I'm Just The Stupidvisor!

Yesterday Dub decided that the starter on our little bitty riding mower needed to be taken completely apart and repaired. I had to agree with him. It was getting harder and harder to get the poor thing to crank up.

He moved the Jeep out of the carport, rolled the mower in and started dismantling the defenseless mower. Of course, as with all things mechanical -- -- you must first remove about twenty-seven other things before you can get to the item you are actually headed for!

Finally, he removes the starter. Now for the complete dis-assembly of the starter. Did you know there's several little tiny springs inside a starter? Yep!! Well, there WERE several little tiny springs. A few of them went flying out into the gravel/sand next to the carport as the starter was coming apart.

As I was combing through the gravel/sand with my lousy eyes and a long handled magnet trying to find the fleeing springs, Dub continued to dis-assemble the rest of the starter and figure out what the problem was.

Once the air in the vicinity turned blue from the language being aimed at this starter AND the mother of this starter - - - it was determined that I should drive to Bruce's Mower and pick up a new starter.

So - from start to finish, four and a half hours and $100 later, we have a new starter on our cute little riding mower! And I think it starts just great!

And Dub decides that the solenoid just doesn't sound right. So - this morning he had to begin the entire process again! Except this time, I did not participate as stupidvisor. When he ascertained that said solenoid was not going to cooperate, HE went to Bruce's Mower and only had to spend $14 to replace that.

He has now decided that the cute little yellow and green riding mower is running just great! But the Weedeater is sounding a little off!