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Stories By Kenneth Crawford

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    Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Adjust A Carburetor On A Ryobi Grass Trimmer

    How to Adjust a Carburetor on a Ryobi Grass Trimmer. The carburetor on a Ryobi grass trimmer includes three adjustments. The low speed adjustment controls the highest possible idle speed. The idle adjustment controls the idle speed while not turning the trimmer head. The high speed adjustment controls fuel consumption and overall engine performance. When making adjustments, always turn the knobs in small increments, and do not force them past their internal stops.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Replace The Fuel Filter In A Craftsman Lawnmower

    How to Replace the Fuel Filter in a Craftsman Lawnmower. Most Craftsman riding mowers and some push mowers have a fuel filter between the fuel tank and carburetor. When the fuel filters clogs, it causes a reduction in fuel flow to the carburetor resulting in poor performance and hard starting. It is necessary to clamp one of the fuel lines to prevent fuel flow when you replace the fuel filter in a Craftsman lawnmower. Replacement fuel filters and fuel line clamps for your Craftsman lawnmower are available at Sears and home improvement centers.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Adjust The Carburetor On An Echo Line Trimmer

    How to Adjust the Carburetor on an Echo Line Trimmer. Ideally you want to adjust the carburetor with the aid of a tachometer. Unfortunately, not every home garage has a tachometer available. You can adjust the speed without a tachometer effectively. Before you attempt to adjust the carburetor, it is a good idea to clean the air filter and the spark arrestor screen first. Many issues that you may think are attributed to the carburetor are often a result of dirty filters and screens. If cleaning the screen and filter does not solve your engine problems, there are three adjustments you can make to the carburetor on your Echo line trimmer.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Start A Murray Lawnmower

    How to Start a Murray Lawnmower. Starting a Murray lawnmower is like starting almost any other brand of mower. There are a few things that you will need to inspect prior to starting the Murray lawnmower. If you are starting the mower for the first time in the season, realize that it will take several attempts. The fuel will need to make its way from the fuel tank to the engine. if there is fuel left over from last mowing season in the tank, drain it and use fresh fuel.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Adjust The Idle On A Briggs & Stratton Lawn Mower

    How to Adjust the Idle on a Briggs & Stratton Lawn Mower. Most lawn mowers use either a Tecumseh or Briggs & Stratton engine. One way to get the highest fuel efficiency from your lawn mower is to set the idle to optimal performance. In order to fine tune the idle on your Briggs & Stratton lawn mower, you must first remove the air filter housing.

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    Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Replace Spark Plugs On A Craftsman 6.5 HP Lawn Mower

    How to Replace Spark Plugs on a Craftsman 6.5 HP Lawn Mower. Craftsman recommends changing the spark plug on their 6.5 HP mowers every 25 hours or the beginning of each mowing season. They also recommend using the Champion RJ19LM spark plug when replacing the plug. Adjust the gap between the insulator and electrode with a gap tool. The simplest method is to use a disc gap tool with graduated gap measurements. Insert the gap tool between the electrode and insulator to the necessary gap range and bend the electrode up or down to meet the tool.

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    Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Make Snapper Lawn Mower Height Adjustments

    How to Make Snapper Lawn Mower Height Adjustments. Periodically adjust the cutting height of your Snapper lawn mower throughout the season to accommodate growing conditions. You will promote your lawn's health not only by watering and keeping your mower blade sharp, but also by mowing at the proper height. Mowing too low can essentially burn your lawn, while cutting too high can invite disease and pests. Optimally you want a grass cutting height between 2½ to 3 inches for a healthy lawn. Snapper mowers are not difficult to adjust and require no tools.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Remove The Carburetor From A Toro Lawnmower

    How to Remove the Carburetor from a Toro Lawnmower. When you begin to have lawnmower starting issues or you want to improve the mower's fuel efficiency, you may want to consider cleaning the carburetor. You will need to remove the carburetor from your Toro lawn mower to clean it properly. The carburetor on the Toro secures to the engine with a single bolt. To access the carburetor, you will need to remove the air cleaner housing and possibly empty the fuel tank.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Remove Riding Lawn Mower Tires From Rims

    How to Remove Riding Lawn Mower Tires From Rims. Riding mowers are susceptible to flat tires just like your car. When this happens, you need to repair the flat or replace the tire. When replacing the tire you will need to get the flat tire off of the rim. Removing the riding lawn mower tire from the rim is not difficult using the right tools. Tire tools, or tire irons, make the job of removing tires a quick process. If you do not have tire irons, they are available at auto parts stores and hardware stores.

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    Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Remove The Head On A Husqvarna Trimmer

    How to Remove the Head on a Husqvarna Trimmer. Replacing the trimmer line or spool on your trimmer will require removal of the trimmer head. Removing the head on a Husqvarna trimmer depends on what type of head your model uses. The trimmer head could have a bump feed, a single line or a double line. Each of these have slightly different methods of removal. You will be able to see what type of head your unit uses just by looking at the bottom of the head and the number of strings you have.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Disassemble A Reel Mower

    How to Disassemble a Reel Mower. Reel mowers are an economical and eco-friendly way to mow your lawn. As with any other piece of equipment, a reel mower requires periodic maintenance. The best way to sharpen blades, oil components and make small repairs is to disassemble the reel mower. Unlike gas-powered mowers, however, the blades of the reel mower do not come off the main body of the mower. The dis-assembly process involves the drive and rear wheels, height adjusters, drive wheel plate and the handle. Disassembling the body of the reel mower is not necessary.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Level A Craftsman Mower Deck

    How to Level a Craftsman Mower Deck. When you begin noticing your mower cutting the grass at an angle, the mower deck is out of adjustment. When you accidentally run over small stumps or uneven portions of the yard with the mower deck, it causes the deck to become unlevel. To level a Craftsman mower requires making adjustments to the lift linkages on the front and side of the mower. Ideally the front of the mower deck is lower than the rear with the sides even across the ground.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Change A Tire On A Snapper Lawn Mower

    How to Change a Tire on a Snapper Lawn Mower. Changing tires on your Snapper lawn mower is the same as on any other standard riding mower or lawn tractor. There is a difference between the front and rear tires. The rear tires have a square key that locks the tire onto the rear axle. This is how the tire rotates when the mower is in gear. When changing tires it is important that you do not lose the square key. Without the key the mower will not move when you engage the gears.

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  • Structures
    Structures By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Remove Concrete From A Mailbox Post

    How to Remove Concrete From a Mailbox Post. Moving or replacing a mailbox requires removing the existing box. Most mailbox posts insert into the ground with poured concrete. The concrete provides some stability for the mailbox post. If you want to reuse the existing post or just make it easier to dispose of, the concrete requires removal. Removing concrete from a mailbox post is a matter of breaking the concrete by force.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Adjust A Push Mower

    How to Adjust a Push Mower. Mowing the lawn with your push mower is less stressful when you properly adjust the mower, which requires making adjustments to the handle and the deck height. Adjust the handle height so it is comfortable to your stature without bending over to push the mower along. Grass height determines the proper deck height of your mower. Adjust the deck height to accommodate the height of your grass, especially if you have missed a cutting and the grass is taller than usual to prevent forcing the mower through tall grass.

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    Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Adjust The Idle Screw On A Leaf Blower

    How to Adjust the Idle Screw on a Leaf Blower. Leaf blowers, like all lawn power equipment, should idle without the engine shutting down. You can adjust the idle screw on a leaf blower, although there are no rotating mechanisms to help identify when you achieve the perfect idle like there are on a trimmer. You must balance the idle somewhere between the engine running without shutting off, yet still reaching full operating speed without any type of hesitation.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Change The String In An Eager Beaver Trimmer

    How to Change the String in an Eager Beaver Trimmer. Sooner or later you will need to change the string on your Poulan Eager Beaver trimmer. Replacing the string is not as complicated as you think. The Eager Beaver trimmer has two channels for two pieces of trimmer string. The string spool clearly indicates which direction to wind the string and also provides locking holes to retain the string while you wind and place the spool back into the housing.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Mix The Gas For An Eager Beaver Weed Trimmer

    How to Mix the Gas for an Eager Beaver Weed Trimmer. McCulloch manufactures the Eager Beaver line of weed trimmers. All McCulloch trimmers require a fuel mixture that contains gasoline and two-cycle engine oil. McCulloch recommends using a 40:1 ratio of gasoline and oil for optimal engine performance. The best way to mix the fuel mixture is in a gas can. Two-cycle oil containers usually have measurement markings on the side of the container for quick measuring.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Remove A Stuck Lawn Mower Blade

    How to Remove a Stuck Lawn Mower Blade. Removing a lawn mower blade to replace it or sharpen the blade should be a quick process. But when the blade is stuck, the process can be a nightmare. To remove a stuck lawn mower blade, you need leverage. A breaker bar is a longer handle for your socket wrench. The extra handle length can give you the leverage you need to loosen the stuck blade bolt and remove the blade. Breaker bars are available at home improvement centers.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Tune A Lawn Edger Carburetor

    How to Tune a Lawn Edger Carburetor. Lawn edger carburetors are set by the factory. Most manufacturers require no further adjusting, while some do require adjustments after the first 10 hours of operation. Because there are so many manufacturers, there is no one way to tune the carburetor. If the edger is not operating as it should or you're not getting good fuel economy, there are some things you can generally do to tune most carburetors without taking them to a repair facility. Don't force any screws that won't turn readily--this can cause damage.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Add Oil To A Murray Lawn Mower

    How to Add Oil to a Murray Lawn Mower. Murray uses the Briggs and Stratton engine on both its riding mowers and push mowers. Adding oil depends on which type of lawn mower you own. The push mowers have an oil fill toward the lower part of the engine. The fill area is normally close to the deck and in the vicinity of the air cleaner and carburetor housing. Riding mowers house the oil fill toward the upper part of the engine.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Level The Cutting Deck On A Troy Built Lawn Mower

    How to Level the Cutting Deck on a Troy Built Lawn Mower. Leveling the deck on your Troy Bilt lawn mower is a little different than how you would level a standard mower. The Troy Bilt mower uses two adjustment areas, which eliminates the need adjust all four sides. A deck that is not level will give your lawn an uneven look and in some cases could cause damage, depending upon how far out of level the deck has become. However, by taking just a few minutes and a couple of hand tools you can quickly level the deck.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Change A Murray Riding Lawn Mower Tire

    How to Change a Murray Riding Lawn Mower Tire. Sooner or later you will end up with a flat tire on your Murray riding mower. You have a decision to make when changing the lawn mower tire. You can either purchase a replacement tire that is already mounted to a rim or you can simply remove the flat tire from your existing rim and place a new tire on the rim. It is less expensive to use your existing rim.

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  • Lawn Care
    Lawn Care By Kenneth Crawford November 4th, 2022

    How To Remove The String Head On A McCullough Trimmer

    How to Remove the String Head on a McCullough Trimmer. Replacing string or a spool on a McCulloch trimmer is a straightforward process that requires no tools. To remove the string head, you need only to remove the locking knob that secures the string head. The string head is the spool that the trimmer string winds around. You can replace the line itself or purchase a replacement spool that already has line on the spool.

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