My husband wants to buy a new lawn mower and to fix it himself. What is the best kind for him to buy?
Question:Before, we took our old mower to a shop that services them, but they barely fixed anything and often charged for changing oil when they didn't even do it.
How can he do it himself? Does he need a special book or manual? Special tools?
Answers:
Usually, owner's manuals for mowers are pretty good on covering maintenance issues. A shop manual is good if he needs to some serious work (taking apart the engine, etc), as an owner's manual won't cover that type of thing. Shop manuals you can usually get through a dealer, sometimes the company directly - depends on the manufacturer.
Honda makes a damn good mower
I still have my father's Honda mower... I think the model is 215 HRT or something. He bought it back in 1989, and I'm still using it. Its a self pulling mower (has wheels that will pull it along, you just need to walk behind it!) The thing is pretty much bullet proof. The opnly problem I have occasionally is the starter rope going slack on me. Just have to recoil the spring inside, and its good to go. It is pretty miserly on gas too, even almost 20 years later. I doubt I use more than 3 gallons of fuel in a year. I'm not sure if newer ones have them, but mine has a two-blade mulcher, which works awesome on grass clippings and leaves. On grass you barely see the leave-behinds (unless the grass is really tall) I don't even rake anymore - cuts leaves into fine bits... free fertilizer!
if it is new, why need to fix it?
they come with a manual, they aren't that hard to figure out, I'm sure he'll do fine
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