Jack wrote:
On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:21:21 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

Jack wrote:
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 07:19:18 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

most new mowers come with NO OIL. Major damage did you fill it up
BEFORE STARTING?
No.

Dipstick is right up to the full mark with clean-looking oil.

Been using Cub Cadet garden tractors for 30 years.

Never used any other tractor.

They were always set-up and prepped by the dealer.
You have to post what happened after the dealer
repairs your tractor. I would love to know what
the problem is. I'm used to working on equipment
that I've never seen before and knowing when to
call the factory rep or tech support is a skill
everyone needs to develop. If you understand the
principles of how things work, you have a better
chance of repairing something. I really wish the
education system here in The US would spend as
much money on the sciences as it does football.

OK, the guy who picked it up diagnosed a "bad battery cell."

He said that charging would not improve the situation. He took the
unit away to replace the battery and to have the techs examine the
entire charging system.

I agree with you 1000%. I am totally clueless when it comes to
mechanical knowledge, having gone to a Catholic elementary and high
school that provided no type of training in skilled blue collar
disciplines. Ditto college.

You can get a new battery with a bad cell, anything
can break. Quality control is much better than it
used to be and even if a product passes a factory
test, something can always break in transit or to
some odd anomaly in the material composing it.

I always explain to people that I have no fear of
terrorists because as a small boy, I had Irish nuns
for teachers. I do have an inexplicable fear of
albino penguins for some reason. We did have science
classes in school back in the 50's and 60's. It
doesn't have to be at the same level as MIT graduate
school but teaching kids simple concepts of how
the world around them functions is priceless. Children
are desperate for information and can readily soak it
up. I was lucky in a way to escape the Catholic parochial
gulag in the fourth grade and wind up in the government
run schools but the quality of education was lacking.
At least the flogging and dismemberment stopped.

TDD