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Ditto, with a strimmer. A couple of times I've not even noticed the fuel cap is off and proceeded to strim away only to be amazed when it runs out of fuel so quickly a couple of minutes later!

 

 

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I use a Stihl MS180 for all manner of crap jobs, had it since 2006 it's been used hard, replaced a carb and all the lines and oil pump and that's about it untill the first time I took off the clutch!! I used a impact gun to undo it, worked well but after about two hours work the flywheel fell off(impact gun slackens off the flywheel nut, worth checking the flywheel nut after😠) new flywheel fitted. The next time I removed the clutch to replace the pump with a MS211 pump as it supplies more oil I used a hemp rope, worked well but got a bit of rope stuck in the port😒. On friday it stopped pumping oil, so once again I removed the clutch to check the drive but this time I used a piston stop, no fault?  Drained the oil and the oil pipe was missing? somehow it had folded itself in half, replace the hose, cleaned up everything and rebuilt the saw. went to start it and no compression, the piston stop had put a HOLE in the piston. Not happy.

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I recently put a battery in a ride on mower the wrong way round. The starter motor span the wrong way and wouldnt engage with the flywheel. I took off several covers and bolts then cleaned the terminals before I realised!

 

 

 

i told myself the mower and under the battery needed a clean out anyway, regreased the steering mechanism, clean battery terminals - definitely worth it!

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11 minutes ago, Muddy42 said:

I recently put a battery in a ride on mower the wrong way round. The starter motor span the wrong way and wouldnt engage with the flywheel. I took off several covers and bolts then cleaned the terminals before I realised!

 

i told myself the mower and under the battery needed a clean out anyway, regreased the steering mechanism, clean battery terminals - definitely worth it!

Guessing it was one of those small batteries, aren't the terminals a different size like the bigger ones ?.

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56 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Guessing it was one of those small batteries, aren't the terminals a different size like the bigger ones ?.

No they are interchangeable, its a 30 year old Bolens.

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4 hours ago, Muddy42 said:

I recently put a battery in a ride on mower the wrong way round. The starter motor span the wrong way and wouldnt engage with the flywheel. I took off several covers and bolts then cleaned the terminals before I realised!

 

 

 

i told myself the mower and under the battery needed a clean out anyway, regreased the steering mechanism, clean battery terminals - definitely worth it!

I did this today!!🙈  dropped brand new battery in battery box, feeling pretty smug as probably hardly a mm to spare, fitted like a glove.  Connected it up etc, wondered why it sparked a bit.  Wondered why lights wouldn't work.

 

Never even occured to me to check correct way round, lug/bolt thru type terminals.  What a dope!

 

Haven't tried starting it, could this have caused any damage to battery or electrical system?  23hp petrol engine.

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3 hours ago, NJA said:

I did this today!!🙈  dropped brand new battery in battery box, feeling pretty smug as probably hardly a mm to spare, fitted like a glove.  Connected it up etc, wondered why it sparked a bit.  Wondered why lights wouldn't work.

 

Never even occured to me to check correct way round, lug/bolt thru type terminals.  What a dope!

 

Haven't tried starting it, could this have caused any damage to battery or electrical system?  23hp petrol engine.


My mower survived other than a blown fuse, so check that.

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