the thing about servicing tractor mowers is its not a straight forward job as I've done so with a few machines in the past either for the field or on restoration jobs for selling machines from auctions etc. from servicing the engine itself to stripping off the cutter deck to sharpening and balancing blades to whatever it can be a challenge. I had the pleasure of restoring a ransomes autocertees which was a beauty of a ride on cylinder machine. it had 2 24 inch 12 blade cylinders with drives on each one directly set to the master engine, a gear to the front wheel drive and stearing to the back. and put it this way it was a machine left for dead. the engine had to be stripped top to bottom and the recoil starter had to be rebuilt from top to bottom, all bodywork had to be sand blasted or acid stripped and any damage filled with welding mix. when it came to dealing with the drive gear for the machine it was incredibly difficult dismounting the wheel rig as the bolts were left hand UNF threads. bad enough when they were saezed. so had to get the oxy acetylene and warm the rods up and slacken with a hammer tap and a heavy wrench set. gearing came out and was re oiled and greased up, casing blasted out and reset. nuts brushed with acid to strip the rust and bolt heads. left for about 10 mins. good as new. next job was the front blade rig, took the cylinders for re grinding. the guy I took them too was the guy who started me off with my merry addiction to all things petrol lol. he literally hugged these cylinders and said "what the BLEEP are you doing with two ransomes auto cylinders?" told him it was a restoration from an auction and I'm building her all the way from start to finish. so blades were done, reground the bar ways, set the rollers on the lathe for balancing and cleaning, jet feeding and oiling, rebuilt the bodies, mounted the blades, set the gear shafts, rebuilt the system and installed the engine which took about 2 hours to bring to life after grinding the piston chamber very gently, re seating the valves and cleaning the piston block out and mounting new piston seals on the piston head and balancing the crank. put a new magneto assembly on it and brought her back to life. gave her a re spray and drove her on a friend of mine's private land and put her to the test on the field. days later had sold it so yes it is possible for a blind guy like you or I to do something this grand and complex. just don't put your finger on the HT lead and clout the recoil start to test the magnetos unless you're 100% comfortable with the idea of getting a shock up your left arm. lew
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