OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Restoring, Customising and Modifying Ride-On Mowers Snapper Ride On Restoration

I picked up my Snapper today, it needs repainting, the seat recovered,not sure on the mechanical side yet.
I managed to just fit it in my shed but not much room to work on it so it could be a slow process.
These mowers are built like tanks, nice & solid

gmax,

I will see if I can get some information on the ride on soon. The one that I posted was older than the one you have bought I am sure.

Good luck with the resto.

Thanks Bruce, I had a look at the Snapper website for some info,
they have heaps of manuals/IPL's but not for my model
I think its about 1990 vintage, 12.5HP twin.

Nice Pick up......
what will you be doing.. ???? re-spray ???

Hey gmax,
Like billy, I would like to add my congrats also!!
The Snapper looks all complete, just wondering what level of resto you will be doin' and can't wait to see the pics as you go along
Kindest Regards, Darryl

Billy Boy,Darryl, I will be respraying it using 2pack paint, fixing the seat, going through the mechanical side of it.The electrics need some work.
It was my fathers, he is pretty slack when it comes to looking after
equipment, he left it uncovered in the weather for a few years.

He bought a new John Deere ride on, i hope he looks after it better than the Snapper.

Anyway it should keep me busy for a while.

I took the seat to a motor trimmer for a quote to have it repaired,
i was quoted $165.00, seems high to me.
I might get a few more quotes.

gmax,

I am sure that I can get a new one cheaper than that.

Bruce,

Could you check for me please,

Thanks Gmax

gmax,

Here is a picture and information on the seat that I was talking about.

Bruce,

Those seats are on ebay, the bolt mounts are about 1/2 an inch out,
they cost more than $165.00 with postage.
I will look at having it repaired first, thanks

Gmax

The latest is i got 3 more quotes $185, $200 ,
and $130, $130 seems ok so i will get it done.
I mowed my lawn with the snapper, it cuts fine, then i pressure
cleaned it.
Just need some warmer weather because i will be spraying it with
2 pack paint outside, too cold & that paint runs like crazy.

Hey gmax,
$200.00......geez mate, that's a kick in the seat for ya!!
Seriously, best of luck with it, warm weather only 12 weeks away, eh!!
Kindest Regards, Darryl

Hi Darryl, yes $200.00 was a shock,
Now i have a question about the trans, i want to add lubricant to
the trans, there is a level plug. The snapper manual says to use
"snapper 00 grease"?. is that grease or i would have thought
80/90 gear oil would be the correct lubricant to use?

Regards gmax

gmax,

You can buy '00' grease, it's a grease that sticks to the gears and drops back down to the bottom of the sump. Gear oil would not really be good enough as it would bubble up and expand as the grease will not.

Any good oil supplier would have it.

Bruce,

Thanks for the info, it sure had me confused.

gmax

The Snapper is coming along ok, just waiting on the new front wheel bearings & some warmer weather so i can start painting it.

gmax,

It is looking good at the moment would be great if you can post pictures at each stage so we can all have a look at the progress that you are making.

Looking Good, Gmax

I put heaters in my garage when i painted the Ranger... hehe

More Pics........ looks like alot of fun!!

Hi gmax,
Well your on your way now mate and she's coming apart.....how far are you going to strip her down? Can't wait to see the progress pics.....best wishes for the project, gmax,

Hi,Darryl, I'm not stripping it anymore, i will put the wheels on then push it outside, sand, clean,mask then paint it.
I had to repair a laptop today, it took half a day to fix, full of trojans, the poor bloke was trying to run Vista with only 512MB of ram .

I will take more photos later on.
gmax

Hey gmax, that would be like trying to run a Snapper with a 25cc Ryobi motor!! lol!!

A Ryobi motor that runs at all, would be a miracle!

Hang on guys I used to do warranty work on the old Ryobi machines and they were ok. But I must admit that with the amount of rubbish coming out of China these days I would have to agree that they are lucky to run.

Ok, The old ones were slightly better than the new ones

To All,
Amen to that!!

Today it was nice & sunny, so i pushed the snapper to the back lawn jacked it up, removed the wheels and pressure cleaned it.
I have most of it sanded now tomorrow i will try to get it painted, thats if the rain stays away.



gmax

Hey gmax, best of luck with it mate, I hope the weather stays fine for you, don't forget to post pics when it's painted....

Hi Darryl, Well i had it all masked up & primed then it started to rain ,.. oh well tomorrow i will try to finish it.


Time for a beer to wash away all the dust. gmax

gmax, what a shame mate, rain always seems to appear when you start painting....better luck tomorrow, enjoy the beer....