On Thursday, I went over to the local BMax parts supplier* and picked up a new transmission for the mower. I spent most of Saturday and Sunday putting it in, as it took twice as long as it should have.I started off quite well, dismantling everything to get to the transmission. I got everything off of it except for the pulley on the bottom. This is where I encountered my nemesis the Snap Ring. This would normally not be an issue, but I don't actually own a pair of snap ring pliers. So being the inventive guy that I am, I fashioned two nails and a rubber band into a make shift snap ring pliers, but with no luck. In the end I decided I had wasted enough time, and make a trip over to Lowes with Kyla to pick up a real tool to do the job.
Once the snap ring was off, the rest went pretty smoothly. I was able to get the new transmission in place, but I had to fight a little bit to get all the pieces back together. At least now my neighbors won't be calling the city on me for having a lawn that is over a foot high.
On one other side note, I have to give some credit to the inventor of this mower **. It was pretty neat to see how he was able to get everything to work together, without having a lot of custom parts to make (custom parts = more work to build).
* - Also known as Mom and Dads
** - Also known as Dad
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I thought Kyla preferred Home Depot as that is where she wanted to go to work. Is the lawn mowed yet?
ReplyDeleteYeah, got it mowed on Sunday. The mower seems to be much happier now about switching gears and turning the wheels and such. :)
ReplyDeleteI think your Dad needs to put a big sign on his building since he is now officially a parts supplier
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