Re: (ET) E20 Foot Switch Lube

[SteveS <Stevesgroups verizon net>]

Here's a bit of an update. There are several factors to the sticking throttle.
- pedal has alot of play (where Chris' hinge idea would help) and it doesn't let other parts move as freely
- spring is probably weak
- the push nut isn't holding well on the top slider. I think this is the main culprit, since when it moves out of place, the whole assembly gets sloppy and the spring force is not entirely directed upwards. If I keep the push nut tight it works much better. 

So I'll replace that and see how it goes. Thanks for all of the ideas!

As an aside, Andea dumped a alot of rain on us and washed out my driveway. My gas tractor is being tempermental, so I had to use the ET with the sleeve hitch box blade. It actually did pretty well; just took longer. The box blade needs a couple of cinder bocks on it and really only digs in well if the ground is wet.  My seat switch broke so I bypassed it, but it lets me walk along side the ET as it grades (low low speed) and toss the bigger rocks off to the side. Can't do that with the big tractor. And I don't come in the house smelling of exhaust.

-SteveS

On 5/22/2013 12:34 PM, Ben Griffith wrote:

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 ien 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.

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C


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