Re: (ET) cordless electric mower

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

RE: the B and D wheel caps.  If you have a largeish Ace Hardware
franchise near you they carry new ones - but be sure they do before you
take the old ones off the only way they will come off, which is by
busting them.

Sometimes Home Depot has those wheel caps in the hardware dept.

To put the new ones on - hammer em on.   Just had to do the same thing to
my 2 wheel trash barrel handcart.  New wheels and caps.

One of our members in the New England Chapter EAA (NEEAA) 
http:www.neeaa.org
 took one of those B and D type mowers, put a 12V battery on it and a
1500 watt 120V DC/AC inverter.  Mows real good but is so heavy it sinks
into the ground if it's even slightly wet.  He don't have enough lawn for
an Etrak. 

Dave
Weymouth MA

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:36:43 -0400 "David Roden" <etpost drmm net>
writes:
> On 22 Jul 2006 at 9:25, Joel Parks wrote:
> 
> > Neuton ...
> 
> I also know someone who has one and really likes it.  She doesn't 
> have a 
> spare battery, but I think the readily exchangeable battery is an 
> excellent 
> idea.
> 
> The main disadvantage to the Neuton is its very small cutting width 
> - 
> something like 13" if I recall correctly.
> 
> I have an old corded B&D MM-450 which has worked for me since 1994, 
> though 
> I've had to repair it several times.  Some of these are normal 
> service 
> items, but I've fitted new motor brushes, a new power switch, 
> underdeck fan, 
> blade hardware, and of course a couple of blades.  Currently the 
> plastic 
> wheels are worn out and rubbing on the deck; regrettably the old 
> ones are 
> held on by those pesky push-on caps, so I'm not sure how to replace 
> them. 
> 
> FYI, its mulching is so-so.  I think I've lost the close-off plate 
> because I 
> quickly decided it was more hassle than it was worth.  But the newer 
> ones 
> have a very different deck design, so they might work better.
> 
> Anyway, I guess this would be a limited endorsement for either the 
> Neuton or 
> the B&D.
> 
> 
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
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