I used a hydraulic supply house to repair my leaking
560SEL rear strut for $9, for example. So far, so good,
it's been 5 years. Low miles, though.
http://formicapeak.com/~jimc/SELlog.html#19Oct2010
-- Jim
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I've bought snowmobile parts from Pat, very nice to deal with.
Curt
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Mountain Man via
Mercedes wrote: Dan wrote:
> The Google is your friend, Dan. These were off the first page of search
> results I got.
Yeah, but none of t
Lowes has a lot of that type of stuff as well.
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:17 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 15:21:30 -0500
> Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote:
>
>
>
> Around here Ace Hardware carries a
I LOVE my Ace Hardware. I spend more time and money there than any
of the big box home stores. For that matter, I haven't been in one
of them in several months. I'm at my Ace nearly every weekend.
Most hardware stores are disappointing any more. I find more stuff
in the farm store. Nelson
I LOVE my Ace Hardware. I spend more time and money there than any of the big
box home stores. For that matter, I haven’t been in one of them in several
months. I’m at my Ace nearly every weekend.
And mine has free popcorn. I bring a bag home for SWMBO whenever I go. I
don’t care for it, b
On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 15:21:30 -0500
Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote:
> >
> >Things that I once considered very basic have become extinct because
> >the business won't carry them in inventory because their computer
> >says not enough were sold last quarter to justify the space on the
> >shelf. T
RB wrote:
With the lawnmower, you have an alternative. You can get a machine shop to
repair it if you can find one that is still in business.
Like your previous statement about being made with $$ - I'm not - I
drive 32-year old 240D 3-pedal car.
Shop time is productive... for the shop, not cu
Dan wrote:
> The Google is your friend, Dan. These were off the first page of search
> results I got.
Yeah, but none of them have the gearbox I need. The psep.biz site
shows a gearbox in mirror orientation so I will be giving them a call,
schiller needs me to agree to spam to see their inventor
Enjoy for now. That probably won't be the case in 10 years.
RB
On 26/04/2016 3:27 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
You have to go to a Wally World for ammonia. Lye can probably be found at an
Ace or TruValue. Mine has it, along with all the other good basic household
chemicals.
Dan
On 26/04/2016 3:21 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote:
Things that I once considered very basic have become extinct because
the business won't carry them in inventory because their computer
says not enough were sold last quarter to justify the space on the
shelf. Try buying a new plug to put
You have to go to a Wally World for ammonia. Lye can probably be found at an
Ace or TruValue. Mine has it, along with all the other good basic household
chemicals.
Dan
> On Apr 26, 2016, at 4:21 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I went to a major brand grocery store to look for
Things that I once considered very basic have become extinct because
the business won't carry them in inventory because their computer
says not enough were sold last quarter to justify the space on the
shelf. Try buying a new plug to put on the end of an extension cord.
It is usually just as
The Google is your friend, Dan. These were off the first page of search
results I got.
Dan
> On Apr 26, 2016, at 4:15 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Dan wrote:
>> Wha about these guys:
>>
>> http://www.psep.biz/store/bobcat_mower_parts.htm
>>
>> http://erp2web.schillergcpro.co
RB wrote:
> With the lawnmower, you have an alternative. You can get a machine shop to
> repair it if you can find one that is still in business.
Like your previous statement about being made with $$ - I'm not - I
drive 32-year old 240D 3-pedal car.
Shop time is productive... for the shop, not cus
Dan wrote:
> Wha about these guys:
>
> http://www.psep.biz/store/bobcat_mower_parts.htm
>
> http://erp2web.schillergcpro.com/e2wCustomerHome.aspx
>
> https://www.hyperparts.com/ope/BobcatRansome-oem-list.htm
Thanks.
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Amen, re. repairing stuff.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: "Randy Bennell via Mercedes"
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Cc: "Randy Bennell"
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Lawnmower parts
On 26/04/2016 2:40 PM, Mountai
On 26/04/2016 2:40 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote:
Dan wrote:
I was amazed at parts availability.
Ours is a good name commercial mower - Bobcat Ransomes which is now
part of a Wall Street leveraged buyout company named Schiller Grounds
Care. Parts still available 20-years later? - fuggeda
Wha about these guys:
http://www.psep.biz/store/bobcat_mower_parts.htm
http://erp2web.schillergcpro.com/e2wCustomerHome.aspx
https://www.hyperparts.com/ope/BobcatRansome-oem-list.htm
> On Apr 26, 2016, at 3:40 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Dan wrote:
>> I was amazed at parts
Dan wrote:
> I was amazed at parts availability.
Ours is a good name commercial mower - Bobcat Ransomes which is now
part of a Wall Street leveraged buyout company named Schiller Grounds
Care. Parts still available 20-years later? - fuggedaboutit. Well
maintained by us for 20-years but gearbox cr
What's up with these zero-turn mowing things that cost more than any of
my Benzes (except the ML)? Damn, I would just mount some mower decks
under the TD and have at it for those prices. They start at like $3k
and go up from there.
--R
On 4/25/16 3:21 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote:
Re
Funny that you mention this, as a Sears/Crapsman lawn tractor I bought back in
the early 2000s did the exact same thing. Try as I might, I was never able to
get that darned thing to cut level.
Dan
> On Apr 25, 2016, at 3:21 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes
> wrote:
>>
> Too bad mtd has not he
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Lawnmower parts
>Reminds me of the Wheel Horse I bought for our first house in 1984.
>At that time it was old (like 15-20 years!). Sold it for more than I
>paid for it.
>
Reminds me of the Wheel Horse I bought for our first house in 1984.
At that time it was old (like 15-20 years!). Sold it for more than I
paid for it.
I was amazed at parts availability. The mower deck had a bad
bearing, so I went down to the Ace Hardware in our town, who was
also the Wheel Ho
ing
> duty. The big tractor is a '52 Farmall Super M...
> When people say old and its younger than me I just smile.
> -Curt
>
> From: Mountain Man
> To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List
>
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] L
untain Man
To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Lawnmower parts
Curt wrote:
> Can't buy quality these days huh? Too bad with such a new mower.
Ha!! New mower! - 20-years old.
Most of these in commercial work these days
Curt wrote:
> Can't buy quality these days huh? Too bad with such a new mower.
Ha!! New mower! - 20-years old.
Most of these in commercial work these days are not belt drive to the
wheels, I suspect - gear or hydraulic drive. Perhaps we got a bad
design because most of the other stuff seems to wo
2016 6:08 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Lawnmower parts
Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
Summer mowing and the 20-year-old walkbehind 48" bobcat ransomes
gearbox has kaked. Seal is losing oil but we are at beginning of
season and can't do without. Parts NLA (no-longer-available
If you haven't ground up the gears, etc. from the lack of oil, and the
shaft is too far gone to sleeve, take it to a machine shop and have them
make a new one for you.
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 5:21 PM, G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> Presuming here.. the 5/8 output shaft from the gearbox has a wear
Presuming here.. the 5/8 output shaft from the gearbox has a wear pattern
that does not allow the seal lips to seal?
Remove the shaft.. take it to the best bearing and seal shop you can find,
and ask for a sleeve that you can epoxy in place for the seal to run on..
The sleeves are usually thin tu
Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
Summer mowing and the 20-year-old walkbehind 48" bobcat ransomes
gearbox has kaked. Seal is losing oil but we are at beginning of
season and can't do without. Parts NLA (no-longer-available). Does
anyone know boneyard for commercial lawnmowers?
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