Recent content by apwillard1986

This post was timely. I just bought the same generator as a backup for our standby unit. I have a lot of Honda equipment and I use AMSOIL small engine oil in all of it after breaking them in on Honda’s Power Equipment oil. Some may disagree but I like the idea of an oil designed for small...

This... compounded by the fact that the very nature of their existence means that maintenance is often ignored. They are often run in emergencies on the worst/busiest periods of people lives. Unfortunately if you didn’t own it from new there is just no way to know what sort of life it has had.

Kubota z200 is in your price range with room to spare. Upgrade to the 48in model and you get the 3100 series hydros and it will be $700 over budget. I have had a z121s (previous model) for a few years and it has been great. Best way to test on the hills is call a dealer and try one out on the...

I liked my Ryobi electric pressure washer but I got tired of having the unit anchored to the house at two separate points (electricity and water). It made it inconvenient to move around so I bought a gas unit and it has been great! With either the pump will go long before the engine/motor.

Engine looks like a Kohler. Great score!

Without hearing it in person it is hard to know. It could be the clutch. I am not familiar with how the newer style rotostop works but the older style had bushings and when they wore it would knock a bit. If you have access to some plastigage I would measure the rod clearance to the...

I ordered some off eBay. It was less than five bucks for 50 of them or so. They have so far worked well...

If they are really terrible and must come out use a screw extractor and pickup a replacement jet.

The biggest causes of failure I have seen on the shaft drives is actually due to the axle support bearing on the rear wheel adjuster wearing out. This places a load on the axle bushing surface in the transmission and usually destroys the axle seals allowing the fluid to escape. The other is the...

Found my first “sunk” plastic float just the other day myself. It is unusual in my experience but not impossible.

Love the HRA215... My father-in-law has this one at the lake house now. Still works a treat.

56 hours on a 2014 Kubota Z121s

We have a Kubota z121s that we bought years ago and it has been great.

Nice! You’ll be glad you went for the bigger engine.

Thank you. The pull cord runs inside of the main tube of the handle. I’ll get some pics of it tomorrow as well as the little 76cc engine. The HR215 has a few upgrades. I added electric start off a junk mower that was totally worn out but had all of the electric start components in working...