Thanks for watching and thanks for the recommendation. I'll see what I can do, I've been using an iPhone and the hard part is when working on stuff everything gets greasy.I might need to switch to some sort of different setup.

I agree...it's easy to get water everywhere or damage stuff. I like to use a wide nozzle 15-20 degrees. I never use 0 degree tips when cleaning this stuff and don't like to use a turbo nozzle either. It's too aggressive and can easily damage parts. Everything I buy is pretty well used and it seems no one cleans or maintains anything. Lately I've been into buying riding mowers and I need to pressure wash them 2-3 times to get them nice and clean. A lot of the time I'll take the top/side tins off to make sure the cooling fins of the engine are clean since if those are covered in oil/dirt/dust that will hurt cooling. 90% of the time the front ends have never been greased and once I grease it, work the linkages back and forth is really frees up. I'd imagine you could put a zerk in there. I buy a lot of one off bolts/nuts from True Value Hardware/Ace Hardware/Tractor Supply and they have drawers of fasteners and one is a zerk draw. My guess is Honda didn't use a zerk to prevent contamination in the gear box....but that's just a guess.

@@jamesbubnick I found a few zerks in my workshop. I got it in a couple thread turns and was able to grease it that way. I found a cheap harmony tiller, it wouldn't start and the primer bulb was rotted. I got it for $50. It also had the $250 dethatcher kit. I bought a carb, fuel line and a couple spare bulbs for $16 on Amazon. I got it running great.

I have used a syringe to get grease into the transmission you can also use a needle grease gun fitting

I have seen rebuild kits for the transmission and they are around $200 so I don't think it's worth it. I haven't seen only the brass main gear available separately. Plus because of the age and use of your unit I'm sure all the seals/bushings are worn and if you're going to rebuild the Transmission the entire kit is necessary.

@@jamesbubnick Hi James ,thanks for your response.. i do appreciate it , and you are right .. it is not worth repairing.. however, i did have a 'non working' Earthquake tiller, which i was able to directly fit it in the Honda.. so i m good to go!

@@cvc7395 When your tine gear wears out, its often because the bushing in the drive gear are wearing making poor engagement with the tine. It may not last long. I added a couple washers to beef up bottom bushing.

Where do they sell the rebuild kit

@@nimster64Amazon

Yes but it would be a generic carb. I'm actually ok with those but if I can I prefer to stick with OEM. I've put more then a few generic cabs on the mantis tillers and after adjusting them they ran great.

I'm not sure but probably around $40. I ordered from www.partstree.com and everything was OEM Honda. I probably looked up the Walboro carb kit separately since it was cheaper and literally the same parts as buying individual carb parts from Honda.