Lawn mower suddenly stops and begins smoking

[Nick]

Found another thread on a cub cadet forum with the idential issue. maybe someone there knows sounds like it's an issue with hydrostatic transmission, the belt is kinda worn .

http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25214

 

[o3jeff]

I did fix one of my lawn mowers over the weekend, would start and only run for about 10 seconds. Thought the carb needed to be rebuilt due to the shitty gas we have now a days. A friend said it was probably just the jet and told me a quick fix and works perfectly now!

 

[bvibert]

I did fix one of my lawn mowers over the weekend, would start and only run for about 10 seconds. Thought the carb needed to be rebuilt due to the shitty gas we have now a days. A friend said it was probably just the jet and told me a quick fix and works perfectly now!

You put a jet engine on your lawn mower? :dunce:

 

[Nick]

That would be pretty awesome. I'm going to have to someone come to my house to fix the thing. I'm OK with general stuff but transmission is probably a little beyond me. I always lose bolts and then cut my fingers trying to pull crap off, break soething, and then it never goes back to gether again. Dissasembly of most things for me is a 1-way street.

 

[o3jeff]

You put a jet engine on your lawn mower? :dunce:

Yes, speeds up cutting the lawn.

 

[bvibert]

That would be pretty awesome. I'm going to have to someone come to my house to fix the thing. I'm OK with general stuff but transmission is probably a little beyond me. I always lose bolts and then cut my fingers trying to pull crap off, break soething, and then it never goes back to gether again. Dissasembly of most things for me is a 1-way street.

Sounds like a good call having someone come look at it then...

 

[bvibert]

Yes, speeds up cutting the lawn.

Does it leave the grass a little brown after it passes over?

 

[ScottySkis]

Does it leave the grass a little brown after it passes over?

It probably from Mexico if the grass is Brown.

 

[bigbog]

...Decision can sometimes depend on how much you have to mow..... Sometimes it's not bad to assess the cost of repair and possibility of repeat happenning... vs picking up something new with good maintenance history...

 

[Hawkshot99]

Found another thread on a cub cadet forum with the idential issue. maybe someone there knows sounds like it's an issue with hydrostatic transmission, the belt is kinda worn .

http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25214

I did not read the forum you posted, but if their is a problem with a homeowner lever hydro transmission, you are screwed. They are not designed to be worked on. For instance, there is no drain for the hydrolic fluid, or a filter for the fluid. Once it has problems you basically just replace the transmission. I have Hydro trannys, in my lawn mowers, but they are much stronger built, and designed to be maintained.

 

[bvibert]

 

[ScottySkis]

Hopefully I be smoking soon.

 

[o3jeff]

 

[Nick]

I did not read the forum you posted, but if their is a problem with a homeowner lever hydro transmission, you are screwed. They are not designed to be worked on. For instance, there is no drain for the hydrolic fluid, or a filter for the fluid. Once it has problems you basically just replace the transmission. I have Hydro trannys, in my lawn mowers, but they are much stronger built, and designed to be maintained.

Yeah, that's what I heard from one of the repair guys. A new tranny is like $900 and the entire mower is like $1700. At that point it's almost better off just doubling up the payment and getting something brand new. Problem is I have a snowthrower attachment and the grass catcher so I'm "invested" into this mower up around $3k. Aggravating!

Guy is picking up my mower on Monday to review it. I did notice a belt was off a pulley so maybe that had something to do with it.

 

[Nick]

I would but my lawn is over 1.5 acre

 

[bvibert]

I would but my lawn is over 1.5 acre

Better get started now!

 

[o3jeff]

I would but my lawn is over 1.5 acre

You'll just finish cutting it in time to start it all over again!

 

[Nick]

You'll just finish cutting it in time to start it all over again!

:lol:

 

[Geoff]

I would but my lawn is over 1.5 acre

I smile every time I mow my ginormous 0.22 acre estate with my el cheapo Briggs & Stratton Brute push mower. ...and the back yard is mostly shaded by trees so I typically only mow it every 2nd or 3rd mow once the foliage fills in at the end of June. I've used a little more than 1 gallon of gasoline so far this summer.

 

[bvibert]

My lawn is even smaller than that, .13 acre. While I would like to have a bigger yard, I'm certainly not complaining when it comes time to mow the lawn! I'm currently using a push mower that some dope left on the side of the road for garbage, wheeled it up to the house and it started on the first pull. The only thing that doesn't work is the self-propel feature, that I don't need anyway.