Maintenance & Seasonal Care

Clean a Craftsman mower air filter right: wash and re-oil foam, tap or replace paper, service dual-stage - and know when to swap it instead.

Change your Craftsman mower spark plug in 6 steps: find it by body style, use a 5/8 or 13/16 socket, gap to .030, and reinstall without cross-threading.

Match the exact Craftsman air filter to your engine: decode your 917 tag, find the Briggs, Kohler, Tecumseh or MTD part, and stop buying the wrong one.

Match your Craftsman mower's plug fast: RC12YC, RJ19LM or F5TRC by engine, plus the exact gap, socket size and Champion-to-NGK cross-reference.

Tune up your Craftsman lawn mower in under an hour: read the 917 tag, then service the oil, air filter, spark plug and blade by engine (Briggs, Kohler, MTD)

Match your Honda mower to the right tune-up kit by engine and serial. See what's inside, genuine-vs-aftermarket value, and where to buy it cheapest in 2026.

Clean your Honda mower air filter the right way: tap or replace the GCV paper element, wash and re-oil foam, and fix an oil-soaked filter fast.

Change your Honda lawn mower spark plug in 6 steps: 13/16″ socket, .028–.031″ gap, 14 ft-lb torque, plus how to read a fouled plug. HRR, HRX & GCV.

Find the right spark plug for your Honda mower: nearly all take an NGK BPR5ES, gap 0.028–0.031 in, 13/16 in socket. Cross-reference plus the BPR6ES exceptions.

Decode your Honda engine code (GCV160/170/200) to the exact air filter part number, compare OEM vs aftermarket, and buy the one that fits.

Tune up a Honda GCV mower in 4 steps - oil, air filter, spark plug, blade. Exact GC/GCV specs (10W-30, BPR5ES, .028–.031 gap) plus DIY-vs-shop costs.

Match Toro mower to right tune-up kit in 2 minutes - decode your engine and serial, compare the 6 OEM kits and what's inside, and see OEM vs cheaper third-party

Clean Toro air filter the right way: wash the foam, never wash the paper, and open the cover by model. Includes the 2–3x-a-season rule and the oil-in-filter fix

Change your Toro spark plug in 6 steps — the exact socket size (5/8″ or 13/16″), the 0.030″ gap, and the plug that fits your engine. Under 10 minutes.

Find the right Toro spark plug by engine: Briggs, Kohler or Toro, with the exact Champion/NGK number, gap and socket. No upsell, just OEM spec.