So my craftsman push mower betrayed me once again and won’t start. This is after 10 years of service roughly so it’s probably time.
The deck isn’t bad but I also have a troybuilt freebie that the deck is bad. So the two shall become one I suppose. Had to fight the old mount bolts out, now have to see about the blade height and safety shutoff cable. I had the troybuilt engine running for 20 min bf I started and looked over the bolt pattern, it lines up ftmp
Kinda wish I had a cutting tool, the bolts were stubborn, tried some with Sawzall but that didn’t work too much
Trying to save buying a new push mower I suppose, well see how this goes
Have you tried a plumbing torch?
When I combined one motor with a different deck the bolts came out really hard because they were more triangle than round and I think they were designed to cut in so they couldn’t come back out easy.
I had two mowers. Ford 640 with 6’ deck and mini-me 14Hp repainted Agway (MTD).
But poor mini-me’s deck fell apart. So I now do the yard work with a Husqvarna 24Hp, 48" three-blade HD deck YTH24K48 “fast” lawn tracrtor. So far so good. The 1956 Ford 640 still troopers on. Great iron.
Don’t know about the model number, but if it’s a zero turn I’ve been using one for almost 15 years. The things a beast, and Fast! I also use it as a light duty bush hog.
Wow nice
I have a simplicity riding mower, slow as a turtle, the bunny icon fell off years ago. 12hp ain’t enough for this fat derrier lol. But it works for now.
Ain’t got no plumbing torch, got a map gas deal and that heated it up some yellow tank type
Sounds similar when I just looked up plumbing torch. Plumbing I think they use propane
Pics soon on what I ended up doing
Someday… Someday… Lol
Finished product, just mowed for 30-45 with it woooooooooooo
One of the old motor chassis parts, bolt still stuck in it, only got it a quarter turn roughly and then the deck had a gash from the Sawzall and that chunk broke off
Safety cut off bar linkage worked Where’s my easy button lol
I put 5w30 in it for now but probably will change it soon, didn’t have 10w30
Only fix I may make are more or better washers to raise the blade some higher off the deck, also the pull chord deal seems to be making a grinding noise to the flywheel, may be easy to find and replace, 3 non rusted nuts heh
Also need to teach the almost 11 year old to do the trimming with it, what the rider cant
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