How To Maintain A Riding Mower - Easy DIY Tips To Save You Money
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- How to maintain a riding mower yourself with these simple DIY steps. If you want to know how to change the oil in your riding mower along with other riding mower service items such what parts to inspect & replace & what to lubrication on your lawn tractor, we'll cover all that.
Examples are showing on a residential John Deere riding mower, but all these machines are very similar in design, parts and maintained requirements.
Yearly riding mower maintenance is easy, is fun, and most importantly, it will save you time & money. Moreover, you'll have the satisfaction you did it yourself and that your riding mower service was done right! Not rushed through a busy flat rate shop or butchered by some apprentice suffering from a hangover. Yep, I worked in a flat rate dealership and know what went on behind the scenes. It's why I insist on doing all my own service maintenance on all our vehicles & power equipment.
Riding mower service steps time index:
- Intro 0:00
- Parts you'll need to service your riding mower 1:03
- Draining the engine oil 2:00
- Air filter inspection 3:12
- Fuel filter inspection 4:04
- Checking the battery 4:57
- Riding mower Oil filter removal & replacement 5:20
- Filling the engine oil 7:10
- Spark plug inspection 8:26
- Confirming oil level 10:07
- Headlamp inspection 10:55
- Greasing & lubricating your riding mower 11:03
- Checking tire pressures 15:09
- Quick wiring inspection 15:44
Part 2 of how to maintain riding mower service (the mower deck), covers mower deck removal, inspection, belt replacement, blade sharpening, & more in this video:
• Riding Mower Deck Main...
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Link to Part 2: Deck Service Video: ruclips.net/video/aB516AI87hU/видео.html
Thank you for taking the time to show us how you maintain your riding mower. I learned quite a bit from you!
Glad to help
Great info, thanks. We have a JD D-120 too. Still going and this is 2024.
best insightful video I've ever watched... Thank you..
Great job man, thanks for the video. It was great help to somebody who has little to no interest in riding lawn mowers!
Thank you for this video. Learning to care for these things on my own, and your demo is a lifesaver!
Glad it was helpful & thanks for watching 🙂
Thanks for the very nice, clear explanation of the steps to do the yearly maintenance. Ik did it today, and it was a peace of cake. Tomorrow i try to disassemble the deck. Keep up the good work :-)
Glad you found it helpful 🙂
Great video, excellent mechanical work and video quality is super! Can't wait to see you do the transmission service. I appreciate you explaining the why for the different steps.
I have a John Deere RX95 rear engine mower (1988 model with 1250 hours). It's definitely worth the effort to take care of your machine.
Thanks for watching 🙂
Trying to learn how to care for our riding mower as my husband passed away 4 months ago. I won't be doing the work but need t make sure everything is done. Thanks for the help!
I am really impressed with your "clean" approach to something messy like this. I am like you. I love to have my things spotless. Most people who deal with oil and grease, just do not care. I am talking "professionals". Many times their sloppy and messy work ethics generates other problems!
I found your video useful and very informative. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
Thanks back :)
Massive likes. This saves no small amount of money, in my budget
Really useful video. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful 🙂
Thank you!
You bet - thanks for watching.
My Snapper came with a clear piece of tubing to attach to the oil drain outlet when changing the oil. It makes it easy to drain directly into a container for disposal.
Good idea.
very informative video and easy to understand.
Glad you liked it.
@@Rchelicopterfun I have looked at lots of repair videos ant the two I looked at today were the most professional ones I have seen. Keep up the good work.
Would love to see a transmission drain and fill video
Noted - still haven't done it - overdue.
Did you ever make the transmission servicing video?
Nope, not yet. The service is overdue so hopefully soon 🙂
That’s a clean JD for 250hrs on it. Nice!!! Quick question, can I use lithium grease on the steering column instead of bearing grease?
Yes, any decent grease will work, including lithium.
With a John Deere riding mower (very similar to yours here), do you know what might cause oil to leak and the unit onto the frame and muffler, causing it to smoke? I clean up what oil I can see and it seems to stop smoking until after I finish mowing. There's also a thick coagulation of oil in the muffler protector area... I'm thinking a bad gasket somewhere.
Thanks for taking the time to record and upload this! Time to make myself a checklist and keep our mower(s) in tip top shape :D
Valve cover perhaps? Head gaskets on these things are also a known weak spot.
How often do you need to change the oil? Can I just do while winterizing it or recommend a different time?
Best advice is to follow the oil change hour/time interval in your owners manual because they vary. This specific once calls for oil changes every 25 hours of engine operation.
Do a video on level your deck please.
Covered in the deck service video: ruclips.net/video/aB516AI87hU/видео.html
How do you keep that thing so clean?
Blow it off after every mow & wash once or twice a year 🙂
Instead of taking the rear end all apart, why not tap in a inlet and an outlet to fill the transmission fluid?
Your call if you wish to tap in drain plugs; the upper vent plug can be used for filling so no need to drill and tap a filler hole. Personally I like taking the cover off to inspect the unit and clean the gunk out of the filter & particle magnet but to each their own.
Good morning Michael. There is an excellent video by Taryl Fixes All, ruclips.net/video/1ikGq2k4iJI/видео.html. Like John mentions, inside the casing is one additional disc magnet and a round filter that won't be serviced if you just drain and fill. Although his video shows how to add inlets, many suggest don't bother, as doing so again, won't address the magnet and filter inside. So, IMO, doing as John recommends is the best method, although obviously some effort involved in removal, etc.
Why didn't you blow it off when it was outside?
I did blow it off outside.
Wow, you had some dirty oil in that thing didn't ya.
Yep, at one year/30-40hr intervals, it's definitely due 🙂
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Would love to see a transmission drain and fill video
Thanks for that. It's over due so hopefully I'll get to it this season.