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Thank you all kindly, for the ideas and intel. “Runs With Sizzors”, (handle is Too-coo-fer-schoo!!😂😂) I will try to isolate that rascally leak!! The starter is out getting rebuilt. I got tired of turning the key and getting that awful zinging sound!! When I get it back, I’ll get on it. Thanks...

RK, thanks for the intel. That sure looks like an accident waiting to happen!! I’ll take your advice under advisement!! Take care. Semper-fi & This We’ll Defend, Mike

Good ’enin the forum. It’s been a while. I’ve checked in from time 2 time. The G 5200 has been running great….until I took her out to do a last final mowing of the season. I started her up and flipped open the hood to check things out and saw there was fuel leaking (sprayin) from near where the...

Hey Blue280z, good to see y’all again!!!! Finally getting that fiddytwohunert out of cold storage, huh!!!! Be time soon for it to go back into hibernation!!!! Thanks for posting the pictures. The former owner has some ingenious ideas for that deck. I imagine the yellow one is yours also??? If...

Dan_m, Good ‘enin. By no means whatsoever, am I a experienced professional welder. So take what I profess with a very small grain of salt!! I mainly use a older Lincoln 125 Plus buzz-box to do my “around the house” welding. Usually 1/4” or thinner. My observations have been in not so much...

Good ‘enin, OldHokie. Not having had a diesel before, I thot that the 15w-40 was specifically made for diesel and the 10w-30 was for gas jobs. Thanks for the intel. Take care. Semper-fi & This We’ll Defend, Mike

451johnny, I really don’t know too much about these newfangled machines, but my first thot would be a “safety swich” of sorts. Maybe got jarred when it stopped sudden-like. Just a thot. Semper-fi & This We’ll Defend, Mike

BruceP, thank you kindly for the intel. I guess I tend to overthink some things and forget that olde acronym …KISS!!!!! Take care. Semper-fi & This We’ll Defend, Mike

451johnny, I hate to hear that. Did the firewood stop the engine sudden-like, as if dead-nuts stop…or did it keep running an you stopped it?? Inquiring minds need to help diagnose to situation. Thank you kindly. Semper-fi & This We’ll Defend, Mike

Good ‘enin, OTT. It’s time for an oil change on my G5200H. Looking it up, I see that these awesome machines were produced between 1984-1990. I know engine oils have changed dramatically as have the engine tolerances. My original owners manual says to use API service CC or CD, and below 59...

That’s the best one I’ve heard in a long time- Mark_BX25D-the ground might a well be attached to the air or your dog’s tail!!!!!! I like it!!! Gotta find some humor in that, I don’t care who you are!!!!🤣🤣🤣Semper-fi & This We’ll Defend, Mike

Chanceywd, I know zackly what you mean. I also carry around a 2” thick, dense foam kneeling pad for these old knees!! If we took care to take care when we were pups, we’d prolly be fairing a bit better as we get longer in the tooth!! Have a blessed day. Semper-fi & This We’ll Defend, Mike

Well, after trimming the bushes aroun the hacienda and doing the everyday “gotta-be-done-stuff”, I finally got aroun to finishing up the “chiropractic footrest”!! It turned out to be just the ticket to a much more relaxing mowing job today. When I got off the machine, I could actually walk over...

ve9aa, Thanks. Not a prolem!! Yes, I’ll stain it with solid black an attach it with screws from the bottom up. Semper-fi & This We’ll Defend, Mike

Ve9aa, The covers are made out of leftover metal roofing and I will paint them. They are attached to the deck. I tapped the deck and put bolts up from the bottom and use wing-nuts to hold them on. If you look closely, you can ser one of them under the yellow line!! Have a blessed day. Semper-fi...