Question. How do I remove the brown pickup tube cap on my z255? I don't want to break it and can't figure out how to get it off to clean it out. Thanks and great videos.
Awesome video! And this looks way way easier than my kubota mower. I pretty much had decided against it because of how much struggle my kubota gave me and was just gonna use heet but that didn’t fix the problem. After watching this video and how much time I spent starting it over and over and over and over to try to burn the contaminated water, I should’ve just removed the tank lol. Thanks again sir
Thank you for this video. Rodents had through some wires of my Z335M, so your video showed me how to remove the large plastic piece, to get at the wires. Much appreciated! EASIER WAY TO FIX DEBRIS IN THE FUEL TANK: I also had debris get in the fuel tank last summer. The repair shop picked it up and "cleaned it" but after awhile it would run and stop, because there was still debris in the tank. This is how I fixed debris in the tank: Siphoned the gas out of the tank as much as possible. Left the gas cap off. Disconnected the fuel line at the tank end of the fuel filter. Inserted a needle valve device (designed to blow up an air mattress) and blew air through the line toward the tank for a couple hours. This made the tank completely dry. Then connected a sears (2.5 in) shop vac hose to the open fuel filler hole. Ran the shop vac (suck) for a couple hours with the needle valve (blow). This completely fixed the problem.
WOW. I'm gonna try that. Can't get fuel to the filter. So once the tank dries up, the vaccuum picks up the debris? I tried siphoning the old gas out and putting in new, but that didn't help.
Yes that’s the idea. Run the air mattress inflator to dry the tank. Then keep the inflator on and add the shop vac to get the dried debris. Easier than removing the fuel tank. Good luck
@@scotts.4086 It worked. Also found the wire to the starter solenoid was showing a lot of copper so I wrapped it in elec tape and put it all back together. Started right up and runs great. Not sure which thing fixed it though, ty
I have the same exact problem. I’ve already tried all the things you mentioned in the beginning of the video. Can’t wait to try this out. Thank you sir for the instruction.
Thanks Larry! Walked out yesterday to find my gas cap was not on. We've had massive amounts of rain, so now the tank has who knows how much water in it. Of course that didn't occur to me until AFTER trying to start it several times. Now I get to drain everything...
My exact situation! I poured maybe a gallon in from my can and left the cap off of the tank while looking for more gas around the house and got sidetracked. Starting sprinkling rain for maybe 15 minutes and when I went back outside to start mowing I noticed the cap off. Funny thing is, it mowed fine for the next 30 minutes. The last 10 minutes of my mowing I could tell it was running rougher. Tried using heet to turn the water to gas but that didn’t work. Gonna have to pull the tank
Thank you Larry. I went and left the gas cap open after a refill, then continued on to cut the rest of the grass. Anyway the gas is bad now and a new gas filter did not fix the problem. I was wondering how to get the tank out to clean it, and your video showed me how.
larry we watched your video.we have a 48 inch zero turn.mine has a fuel lite that tells when getting low on fuel.quit working i checked bulb.bulb is good.didn't want to get into a bunch of trouble.i guess the fuel lite works the same way as a sensor.have any ideas ??.
If you are talking about the wire retainer clip, It will slide sideways to unseat the catch. I usually just pinch it up and use a twisting motion. But it may be easier to hold down on the bottom and with the other hand unsnap the locking portion of the ring. If you examine the snap you will see where it comes together. It is a typical automotive wire restraint.
I guess I should have expanded on that part of the video to include how to pop that cap off to remove the pick-up line. The line has no filter inside the tank end or a screen. The top "cap" has small clips that should be handled very carefully and not forced. I used two small o-ring removal picks that were very slim to maneuver up under and depress the catches. There is probably a dealer tool, but I have no idea what it may be. But it came loose fairly easily and just popped back in place when I re-installed it. It has a O-Ring seal around the hole. The tube come out as one piece and I cleaned and replaced it. My blockage was actually in the 90 degree bend at the top. Hope this helps.
You may just want to just run something through it if you are unsure and don't want to chance breaking it. Then rinse out the tank. It is a straight through pipe and bend.
PERFECT! Same exact mower and same exact issue. Took me 30 minutes to remove, flush and reassemble. Runs great now.
Awesome! Glad it was of value and helped. Sometimes different mowers can be difficult to figure how to get to hidden parts, such as gas tanks.
Question. How do I remove the brown pickup tube cap on my z255? I don't want to break it and can't figure out how to get it off to clean it out. Thanks and great videos.
Thanks a lot. You saved me a lot of time fooling around with trial and error, to do this.
Awesome video! And this looks way way easier than my kubota mower. I pretty much had decided against it because of how much struggle my kubota gave me and was just gonna use heet but that didn’t fix the problem. After watching this video and how much time I spent starting it over and over and over and over to try to burn the contaminated water, I should’ve just removed the tank lol. Thanks again sir
I’m like most of the people commenting I found this very timely. Looks just like my z235. Thanks for sharing and God bless.
Thank you for this video, it helped me. Why pay someone else to do what I should be able to do.
Thank you for this video. Rodents had through some wires of my Z335M, so your video showed me how to remove the large plastic piece, to get at the wires. Much appreciated!
EASIER WAY TO FIX DEBRIS IN THE FUEL TANK: I also had debris get in the fuel tank last summer. The repair shop picked it up and "cleaned it" but after awhile it would run and stop, because there was still debris in the tank.
This is how I fixed debris in the tank: Siphoned the gas out of the tank as much as possible. Left the gas cap off. Disconnected the fuel line at the tank end of the fuel filter. Inserted a needle valve device (designed to blow up an air mattress) and blew air through the line toward the tank for a couple hours. This made the tank completely dry. Then connected a sears (2.5 in) shop vac hose to the open fuel filler hole. Ran the shop vac (suck) for a couple hours with the needle valve (blow). This completely fixed the problem.
WOW. I'm gonna try that. Can't get fuel to the filter. So once the tank dries up, the vaccuum picks up the debris? I tried siphoning the old gas out and putting in new, but that didn't help.
Yes that’s the idea. Run the air mattress inflator to dry the tank. Then keep the inflator on and add the shop vac to get the dried debris. Easier than removing the fuel tank. Good luck
@@scotts.4086 It worked. Also found the wire to the starter solenoid was showing a lot of copper so I wrapped it in elec tape and put it all back together. Started right up and runs great. Not sure which thing fixed it though, ty
I have the same exact problem. I’ve already tried all the things you mentioned in the beginning of the video. Can’t wait to try this out. Thank you sir for the instruction.
Thank you Larry This could not have come at a better time for me.
How do you remove the fuel pickup
Thanks for the video. Just what I needed in the nick of time.
Thanks Larry! Walked out yesterday to find my gas cap was not on. We've had massive amounts of rain, so now the tank has who knows how much water in it. Of course that didn't occur to me until AFTER trying to start it several times. Now I get to drain everything...
My exact situation! I poured maybe a gallon in from my can and left the cap off of the tank while looking for more gas around the house and got sidetracked. Starting sprinkling rain for maybe 15 minutes and when I went back outside to start mowing I noticed the cap off. Funny thing is, it mowed fine for the next 30 minutes. The last 10 minutes of my mowing I could tell it was running rougher. Tried using heet to turn the water to gas but that didn’t work. Gonna have to pull the tank
Your video helped me a lot thank you so much, Ricky
Thank you Larry. I went and left the gas cap open after a refill, then continued on to cut the rest of the grass. Anyway the gas is bad now and a new gas filter did not fix the problem. I was wondering how to get the tank out to clean it, and your video showed me how.
Lol, i did the same thing.
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks
Great video...thanks for taking the time to do that. Helped tremendously!
Thanks for the video! The best thing I got out of this was learning how to remove the plastic cowling :)
Great video!
This was very helpful thank you.
larry we watched your video.we have a 48 inch zero turn.mine has a fuel lite that tells when getting low on fuel.quit working i checked bulb.bulb is good.didn't want to get into a bunch of trouble.i guess the fuel lite works the same way as a sensor.have any ideas ??.
Have the same problem thanks buddy
Thank you, that was easy!
Thank you sir
How did you disconnect that black clip on seat
If you are talking about the wire retainer clip, It will slide sideways to unseat the catch. I usually just pinch it up and use a twisting motion. But it may be easier to hold down on the bottom and with the other hand unsnap the locking portion of the ring. If you examine the snap you will see where it comes together. It is a typical automotive wire restraint.
Larry how do you remove the fuel pickup to clean it.
I guess I should have expanded on that part of the video to include how to pop that cap off to remove the pick-up line. The line has no filter inside the tank end or a screen. The top "cap" has small clips that should be handled very carefully and not forced. I used two small o-ring removal picks that were very slim to maneuver up under and depress the catches. There is probably a dealer tool, but I have no idea what it may be. But it came loose fairly easily and just popped back in place when I re-installed it.
It has a O-Ring seal around the hole. The tube come out as one piece and I cleaned and replaced it. My blockage was actually in the 90 degree bend at the top. Hope this helps.
You may just want to just run something through it if you are unsure and don't want to chance breaking it. Then rinse out the tank. It is a straight through pipe and bend.
@@larryheninger3499 something like pipe cleaner ?
@@TheDryLife That might be reasonable as long as the fibers don't shed or come off.
Thanks.
Nevermind..
Someone help him with these videos for crying out loud...
Thank you Larry!