Recent content by brianb33

The shear bolt broke on my rotary mower. I have replaced the bolt before and never had the problem I have now. The yolk will free spin around the mower shaft and slides up and down the shaft about 2/3 of the way before it stops. I can see what's left of the sheared-off bolt in the shaft and the...

I have an ongoing issue with (I think) fuel starvation and/or air in fuel lines. My TC40D is sluggish to start when "cold" and will not immediately rev up above about 2000 rpms. After it runs a few minutes it will reach higher rpms. I have had ongoing problems with it stalling under a load and...

I had fuel starvation issues and ultimately drained and cleaned fuel tank, replaced fuel lines, cleaned fuel bowl top assembly, and replaced the fuel filter. That solved about 80% of the problem. It still can be slow to start at first, and rpms will not increase for a few minutes until the...

I have a 2003 TC40D with hydrostatic transmission that stalled when I stopped briefly. I had been puttering along for a couple of hours discing up a pasture with no problems. When I stopped and throttled down the engine died. I have been having fuel starvation issues (that I have mostly fixed...

My TC 40D stalls under heavy load (like when the loader digs too deep or the mower bottoms out in thick grass) and will not restart. The last time it did this I left it a few days and when I tried to start it it cranked right up. Today it did it again and I noticed that the fuel bowl was empty...