Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

Almost as bad as the tar and chipping around here

 

Good morning shop crew. I hope you all had a great holiday weekend and still have all your fingers and toes.

 

Buddy of mine is on a family trip out west and just sent me this.

 

Back at it with all of my appendages intact fortunately. BIL had a big buck on camera this weekend, until a Florida panther rang it's neck. He gone.

 

All 11 accounted for...

 

More like “we should help them they’re family” when they’ve never worked a day in their life and only contact us if they need something, they’re relatives, not family

 

I used to do integrate my floating holidays to such arrangement to make a mini vacation.

 

Dedicated employee , better yet,

Spoiler

money is no object to you

no tax on overtime

 

Thank you

 

Nah, gotta put money back in my savings. Took a chunk out to buy my WRX as I can't control myself and had a mid-life crisis at 35

 

That is not transparent!

 

To buy happiness why not !

 

You'll be fine!

 

A stop at HF provided a new engine, $212.
The original was 140 cc the new 173 cc so a 23% increase in displacement.




The original engine was a full throttle or off job (what a dumb idea) the new one has a traditional throttle, fortunately I had a lever & cable kit in the archives.



This is the part I used.



There were 2 holes to tap, it was in aluminum and the holes were already drilled so only 5 minutes work.

Everything else fit just like the original, add oil & gas, 2 pumps of the primer and an easy pull and vroom!



The engine is quite quiet and the mower cuts perfectly. The power propelled is actually faster than I can comfortably walk with the engine wound up.

That is , or I'm not sure which.

$280 & 2 hours easy work for a brand new mower.



Score one for the good guys!

 

Cool. I was even cheaper.



$199.00

 

It will fit. Just might have to adapt the wire harness.

Check the crank shaft length to the HF equivalent. I bet they similar.

 

And you didn't have to do any wrenching.