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McCulloch Motor Mower-Self Propelled; how to adapt so grass bagcan be changed without stopping engine
On Oct 25, 6:17*pm, Gel wrote:
Ah I remember those, and used to use that regime. But latest spin is as I have, in that strapping dead man's handle no longer viable (thanks Brussels ) as that handle has dual role in controlling motion and engine being on or off. Something's wrong there. If as you say you have "motion" then you have a drive gear. Then by rights it should be separate from the general motor. If you look at http://www.lawnmowerreviews.co.uk/mc...ed-lawn-mower/ the 2 handles are easy to see. The yellow, to the front of the main handle, being the dead-man's handle that can easily be kept in place with a sort of oversized clothes-peg (for hanging out the washing with) and the darker coloured handle at the back being the drive handle. That said, such a mower is more powerful than mine and so switching off the mower t as far as eye protection is concerned. Yes, the Honda ones have a separate gear to disconnect the blade, so that you don't have debris flying out when the engine is still on. On 25 Oct, 16:23, aquachimp wrote: On Oct 25, 1:32*pm, Gel wrote: Thanks to Euro Health & Safety zealots you can no longer stop a mower without engine shutting off, when your hand comes off "dead man's handle". This means every time you need to change grass box, you have to restart engine afterwards, each time. Older models, would just disengage propulsion and stop blade spinning, but keep engine on tick over. This is a pain, but I believe some high end Motor Mowers (Honda) have fix; however I've got this new McCulloch now. Anyone any suggestions as to how to get round this annoyance that I assume is on a lot of modern motor mowers? One possibility I suppose is to fabricate some sort of crade to lift front end of mower (as it's front wheel propelled) and place front end of mower in that, so during grass box change, the front end is elevated, and front wheels will keep turning, but go nowhere, but blade of course is still rotating. Thanks I have a mower with what I guess you are referring to as a dead man's handle. I simply bought a clip to hold it in place. Blades still run, but with my machine the grass box lifts out easily and with the engine speed lowered, there's not quite so much dust and stuff flying out; but then, it's a very small patch that it has to mow.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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