https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm Recent Posts en-us Thu, 21 May 2026 19:51:13 UTC 5 support@outdoorking-forum.com.au (OutdoorKing Repair Forum) UBB.threads https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/images/general/default/rss_icon.gif https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/121203.html#Post121203
]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:19:21 +0000 Timk https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/121203.html#Post121203 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/118610.html#Post118610
These engines are very hard on oil - have seen many fail. Could have been bar oil but there is/was a brand of mower oil that was blue/green.

There is often a plug on one side of the gearbox

I have the mtd trimmer attachment version which I think uses the same reduction box and it has a plug on the RHS, but is actually filled with some sort of nlgi 2 moly grease. I got given an older attachment as well so I split the case, scooped out the old dried cracked grease and refilled

]]> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 02:31:32 +0000 Tyler https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/118610.html#Post118610 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/117336.html#Post117336 It will most likely be a briggs and stratton motor of some description
Somewhere on the motor there will be a series of numbers, with the label "model type code" this allows for part lookup. Could be on a myriad of locations on the motor itself.

Please post a photo of the motor and the code, failing that if you can't find the ID numbers just a photo of the motor will do

]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2023 11:40:19 +0000 Tyler https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/117336.html#Post117336 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/116794.html#Post116794
If you have a look in the free posts under (Masport home gardener) I still have this if it has anything on it you need.

mich

]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 19:45:23 +0000 mich https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/116794.html#Post116794 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/116576.html#Post116576 I'm not even sure how to get to the flywheel looks like a big job to split it just to see if it the problem , but to me it is a compression problem as it isn't really a kickback the motor won't pull over compression, not that it matters now as it has broken the wires in the pull start and at $90 for another pull start I have told the bloke to drill start it or chuck it in the scrap bin. I'm done with Chinese junk

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2022 06:51:35 +0000 NormK https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/116576.html#Post116576 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/113146.html#Post113146
]]> Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:13:58 +0000 mm-mowers https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/113146.html#Post113146 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/110186.html#Post110186
Masport recommend a SAE 140/ISO VG 800 gear oil for their worm drive boxes.

Penrite's Transoil SAE 140 is the easiest of this type to get in small packs, such as garden machinery uses.

As Norm says, NLGI 00 grade semi-fluid grease would work too, and there again Penrite is the go.

]]> Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:05:21 +0000 Gadge https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/110186.html#Post110186 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108448.html#Post108448 speedy

]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2020 01:21:10 +0000 speedy https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108448.html#Post108448 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108248.html#Post108248 I hadnt seen this thread but came across the same issues.

My solution was to make some "droppers" from 50mm x 6mm flat steel and a new axle from 16mm round bar. A 20mm axle spacer is also required. Mine is a stack of m16 washers at the moment.
The droppers bolt onto the outside of the existing frame through the handle bolt holes. I removed the original axle and used it's hole as a third bolting point.
It could of course be welded.
This drops the wheels down by 20mm and also spreads the left one by an additional 20mm. A quick test run shows no induced balance or handling issues.

No pictures yet I'm afraid as it is still a prototype mess.
An additional issue I have is that the internal drive shaft and coupling end is worn. It seems to run wobbly and clatters off the inside of the tubing/boom.
I believe this, in combination with some cracks in the main mounting plate allowing the boom to move is what killed the previous engine.

I have welded the boom back in place but there is still noise so that is my current point of investigation.

]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2020 10:52:30 +0000 jamesobrady https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108248.html#Post108248 https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/103386.html#Post103386
Pretty sure she has got a dark red as well - they do look magnificent when they flower. Bought a few when Masters were closing down in 2016 - light yellow, mauve, and dark purple and some others.

A few others are still quite new and havent really started flowering - one is cream with deep red edge

I took a few photos last week, but we had 40+ days, so they were a bit off (and it took out the lawn as well despite a few kg of wetta soil and NPK before the heat)

Had to put in a star picket in the lawn to hold one up (at least I can fit the mower between it and the edging)

]]> Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:37:36 +0000 Tyler https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/103386.html#Post103386