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Sears Craftsman Eager-1 Lawnmower Leaking Oil

While mowing the lawn with my Sears Craftsman Eager-1 self-propelled lawnmower, model # 917.377561, I noticed the engine and mower deck becoming drenched in motor oil. The leak was so bad it almost looked like the engine block had cracked, but that was not the case. After checking further I noticed that the oil was [...]

Lawnmower Maintenance – Before You Put It Away For The Winter

It is easy to just put the old lawnmower away after the mowing season and forget about it until next spring, part of that may be from you being glad to be done with it for a few months, but before you put the lawnmower away you should do some basic maintenance procedures first.

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Lawn Mower Wheels – Fix The Axle On Height Adjusters

On push mowers with the spring loaded height adjusters the attached axle usually needs to be replaced annually due to the metal shaft wearing down. It usually starts with a slight wobble of the rear wheels and then turns into an outright lean of the wheels as the wheel mounting hole and the shaft wear [...]

Troy Built Lawn Mower

My two year old Troy Built, self-propelled Tuf-Cut 210 had a front wheel that started wobbling badly. Since I really don’t use the mower much I didn’t know why the wheel should have gone bad so soon. I removed the wheel and noticed that the inner metal bushing had frozen itself to the axle shaft [...]

Lawn Mower – Briggs Stratton Engine Won’t Stay Running

Had a problem with my two tear old lawn mower where it wouldn’t stay running. I was just mowing the lawn and it abruptly stopped. There was plenty of gas in it and everything else looked OK, I just couldn’t figure out why it stopped.

After checking the spark plug and oil, all of the [...]