Ah, spring. That time when a TBNer's fancy turns towards...ripping up the yard to fix it.
I had not started my tractor in 3 weeks and had last run it on a very cold day. I had filled the fuel tank before I had shut it down. On the first warm day we had, about 55°, I wanted to get the tractor out. I was surprised to find a puddle of fuel under it. A cursory inspection showed the fuel leaked from the cap on the tank. Of Course! I had filled it FULL in cold weather and the fuel expanding overflowed the tank. Needless to say after an hour of hard work the tank was not so full anymore.
Due to mud near my shed I left the tractor out for a night. The next morning was very foggy and when I went to start the tractor up I found the seat wet. After wiping it off with the sleeve of my jacket I smelled something funny...our cats like to sit on the tractor seat and apparently one of them had marked its territory! Needless to say I used about 1/2 a bottle of Armour All cleaner on the seat.
While I was working on "spring cleaning," I used Armour All on the side consoles and the seat to keep them shiny. It works just as well as in a car and the plastic trim and seat looked better than new when I was done (and smelled better too!).
JT
I had not started my tractor in 3 weeks and had last run it on a very cold day. I had filled the fuel tank before I had shut it down. On the first warm day we had, about 55°, I wanted to get the tractor out. I was surprised to find a puddle of fuel under it. A cursory inspection showed the fuel leaked from the cap on the tank. Of Course! I had filled it FULL in cold weather and the fuel expanding overflowed the tank. Needless to say after an hour of hard work the tank was not so full anymore.
Due to mud near my shed I left the tractor out for a night. The next morning was very foggy and when I went to start the tractor up I found the seat wet. After wiping it off with the sleeve of my jacket I smelled something funny...our cats like to sit on the tractor seat and apparently one of them had marked its territory! Needless to say I used about 1/2 a bottle of Armour All cleaner on the seat.
While I was working on "spring cleaning," I used Armour All on the side consoles and the seat to keep them shiny. It works just as well as in a car and the plastic trim and seat looked better than new when I was done (and smelled better too!).
JT