Re: (ET) E20 Foot Switch Lube

[Ben Griffith <griffithba+ET gmail com>]

What seems to have solved my sticky pedal was loosening the screws that hold the cover on the box, pulling the box out just a hair, then tightening the screws again.  The part that rubs on the inside of the box cover was hanging up, and with just a little more room it has stopped doing that.
This was after various attempts with oil, grease, WD-40, etc, so it is well lubricated also.  It would usually be fine during the warmer months and then give me trouble when snow throwing.  I adjusted the box cover in December or January and it's been fine since.

-Ben

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Christopher Zach <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:

On 5/20/2013 8:58 PM, SteveS wrote:

Working on this thing - I really need new batteries - the old T105s are
leaking pretty badly around the terminals. Lot's of interesting chemical
growths going on. I bought these batteries soon after getting my first
E15 - must have been 10 years at least - and I have not been a gentle
owner. I think my neighbor has gone through 3 John Deere lawn tractors
in that same time.

I do like my NiCDs. Probably a bit less run time than T105's but still nice. I was able to wash 4 cars in a rinse/soap/rinse cycle with my Elec-trak pressure washer before flattening the cells, so they do have pretty good capacity.

Ain't it nice to have something worth working on?

Absolutely. I have an old Craftsman tractor from 1995 and I feel like I am putting welds on top of welds on the mower deck. However the engine still runs, I lent it to my dad and he broke the rod. So I put in a new rod, washed the case out, and it's still running. I can't seem to kill it.

The one thing the E15/20 can't do is pick up leaves, the bagger attachment on the Craftsman cannot be beat.

C


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