(ET) Tractors keep chugging along (mower motor check)

[Christopher Zach <cz bunsen crystel com>]

So for the 4th I figured it was a good day to do some mowing. Center 
motor was louder than normal it's a fat model and I believe I redid one 
of the magnets years ago. Possible the magnet had come loose again?

Took the top off, dropped the armature and bottom. Nope, magnets are 
fine the bottom bearing is noisy. Have some new ones on order anyway and 
I have to say taking the hat off is such a pain I sometimes just cut the 
things lengthwise. Speaking of which how is the world supply of mower hats?

Instead I cleaned up the bottom of the motor/bearing, put some 
penetrating oil in, and that loosens up the dry grease/clay in there. 
Motor is back together, quieter, happy.

So now I have 3 Elec-traks, 2 E15's and the E20. The nice "new" E15 runs 
around with a trailer as a doodlebug, the second E15 has the blade on it 
and is crashing into yard junk. It's the one where I re-welded the 
rusted frame and those welds are... holding well.

The E20 has the deck on it and it's the general purpose tractor.

I finished rebuilding the pressure washer; the pump was leaky and old so 
I replaced it with a 3000psi China one. Which works.... fine, an E12 
motor is really the smallest thing that will run that pressure but to be 
honest an E15 or E20 motor would make it too heavy to easily move 
around. What I really need is a "carrier" for it that I can slide into 
the front or rear stab mounts so I can carry it where I want to go and 
not have to deal with rolling on the little wheels.

Never dull. New tires and wheels are coming for the big Elec-Trak rust 
cart I got; then I'll wire brush it down and POR15 the interior. That 
should keep it stable for another few decades. Based on the rust I'm 
guessing it sat in vegetation with the dump cart in dumped mode for a 
decade or two. Happens....

Chris