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I'm usually hitting the hay at 9:30 these days, but every now and then I get crazy and stay up till 10!

Yes, and it holds up very well. Better than paint does!

On decks with rust I first remove the loose rust and scale with a needle/scaler, then treat with rust converter. Then I put at least 2 coats of "EZ Slide" which is a graphite coating that usually lasts 2 to 3 years. Grass can still stick, but not as fast, and is much easier to remove. I...

All my Bush Hog's u-joints have the grease fittings on the caps. I really like them there as it makes it a ton easier to get at.

Kawa carbs tend to surge more than other makes. I have hated it ever since EPA said no more jet adjustment screws. Usually all it takes to stop the surging is to ever so slightly use a torch cleaner to open the jet orifice just a tick.

I've also never dealt with that type of "plastic retainer" u-joint. Seems like triple the work to replace! And you poked my memory... what happened to Gtractor? Hope he's still with us!

Me too Chris! I made decals for a few years, but not tiny like that!

And as Chris said, you don't want charge voltage above 14.5dcv, at least not more over for a very short time before dropping back down.

The 36AV is fine and low rpm readings really don't matter, only minimum upper readings matter. Good deal!!

JD has THE worst plastics of all makes, bar none!! You can look at it hard and it cracks!!

If you can actually see both ends of filter paper is sealed, you are good. I've found that most that you can't see are sealed, are not sealed.

I use these a lot and are sealed on both ends. A LOT of the bulk filters are junk, but these are good. AloneGoer 12pcs 40 Micron 1/4" Inline Fuel Filter Compatible with Kawasaki FH430V FH451V FH500V 49019-0027 691035 493629 84001895 Dirt Street Motorcycle Motor Lawn Mower Tractor Amazon.com

If you bust that fuel filter open, I'll bet you'll find the end of paper opposite the end with metal cap that the paper isn't glued in at all and that dirt in fuel can slip right on through. I had several similar and I tossed them in the garbage where they belonged.

Putting meter set on AC to the 2 wires from stator (unplugged from regulator) at full rpm's it should have in the neighborhood of 28VAC. If it's at that or higher, the stator is fine.

I'm betting the spacer between the bearings got worn a tad short when the first set of bearings wore out. That will put enough pre-load to drastically shorten bearing life. I often have to add very thin shim washers to the spacer to prevent pre-load.

Yeah, back in the "plowing every year" days, we would actually wear tires out, but when we went no-till it really saved a lot of tread life.

Kawasaki carbs are the worst in my opinion. The formed o-rings always shrink and as you've found, hardly any support for parts.

Projects like this Rick makes me know one day I will stop doing so much repair work for others so I can do projects for myself, which I've not been able to do in years now. Much enjoy following your build!

Very slow runner...do you know the RPM?

Sure is! I think of him most every day.