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This tractor is a DK40(CH)SE with cab, loader. It was time for all the maintenance for 200 hours, change oil, hydraulic fluid, oil filter, front axle fluid change, hydraulic filter, HST filter, air filter, fuel filter Completed last week. No issues. June 14, few days ago, I connected 3 point...

Briggs & Stratton 8 HP Model 129432 Type 1035 E1 Carburetor Wallbro 2795 56 This engine has never failed. Always has started on 1st or 2nd pull. Until now......... Fuel is the problem. If I dribble gas in the carburetor intake, it starts right up and runs long enough to burn that bit...

After browsing a number of the poison ivy discussions, I didn't really find what I needed. We recently bought 7 acres here in central Illinois. 4-5 acres are fairly clear, mowable. Much of that had poison ivy shoots thick enough we couldn't see the ground. Not worried about that, Crossbow seems...

I've been fighting my Broadmoor for a while now. For each use, I need to charge the battery, then the tractor starts and runs fine. Occasionally, we need to stop in the middle of mowing to move stuff, or weed or simply get distracted, and the battery is dead. Charge it, everything is great. Out...

I screwed up. Didn't check the oil. Engine seized up. Can I fix that? More trouble than it's worth? Thanks.

When do I turn my compost pile? I built it pile a month ago. It promptly hit a toasty 160 degrees. A few days later dropped to 140. It is still 140 3 weeks later. I checked the thermometer, pulled it out and let it settle to air temp, about 98 today - seems okay. It is meant/built for using in...

My Simplicity has been running famously, now suddenly, barely runs and if you shut it down, forget it. Took air cleaner cover off, there's significant gas belching from the carburetor. Tank is about half full. When it runs, it's sounding rough, blows black smoke fairly often. Oil is at normal...