MOST importantly fixing the intake manifold leak using home made gaskets.
A clue to the problem was apparent when one cylinder ran normal and the other barely generated exhaust heat.
A short spray of ether would cause the rear cylinder to accelerate.
Now if I can find another headlamp bulb, or LED upgrade, I will finally be able to get the weeds under control!
 
Richard150MPH said:
Last Saturday I bought an old Sears GT18 lawn tractor that included a rear mount blade and disc plow in addition to the mowing deck.
I may have overpaid a bit but accessories often cost as much or more than the tractor.
I got it to run on Sunday but it ran weakly and erratically.
Today I fixed that by cleaning the carb and MOST importantly fixing the intake manifold leak using home made gaskets.
A clue to the problem was apparent when one cylinder ran normal and the other barely generated exhaust heat.
A short spray of ether would cause the rear cylinder to accelerate.
Now if I can find another headlamp bulb, or LED upgrade, I will finally be able to get the weeds under control!
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Page 27, Headlight Bulb, Part #4152J which from what I can see, appears to be an 1156.
 

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My Cub Cadet with a Kohler 26 HP has been running poorly. I bought a carb for it, has 500 hrs on it and never messed with. OMG, the thing is so hard to work on. I took the linkage apart and now I need to figure out how it goes back together.
 
Chevelle_Nut said:
My Cub Cadet with a Kohler 26 HP has been running poorly. I bought a carb for it, has 500 hrs on it and never messed with. OMG, the thing is so hard to work on. I took the linkage apart and now I need to figure out how it goes back together.
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I always take pictures before I take something apart so I can refer back to them if I get sidetracked and don't get back to it right away.
 
^^^ yes, yes, yes! I started doing this fairly recently as my pride ruled before that. I just don't get back to the reassemble as quickly as in the past.......that and CRS.
And to your Cadet, engineering isn't concerned with the DIYer making sense of it, so simple isn't a thing anymore.
 
cheveslakr said:
^^^ yes, yes, yes! I started doing this fairly recently as my pride ruled before that. I just don't get back to the reassemble as quickly as in the past.......that and CRS.
And to your Cadet, engineering isn't concerned with the DIYer making sense of it, so simple isn't a thing anymore.
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Yup, it all blew apart so fast. I do have a service manual picture and parts diagram. There is no reason for a carb replacement on a mower to be so difficult,
 
What's the difference between '20', and '16'?? If they're the same, why not 2x 16s???? Computer design, and they think differently than most people.
 
cheveslakr said:
^^^ yes, yes, yes! I started doing this fairly recently as my pride ruled before that. I just don't get back to the reassemble as quickly as in the past.......that and CRS.
And to your Cadet, engineering isn't concerned with the DIYer making sense of it, so simple isn't a thing anymore.
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I suffer from the more advanced version of CRS which is called CRAFT (Can't Remember A Fucking Thing), and I acknowledge my brain has useless data that could be purged, but I have yet to figure out how.

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Ordered a set of LED lamps from feeBay for less than shipping of the conventional 4.5" sealed beam.
Will not be "Original" but should be much brighter.
Mine is the older 1979 version.
Have to add some weight to the blade so that it will stop just skipping over the ground.
 
The manual transfer switch is installed !
This is the switch that goes from utility power to solar power.
Need to install one more BMS (battery management system) and then it's time to boot the (solar) system up.
Very nervous about throwing the final switch ! LOL
 
Nashville Cat said:
The manual transfer switch is installed !
This is the switch that goes from utility power to solar power.
Need to install one more BMS (battery management system) and then it's time to boot the (solar) system up.
Very nervous about throwing the final switch ! LOL
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Long as you wired correctly you have nothing to worry about. I'm top balancing a new battery I just bought and will put it online on Saturday (for a total of 1,500 ah).
 
kmakar said:
Long as you wired correctly you have nothing to worry about. I'm top balancing a new battery I just bought and will put it online on Saturday (for a total of 1,500 ah).
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Wow 1500 ? I have about 1/2 of that (3 X 280 theoretically)
 
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