Rebuilt Our Lawnmower
Back a couple of years ago, we bought a fairly nice lawnmower. It was definitely more mower than we needed for our lawn but I didn't want to buy something that would be a pile of junk within a couple of years. Adam started using it to cut a neighbor's lawn in addition to cutting our lawn when I wasn't feeling up to it. This was all fine and dandy until some carelessness entered the picture...
I kept harping on Adam to make sure the oil level is good since this is a four-cycle engine and, as such, oil was needed in a separate reservoir to keep the engine lubed. If the oil level gets low, the engine will seize up. Well... long story short... at some point between the two lawns Adam was cutting, the engine seized up.
I finished out that season cutting our entire lawn with a weed-whacker each week... fun times.
The following season I looked into buying a new engine... the cost of a new engine would cost more than a new lawnmower! That brought us again to the task of looking for an inexpensive lawnmower.
Eventually, we bought a $120 lawnmower with the intention of swapping out parts and combining parts from both our mowers. Needless to say, this project sat in the shed for about a year.
In the meantime, Adam took a small engine repair course in his senior year in high school. This meant that he could tackle this project and it would save some wear and tear on my back and my health. Plus, he could do a good deed here to make up for getting a bit careless with the mower in the first place.
After I finished cutting our lawn this morning using our much less expensive and cheaper new lawnmower, I decided it would be a good time for this project. It is a nice day today, Adam has off from work and I could take a break from some other little projects around the house while I helped Adam. It was a perfect opportunity to tackle this little project.
Adam really had no problems with this project but did need some extra hands every now and then. He did a good job swapping out parts and rebuilding a new lawnmower so we now have a nice new, rebuilt lawn mower.
Once we buy a new grinding wheel, we'll sharpen the blade. We have about a week before the lawn will need a cutting again so there is no rush...
I kept harping on Adam to make sure the oil level is good since this is a four-cycle engine and, as such, oil was needed in a separate reservoir to keep the engine lubed. If the oil level gets low, the engine will seize up. Well... long story short... at some point between the two lawns Adam was cutting, the engine seized up.
I finished out that season cutting our entire lawn with a weed-whacker each week... fun times.
The following season I looked into buying a new engine... the cost of a new engine would cost more than a new lawnmower! That brought us again to the task of looking for an inexpensive lawnmower.
Eventually, we bought a $120 lawnmower with the intention of swapping out parts and combining parts from both our mowers. Needless to say, this project sat in the shed for about a year.
In the meantime, Adam took a small engine repair course in his senior year in high school. This meant that he could tackle this project and it would save some wear and tear on my back and my health. Plus, he could do a good deed here to make up for getting a bit careless with the mower in the first place.
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| Our new lawnmower rebuilt from two lawnmowers. |
Adam really had no problems with this project but did need some extra hands every now and then. He did a good job swapping out parts and rebuilding a new lawnmower so we now have a nice new, rebuilt lawn mower.
Once we buy a new grinding wheel, we'll sharpen the blade. We have about a week before the lawn will need a cutting again so there is no rush...
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