{"id":7012,"date":"2014-05-15T21:05:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T01:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allandouglas.dougbittinger.com\/blog\/?p=7012"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:39","slug":"mountain-man-may-mower-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/mountain-man-may-mower-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Man May Mower Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grit.com\/errors\/page-not-found\" alt=\"Lawnmower_Walkbehind\" width=\"275\" height=\"194\" \/>Here in East Tennessee late April or early May is when we drag the dormant mowing equipment out of the shed and get it ready to serve for another summer. Many GRIT readers will be old hands at this annual task, but for the newbie property owners, this little video tour will show you how easy it is to prepare your walk-behind mower for another season of use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uVCAGImYO8U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Let\u2019s recap briefly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 Check your manual to see what you will need and where critical parts are.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 Start the mower and warm it up so the oil flows better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 Disconnect the spark plug wire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 Be careful to tip the mower the right way so gasoline does not run out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 Drain the used oil completely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Also, if the oil drain plug is under the deck, you will need to set the mower back on its wheels over a drain pan to remove the used oil. If the plug is in the side of the crank case, you will probably need a plastic tube to pipe the oil over the deck to a drain pan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Now, let\u2019s move on with the blade removal and servicing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"Read the rest on my Grit Magazine column\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grit.com\/tools\/machinery\/mountain-man-may-mower-maintenance#ixzz31psvHNaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here in East Tennessee late April or early May is when we drag the dormant mowing equipment out of the shed and get it ready to serve for another summer. Many GRIT readers will be old hands at this annual task, but for the newbie property owners, this little video tour will show you how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/mountain-man-may-mower-maintenance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mountain Man May Mower Maintenance&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-7012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational","tag-land-maintenance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21501,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7012\/revisions\/21501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}