So what did YOU do with your sunday afternoon?

[b-rad]

I spent the afternoon tearing apart, and rebuilding our Craftsman riding lawnmower. It hasnt run in probably 2 years, but we have alot of gravel to move and the wheelbarrow is getting tiring real quick.

SOOO... I got the task of fixing it!

Started by adding fuel, which promptly dumped all over the ground. Apparently there was a crack in the bottom of the tank. To move it from the backyard to the driveway, i filled a spray bottle with fuel and squirted it in the carb while my sister drove! Of course she made redneck wisecracks the whole time.

Tore the carb out, and cleaned it.


Pulled the gas tank and patched it up.


I pulled what seemed like 87 cubic feet of spiderwebs, pine needles and dirt from under the chassis! And 3 HUGE black widdows..

Dropped the mower deck and adjusted the belt drive, mickey moused the brake switch so it would run, and tuned the carb.






Open headers! Im sure the neighbors loved me..



Finally, a day of dirty work later, shes all(mostly) good to go.



Still need to adjust the idle, and figure out the stupid mechanical/vaccum/whatever rev limiter. But she'll haul some dirt for now!