Dan.gerous 2,696 #26 Posted August 1, 2020 18 hours ago, AHS said: @Dan.gerous Restore the deck! There aren’t many left, many rear discharges!! I restored a 42” RD, with new bearings, and some welding, and it’s a new deck to my collection. I will get it like new, really want a rear discharge deck - will strip this one down sometime over the winter. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan.gerous 2,696 #27 Posted August 2, 2020 Took the grass sweeper for a spin tonight - what an awesome little attachment! The lawn was quite long and the side discharge throws grass all over the place, but the little sweeper gathered the whole lot up without fuss. We ended up filling the recently modified trailer in a few minutes - a job that would have taken an hour by hand. Very happy, very impressed! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,271 #28 Posted August 2, 2020 Excellent when a device saves so much work and time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan.gerous 2,696 #29 Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) It's alive, after a bit of messing about managed to get some life into the little C125. Needed new coil and condenser and using an external tank as haven't cleaned the main one yet. Will have it out workng in no time though. What an excellent afternoon! 😁😁😁 Edited August 7, 2020 by Dan.gerous 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #30 Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Well done Dan. Can't say your not keen. I don't think the lawn sweeper is a Wheel Horse one. I may be wrong but it's not like mine. Good catch on the decks and I guess you won't need that rod now. I got a side discharge, but someone had run over it with something heavy. Shell was badly bent. Stripped all the parts off it and scrapped the shell. In hindsight I should have kept it and used it for a pattern. Edited August 7, 2020 by Stormin 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan.gerous 2,696 #31 Posted August 7, 2020 On 8/2/2020 at 10:04 PM, ebinmaine said: Excellent when a device saves so much work and time. You know I always looked at them and just thought they would be some gimmick that didnt work very well - how wrong was I? Glad we have one as it is going to save so much time, especially with our new "high cube" trailer 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan.gerous 2,696 #32 Posted August 7, 2020 Woops! It felt faster than my main C125 so we took them down to the courtyard for a drag race. It's way way faster! But the wheel fell off at the end of the run. The engine seems to rev much higher or something, not really sure. Also not 100% sure if it's charging but that's tomorrow's problem. Will try and get all the C125's out for a photoshoot tomorrow 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #33 Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Be carefull of over reving it. Check in the manuals section for max revs. Can't remember off hand, but someone will chip in. Check if the drive pulleys are the same as well. It may have been geared up. Edited August 7, 2020 by Stormin 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan.gerous 2,696 #35 Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Stormin said: Be carefull of over reving it. Check in the manuals section for max revs. Can't remember off hand, but someone will chip in. Check if the drive pulleys are the same as well. It may have been geared up. How would you tell if over revving it, I can reduce the throttle range just to make sure we don't damage it. The motor feels generally more powerful and picks up revs much quicker. Will check the pulleys in the morning, it's certainly 1mph or more quicker than the other one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 9,981 #36 Posted August 7, 2020 If the governor is kicking in it should be ok. I have a hand held tachometer that you hold on the end of the crankshaft. Got it at Machine Mart in Carlisle. The better performance and response could be the engine is set up better. I got one of those auxiliary sockets for cars. Fitted leads with crocodile clips. Clip to battery and plug sat nav in. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan.gerous 2,696 #37 Posted August 7, 2020 17 minutes ago, Stormin said: If the governor is kicking in it should be ok. I have a hand held tachometer that you hold on the end of the crankshaft. Got it at Machine Mart in Carlisle. The better performance and response could be the engine is set up better. I got one of those auxiliary sockets for cars. Fitted leads with crocodile clips. Clip to battery and plug sat nav in. We shop in the same place, have been to machinemart in Carlisle a few times. When we lived outside of Lockerbie we used Carlisle as our nearest big centre - Dumfries is pretty small in comparison. Will get one of those tachometers as well be useful with all these little engines kicking about the place. Sat nav on the mower to get speed? Wonder if my phone can do that?.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan.gerous 2,696 #38 Posted August 7, 2020 Forgot to say, I changed all the oil today once it was running. Engine had good levels and was clean but replaced it anyway, who knows how long is been in there. Gearbox had no water in it, always a bonus. However it was also bone dry, didn't register on the dipstick at all. Filled it up and it all works fine, was a little noisy for first 100m or so but then quietened down. Tough little machine these. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,271 #39 Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Dan.gerous said: Tough little machine these They are though aren't they Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
