[AT] OT - JD STX38 fuel problems, now spiders

[Herbert Metz]

Carl & Others,
Your spider reminded me of our recent situation.    A medium size spider
crawled into the door of the microwave (between the glasses; glass on
outside and clear plastic on inside).    Anyhow, we can see him running
around; microwave off or on.   The only place he could have entered was
small clearance slots for the two door hinges.   We expected him to crawl
back out most any time, but after two weeks we became concerned about his
dying in there.    A vacuum was to no avail.   I was preparing to remove the
door so I could disassemble when I noticed he was curled in a ball by the
lower clearance slot.   I reached in with a small screwdriver (without
scaring him) and flicked him out; what luck.   He landed on the floor, and
took off.
Herb

> Mike S Meulenberg wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >I recently bought a little JD STX38 to cut my lawn. I have a problem with
> >it running out of fuel in the fuel line even though the tank is full. I
> >replaced the fuel filter after I bought the tractor, and after that it
> >would run out of fuel after 5-10 minutes of mowing. I thought I solved
> >the problem by filling the filter with fuel, thinking it was like a vapor
> >lock. I mowed a couple times after that with no trouble. Now tonight the
> >problem reared it's head again. The filter is dry as can be, and the gas
> >only dribbles into the filter. Any thoughts as to what might be going on
> >would be appreciated.
> >Regards,
> >Mike

> Mike, I had that happen with my JD 285 mower.  Traced the fuel line,
> found a spider had gotten mixed up and was clogging the line just after
> it left the tank.  Fished out the body, no trouble since.  (Reported the
> body to CSI Miami, but they weren't interested in sending the blonde
> investigator out---darn...)


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