Rotary Hoes & Tillers https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm Recent Topics en-us Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:20:57 UTC 5 support@outdoorking-forum.com.au (OutdoorKing Repair Forum) UBB.threads https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/images/general/default/rss_icon.gif Rotary Hoes & Tillers https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm Troy Bilt Rotary Hoe https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/118610.html#Post118610
These engines are very hard on oil - have seen many fail. Could have been bar oil but there is/was a brand of mower oil that was blue/green.

There is often a plug on one side of the gearbox

I have the mtd trimmer attachment version which I think uses the same reduction box and it has a plug on the RHS, but is actually filled with some sort of nlgi 2 moly grease. I got given an older attachment as well so I split the case, scooped out the old dried cracked grease and refilled

]]> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 02:31:32 +0000 Tyler https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/118610.html#Post118610 B&S powered Masport Whirlwind Tiller. https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/116794.html#Post116794
If you have a look in the free posts under (Masport home gardener) I still have this if it has anything on it you need.

mich

]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 19:45:23 +0000 mich https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/116794.html#Post116794 Giantz tiller https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/116576.html#Post116576 I'm not even sure how to get to the flywheel looks like a big job to split it just to see if it the problem , but to me it is a compression problem as it isn't really a kickback the motor won't pull over compression, not that it matters now as it has broken the wires in the pull start and at $90 for another pull start I have told the bloke to drill start it or chuck it in the scrap bin. I'm done with Chinese junk

]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2022 06:51:35 +0000 NormK https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/116576.html#Post116576 Scott Bonnar (Morrison) Mini Hoe blades https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/113146.html#Post113146
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Masport recommend a SAE 140/ISO VG 800 gear oil for their worm drive boxes.

Penrite's Transoil SAE 140 is the easiest of this type to get in small packs, such as garden machinery uses.

As Norm says, NLGI 00 grade semi-fluid grease would work too, and there again Penrite is the go.

]]> Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:05:21 +0000 Gadge https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/110186.html#Post110186 Old Morisson (?) rotary hoe - control cables? https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108448.html#Post108448 speedy

]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2020 01:21:10 +0000 speedy https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/108448.html#Post108448 Ozito 2 Stroke Tiller convert to aerator https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/103386.html#Post103386
Pretty sure she has got a dark red as well - they do look magnificent when they flower. Bought a few when Masters were closing down in 2016 - light yellow, mauve, and dark purple and some others.

A few others are still quite new and havent really started flowering - one is cream with deep red edge

I took a few photos last week, but we had 40+ days, so they were a bit off (and it took out the lawn as well despite a few kg of wetta soil and NPK before the heat)

Had to put in a star picket in the lawn to hold one up (at least I can fit the mower between it and the edging)

]]> Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:37:36 +0000 Tyler https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/103386.html#Post103386 Old rotary hoe identification help required https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/90965.html#Post90965 Milsome

It's so annoying when there are so little clues!
I hope a member or mod will solve this one.

Do you have any thoughts about this?

Cheers
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Jack

]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:20:45 +0000 CyberJack https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/90965.html#Post90965 Honda F401 with B&S 12 series engine https://outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/88180.html#Post88180
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Wow. Honda equipment re-powered with a Briggs. Don't hear that often.
Hi MF
Many thanks for raising this festering sore.
I do wish to say something about that ...

Briggs and Stratton are a full-line small engine manufacturer.
Honda offer a very limited line of small engine models.

The implications of this have proved enormous...
And annoying to me...

I recently purchased a Greenfield domestic rotary, fitted with a
commercial grade Briggs engine - the 850 Commercial.
It wasn't even the top-liner Vanguard engine.
Yet, how often does one see these engines on AUS-made machines?

The point I make here is this:
Briggs make engines equal to any small engine maker in the world.

This was not always the case.
Honda's great small engines were a wake-up call to Briggs in the 1970s.
This was largely brought about by new (industrial) applications.

Yet, OEMs frequently do not offer a full engine range, or they offer the lower spec
engines to attempt a price advantage - regardless of application.

I would like to put to bed the view that Honda make superior small engines.
They make great high-end engines; but Briggs do too.

The problem remains - application.... and profit motive ... confused

Full stop.
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Jack



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Cheers Gadge, found this at a local oil mob. Now to decipher the manual on how to drain and refill!

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