felixx

I am in if the 95 surf is allowed

French .mil have 65km units, updated firmware and controller

Guess it helps them run away faster!

200km on this thing, its great fun, 

There was allegedly beast mode available in the USA 65kmh but the motors would overheat after a few km

65kmh would be great, the hubs have internal reduction gears so get hot.

I will come if I can get a babysitter

On 18/01/2024 at 18:57, ajg193 said:

I can confirm that @felixxs dodgy mechanical gauges still work, no idea what the brand is though.

Tacho wasn't much value so was pulled out

Repco brand

I used to have a legacy that sounded like a small machine gun. Poured it in, fixed in 5km

However I was rear ended a couple of months later in that car...

... wrote it off so unsure how long it was good for

I am seriously considering selling my teardrop to fund a K11 and some things

Going strong, starts on 4th pull ad runs sooo smoothly.

Has become my #1 mower

Lawns done twice with this

New air filter reduced hunting at lower revs

Also it starts on 4th pull now with no WD40 

My mower man was out of sparkplugs , but I will get a new one next week!

Good tips there @Dolan

13 hours ago, V8Pete said:

I have two catchers to suit this mower if you want to somehow get them from Auckland 

Thanks Pete.

I have a catcher but would love an intact mesh for the vents on the top if you have one.

Happy to pay 

1 hour ago, Raizer said:

It's pretty typical for these.

Was told to try tilting it/lifting the back right up for a few seconds before starting when cold, might be a Barry tale but it always seemed to work for mine.

Will try it tomorrow!!

Thanks!!!

Why might it need ether or fuel added to carb on starting??

Bloody thing wouldnt start today.

Chucked acap of fuel down its neck and it went first pull then did myfront lawn and the other neighbours jungle.

We are now a 2 mower family

Goeshard. Air filter is currently 2 pieces of news paper.

It goes real well after a carb strip. 

New fuel lines

Maximum power thru ankle deep wet grass. 

Thanks  for the advice

Hmmm ok. Will check throttle lever linkage as when I move it, nothing on the carb linkages moves, 

I forgot to print yhe manwell today.

Here was the state of the outside of it.

So it has throttle and choke butterflies?

How do you engage choke??

Thank you so.much

Thinking the pulsing is an air flow issue..

I did notice throttle did not affect the carb butterfly,so will check if the throttle linkage is not broken too.

What have I missed? 

Interestingly the mower needed starting fluid each time, so could I expect a blocked jet..

Oh here is the air filter

Found this on the side of the road.

Threw it in the truck and gave it a clean up.

Its swallowed half the air filter.

I cleaned the filter housing and threw some fresh fuel in.. pull pull nothing

Sparkplug was dry

Threw some start ya bastard in its neck

2nd pull it ran for 5 sec

Tried again, reved hard then began sucking fuel and ran like the vid..

At inlaws for dinner so will look at carb clean and reattaching throttle linkage after work this week.

Good question. I will look at that in the morn

Cheers @Bling

So I have some footage from a few trips with my lad. Would like to edit into a video or 3

Ehats some good basic free video editing software ?

Is there any online as my laptop is not too modern?

Cheers 

Hilux Surf.. thread closed!