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Title: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M4wdFab on May 01, 2020, 11:29:06 AM

Thought i had a thread on this but no
did first 2 cuts on property this month with old blades to kick sod from city plows and any bad spots down, burned up gas with stabilizer in it.

29hrs put on in 2019

Got fresh syn oil and brigs spendy oil filter
deck fittings lube
3 new blades
and hydro fluid topped off a hair on left drive. 
ready for another year. 

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M4wdFab on June 11, 2020, 11:44:34 PM

tube in left rear tire holding up.  bah!

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M4wdFab on April 14, 2021, 03:20:59 PM

first cut this year. amazing how many spots of my lawn have bunches of those wild onions.  see and smell them everywhere

lots of glass to pick up, annoying.  town plows did a number on lower side yard eeek

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M4wdFab on April 22, 2021, 10:02:14 PM

hmm

pic shows Michelin tires made in USA   but listed as spartan? 

https://spartanzeroturnparts.com/rear-tweel/ 


750$ each everywhere else.

posted for link later

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M4wdFab on May 20, 2021, 01:06:04 PM

cross cut my entire property today for the first time.  was fearful that it would be a whoop course, but soaked it up fine.  looks minty golf course checkered!

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M4wdFab on May 10, 2023, 05:33:13 PM

new blades, oil, oil filter, fuel filter, full greas job, mower deck clean out

87hrs, this is mowing season 5 for this unit. 

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M4wdFab on June 01, 2024, 04:12:49 PM

new blades, oil, oil filter, full greas job, mower deck clean out

115hrs, this is mowing season 6 for this unit.

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M4wdFab on October 18, 2025, 08:44:40 PM

found one of the seat springs broken.  wiggled other side and it broke right off too.   

pure material failure and design flaw.  no rust.  spring encapsulated in rubber.  136hrs? on machine. 

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: mr.mindless on October 19, 2025, 10:06:01 AM

Coil or leaf spring?
Lame.

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M4wdFab on October 19, 2025, 10:20:53 AM

little coil springs 

cant find direct replacement ones

similar to this just coated in rubber

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXP51GFX/ref=sspa_dk_rhf_search_pt_sub_3/?_encoding=UTF8&ie=UTF8&psc=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9yaGZfc2VhcmNoX3BlcnNvbmFsaXplZA%3D%3D&pd_rd_w=8xfhe&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed82556b-5073-4521-a186-65fb40557bf5&pf_rd_p=ed82556b-5073-4521-a186-65fb40557bf5&pf_rd_r=9THHDXWV0QNEV3KHC2TK&pd_rd_wg=S1qpa&pd_rd_r=09813dce-5ef7-4e2e-b7c1-bc746c6d9ae8&ref_=sspa_dk_rhf_search_pt_sub

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M on October 19, 2025, 10:42:41 AM

buy that, dip in plastidip and done  ;D

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M4wdFab on October 19, 2025, 10:46:14 AM

i will probably just get a set that has the rubber isolaters

for a machine i bought new, and something i try to take care of i dont want the springs digging though the seat frame base they rest on

Title: Re: Ferris ISX800
Post by: M4wdFab on October 19, 2025, 05:12:55 PM

meh, welded the springs back together

pulled flat tire, patched another hole in tube