Last week I was pulling out my bugle and blowing taps for my Simplicity tractor mower.
I had (almost) every reason to believe the engine's block had cracked. It was shaking like a jackhammer and spewing oil all over the lawn.
Hope springs eternal. At least it does when you don't have $3,000 for a new tractor mower.
I called Hoffman Simplicity in Etna Green. They're the ones who have worked miracles on this mower in years past.
If there's a more honest business in Kosciusko County, I can't imagine what it would be. And if there's anyone who knows small engines and mowers more thoroughly than does Hoffman's, well, I can't image that either.
Friendly, too.
Anyway, the engine mounts had worked loose and/or broken. The freed engine vibrated so much that it pressed the oil filter against the housing until it ruptured.
Total repair bill: $66 dollars.
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