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Tasmania said:
Looking at Cox or John Deere but they have a budget of 5-6k maybe
and my Dad has sexy fingers so they need the warranty.
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Please avoid a John Deere. They are decent machines, but literally everything about them is made so deliberately complicated to understand in terms of service, parts and repair. While it may use a Briggs and Stratton engine, they change all of the part numbers to avoid direct comparisons to the usually cheaper equivalent Briggs or aftermarket part (Stens). That applies to the whole machine. For example, a basic oil filter can be twice the price of the OE or AM equivalent.

Also, try to stick with a Briggs & Stratton, Kawasaki or Kohler instead of the generic engines labelled as the brands “own” engine. Parts supply for the known brands is much healthier, especially in the aftermarket. The “own” engines basically lock you into the dealer you bought it from. Of those brands, I would put the Kawasaki in first, a Briggs second, the Krohler third.

Most of the Cox Greenfield and Stockman range is powered by their own “Cox Engine” (read: made in Chiiiiina). I’d also put Kobota (Briggs, Kawa), and perhaps Cub Cadet (Briggs, Kawa, but avoid the “Intellipower” engine as they are very problematic). I'd avoid the rebranded mowers sold under the Rover/Victa/Masport brands too.

https://kubota.com.au/product/t-series-ride-on-mowers

www.cubcadet.com.au

Enduro XT1 18/42

42 Inch Cutting Deck 18HP Kawasaki Engine Hydrostatic Auto Transmission 6 Year Warranty
www.cubcadet.com.au www.cubcadet.com.au
 
DFB said:
Please avoid a John Deere. They are decent machines, but literally everything about them is made so deliberately complicated to understand in terms of service, parts and repair. While it may use a Briggs and Stratton engine, they change all of the part numbers to avoid direct comparisons to the usually cheaper equivalent Briggs or aftermarket part (Stens). That applies to the whole machine. For example, a basic oil filter can be twice the price of the OE or AM equivalent.

Also, try to stick with a Briggs & Stratton, Kawasaki or Kohler instead of the generic engines labelled as the brands “own” engine. Parts supply for the known brands is much healthier, especially in the aftermarket. The “own” engines basically lock you into the dealer you bought it from. Of those brands, I would put the Kawasaki in first, a Briggs second, the Krohler third.

Most of the Cox Greenfield and Stockman range is powered by their own “Cox Engine” (read: made in Chiiiiina). I’d also put Kobota (Briggs, Kawa), and perhaps Cub Cadet (Briggs, Kawa, but avoid the “Intellipower” engine as they are very problematic). I'd avoid the rebranded mowers sold under the Rover/Victa/Masport brands too.

https://kubota.com.au/product/t-series-ride-on-mowers

www.cubcadet.com.au

Enduro XT1 18/42

42 Inch Cutting Deck 18HP Kawasaki Engine Hydrostatic Auto Transmission 6 Year Warranty
www.cubcadet.com.au www.cubcadet.com.au
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Really appreciate that information gathered i showed Mum aka the money bank and Dad.

Any chance you want a second family in Tasmania. 🙃
 
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Frustration of the day, my phone's fingerprint sensor suddenly decided left thumbs don't exist. It stopped recognising my left thumb print, so I deleted the record, and now it won't let me add it back in. The only time I unlock with that print is when it's in the car mount, not when I'm driving, but when I first put it on the mount I unlock it and start Waze. I cleaned the sensor, cleaned my thumb, restarted the phone, nope, nothing.
 
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Frustration of the day, my phone's fingerprint sensor suddenly decided left thumbs don't exist. It stopped recognising my left thumb print, so I deleted the record, and now it won't let me add it back in. The only time I unlock with that print is when it's in the car mount, not when I'm driving, but when I first put it on the mount I unlock it and start Waze. I cleaned the sensor, cleaned my thumb, restarted the phone, nope, nothing.
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Apple? If it is, there is no coming back from that, been there and done that with my mothers phone, she somehow managed to lock it and didn't "remember" the code.
 
Ooops........................... :rolleyes:







I had a feeling this would happen. After loading up the parts I took earlier in the week, I told the guy if he found anything else that I'd most likely take that stuff as well. This morning I was sent a bunch of photos and a message asking if I wanted this as well. Is the Pope catholic!? I said I'd take the lot and save him the hassle of listing them and playing the Facebook marketplace game. A win-win for both parties.

The key reason why I WANTED this lot was for the Rover snorkel kits. I think most of them are for Honda GXV engines, which was a popular move for contractors running Honda's to fit these Rover kits for added filtration. I also found a couple of Victa versions.







This is a Rover snorkel kit that would adapt to the Briggs & Stratton 3.5/Sprint/Quattro/Classic engines (see pic). Instead of being an additional filter, these bolted down into the carb throat and replaced the OE filter box and oiled foam element.





For some reason, the mower and engine manufacturers have stopped offering snorkel kits, be that as an optional extra or standard fitment. For residential work, I get it. But for commercial, a snorkel makes a massive difference in keeping the filter clean at the engines intake. It's also a bit cheeky to ask the customer to pay more for this kit on a $2000+ mower. Shorter engine life = you buy something new more often.

The rest will need going through, but I've already found a few gems.

Victa and Rover hub caps.



A collection of mufflers, including this classic cigar type for an early Briggs and a brand-new Quantum dog-leg type.



Chrome Rover hub caps, which will go on my recently acquired Supercut.





Several self-propel drive gear sets.



I literally just bought some of these, now I have 15 of them! :rolleyes:



A box full of throttle and drive cables, some of which will fit my Rover ProCut's.



More bloody head gaskets!



Several mower axles, this one is for 18-inch Rover's.



An assortment of Victa parts, including chassis parts, gaskets and carb parts.



These are cork clutch disks for Rover and Scott Bonnar Model 33 and 45 mowers.



And as a little surprise, a Victa ignition coil for a 1988 - 1996 Powertorque engine. A quick search reveals these are worth over $100.



With Rover parts getting harder and harder to find, I'm extremely excited to have landed on this stuff. Again, I'll need to get everything out and sort through it.
 
Been doing a bathroom remodel and my friends 100+ year old farm house. Didnt think to take any pics of it gutted but did take a couple after i started installing the new stuff.

It had a full size tub ( fiberglass ) before the remodel but the room was too small for that. The entire room is only 4ft x 12ft. So had to relocate the supply plumbing and the drain. This house is built like a tank. Not finished but close.
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PA DETAILER said:
Thought I was done but I guess not. CUT GRASS.
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I’m usually not done here in Michigan until about Thanksgiving. I aim for Halloween as being the last, but sometimes just have to do it again. I’m down to once per week now.


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I'm the sort who frets when I don't have everything under control or have a lot in front of me, especially when it comes to my normally well organised garage and the things that go in it. Having just got on top of the first lot of parts but still needing to find a home for it all, the bomb site I created yesterday with the second load made it feel like I'd lost control. So, as you can imagine, I was quite keen to sort out some of the chaotic mess and reclaim my garage.

Because there was soooo much small stuff in this lot, I went out and bought more carboard boxes and parts trays first thing. That meant no double handling, simply a case of picking something up, identifying it, then putting it into the appropriate box or tray. This also needed to be balanced with what I had already sorted through last week, some of which has already been cataloged. That meant having a separate box for those items, basically a temporary measure until they have been logged.

I needed to be somewhat ruthless here, there was just so much random and unlabeled crap that would never be of any use...............it had to go. I ended up filling a large box with stuff to throw out, which included the following -

- While I saved some of the labeled stuff, I threw out thousands of lose/unlabeled paper gaskets and carb diaphragms. With how cheap that stuff is new, and the fact its actually labeled, there was no reason to keep this stuff. Most of it was for small 2-stroke equipment that's long since been thrown in the tip (Talon, Homelite sh.t).

- Random brackets, again not labeled or having a part number.

- Plastic air filter cover for what I think was one of those crappy rebranded Victa trimmers.

- Random electrical wires and connections.

- An old and cracked SupaSwift catcher.

- Plastic tubes from an unknown blower/vac.

- A bunch of corroded, rusty and water damaged height adjuster plates, axles and bearings.

- Two gasket/breather kits for the Victa V40 engine. Victa used that engine on a price-point mower in the mid 2000's, which was basically another generic Chonda. I have no intention of buying a mower with that engine, and I suspect no one is repairing such a thing now. Out they went.

- Old/aged fuel system parts.

- Flexible drive shafts for trimmers. Those can be costly to buy, to the point where a new machine is often the better financial solution, but again, they weren't labeled.

- Two steel mulch plugs that I simply cannot find what they are for. They are labeled but the numbers don't register. No point in keeping them, which is shame because they are very well made.

With the sorting complete, it was then a matter of finding a home for the blue parts bins. All of this is what I've determined worthy of keeping at home, the rest in cardboard boxes will be put into storage.............for now. Those blue bins are two deep on that shelf.







This one of the boxes that will go into storage. This one has a bunch of throttle controllers and cables, most of which are the generic curved plastic items fitted to entry Victa's and Bushranger's. However, I did find two Victa Pro-Control throttle levers, which are quite expensive and much nicer to use than the basic ones. Also, a stack of Victa 2-Stroke cables than run inside the intake tube.



This one has a variety of chassis parts, from axles to springs, handlebars to height adjusters.



This one made my day, a Victa Powertorque muffler.



Briggs & Stratton Super Lo-Tone Quantum muffler.



There was also three large ziplock bags full of Victa specific parts, mostly G4 carburettor parts, blade boss hardware, throttle levers and knobs, ignition parts, spark plug terminals, and the old fashioned spark plug boots. Then these gems, a bunch of vintage fuel caps, of which I was needing for my little 18 Special. Not valuable but nice to see.



There is a bunch of these, I'm told these are governor vacuum tube pick up points for the G4 carb.





Victa fuel filters................



That's on top of two trays full of blades, bolts and bushings. Some much needed Rover axle bushings, and two large assorted hardware bins.

I've still a bit to do, and that's before I start trying to sell some it. But I'm also feeling more in control of the situation.
 
You guys were talking about fuel prices going up. A tip a tanker driver told me was to fill up in the morning before the sun comes up because gas is more dense when its cooler and never fill up while a tanker is delivering because it causes the dirt to move around that's in rhe bottom of the tank and go into your car.. sounds legit.
 
Im liking the early mouning fill up but im thinking there should be a pretty good filter on the pump.

However come to think about it i think that driver was pulling your leg on both. Those tanks are a good 12-15 foot underground. The temp of its contents could change gradually with the seasons but doubt it changes much between darkness and daylight.
Also ill bet those pumps that draw the fuel from the tank are quite expensive. Doubt they would want to run a bunch of grit through an expensive pump.
 
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BLM said:
Im liking the early mouning fill up but im thinking there should be a pretty good filter on the pump.

However come to think about it i think that driver was pulling your leg on both. Those tanks are a good 12-15 foot underground. The temp of its contents could change gradually with the seasons but doubt it changes much between darkness and daylight.
Also ill bet those pumps that draw the fuel from the tank are quite expensive. Doubt they would want to run a bunch of grit through an expensive pump.
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Probably. Truck drivers say some pretty wild stuff at times
 
I read that almost 40 years ago, don't fill up when they are filling the gas station tanks, as all the sediment and water from the bottom of the tank gets stirred up. Of course, as BLM alluded to, I think the filtration (including water separation) is a lot better than it was 40 years ago. I still don't do it.
 
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