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Forget the Swine Flu, the epedemic is really Murphy's Law. New Hires always wonder why we have so many lawn mowers, and this week so far explains why.
My Quick 36 Samuai needed a new middle spindle, but the mowing crew retapped the thread and gave it new life, so I procastinated on getting a new spindle. Bad idea. I ordered a spindle on Monday and its been idle a few days now.
I started an irrigation retrofit for one of my customers Monday afternoon when the mowing crew calls to inform me that the '07 Wright Stander 36RH and the '05 Scag Turf tiger 61 both took a dump and could I bring out the Scag 52? It wasn't cost effective for me to do that so they delayed their last job to Tuesday and finished the job they were on with 21 inchers.
We have been having charging problems all summer and took care of the problems one by one, but the latest issues really stumped us. I took both machines yesterday to my Scag dealer and I worked with him all afternoon learning and watching.
After running all of the wire diagnostics, we found that the Wright had a bad altenator (located under the fly wheel).
The Scag took longer to find. The crew reported that the new fuel pump that cost me over $400 wasn't working. Turns out we had 12V going into the pump and all of the relays were good and so was the new voltage regulator I put on a month ago, but no voltage was going out. The culprit was the brains of the unit, aka, the Electronic Control Unit. That damn little piece lists for over $520 + next day shipping. In comparison, the Wright altenator is only $49 + next day shipping; both items sent straight from the Kwasaki Factory.
I usually say that nothing surprises me on parts costs of specialty items like commercial mowers, but crap, I'm really torked about what Scag charges for parts. This year I spent over $400 on a new fuel pump after a 10% loyal customer discount, $320 on a new drive shaft after the U joint fell apart (probably early failure from the lack of grease), and now $500 + or - for a new ECU.
So, we are down to the Scag 52 wb and 21 inchers until parts arrive.
Murphy's Law is alive and well. When the Stuff hits the fan, it splatters far.
My Quick 36 Samuai needed a new middle spindle, but the mowing crew retapped the thread and gave it new life, so I procastinated on getting a new spindle. Bad idea. I ordered a spindle on Monday and its been idle a few days now.
I started an irrigation retrofit for one of my customers Monday afternoon when the mowing crew calls to inform me that the '07 Wright Stander 36RH and the '05 Scag Turf tiger 61 both took a dump and could I bring out the Scag 52? It wasn't cost effective for me to do that so they delayed their last job to Tuesday and finished the job they were on with 21 inchers.
We have been having charging problems all summer and took care of the problems one by one, but the latest issues really stumped us. I took both machines yesterday to my Scag dealer and I worked with him all afternoon learning and watching.
After running all of the wire diagnostics, we found that the Wright had a bad altenator (located under the fly wheel).
The Scag took longer to find. The crew reported that the new fuel pump that cost me over $400 wasn't working. Turns out we had 12V going into the pump and all of the relays were good and so was the new voltage regulator I put on a month ago, but no voltage was going out. The culprit was the brains of the unit, aka, the Electronic Control Unit. That damn little piece lists for over $520 + next day shipping. In comparison, the Wright altenator is only $49 + next day shipping; both items sent straight from the Kwasaki Factory.
I usually say that nothing surprises me on parts costs of specialty items like commercial mowers, but crap, I'm really torked about what Scag charges for parts. This year I spent over $400 on a new fuel pump after a 10% loyal customer discount, $320 on a new drive shaft after the U joint fell apart (probably early failure from the lack of grease), and now $500 + or - for a new ECU.
So, we are down to the Scag 52 wb and 21 inchers until parts arrive.
Murphy's Law is alive and well. When the Stuff hits the fan, it splatters far.
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