r/JohnDeereLawnMachines

Looking for help, trying to match the original size on my father in laws 275 for father's day. He's a few hours away and I don't want him to catch me measuring his current ones as itll give away the surprise. Any chance someone could get me the exact measurements of the hood graphics? Here's what I have so far for a design

My son was mowing with my x354 yesterday while I was at work. He calls me up and says that the forward and reverse pedals stopped working. I troubleshot the problem with him when I got home and we found the drive pulley flapping in the breeze, and the tension pulley spring popped off.

The pictures are of everything after it was put back together. Belt seems to be in good condition and is only a year old. Has this happened to anyone before? I just did all the annual maintenance six weeks ago, and it has been running great. I’m wondering if the boy did something to it that he’s not fessing up to…

Bought a new S240 from AgPro a month ago, delivered April 14 with a full tank of gas from the dealer. I’ve only cut with it twice, both times it seemed slow to start (compared to our old John Deere mower we were replacing) but it got going and once the motor was warm it was easy to start again. There’s 1.5 hours on the clock. Today it won’t start at all. The parking brake is set, I’m depressing the brake, it’s still got 3/4 tank of gas from the original dealer gas, I’m seated on the seat, the throttle is full, I’m holding the choke, it sounds like it’s trying but doesn’t start.
Called AgPro and they said it could be a lot of things, and it might just need a carburetor break down and clean out which is several hundred dollars and not covered by warranty and we’ll have to pay it off that’s what it is. Seriously? We’re $4,000 in on a new mower and 1.5 hours later we’re having to take it back for service and will possibly be on the hook for hundreds in repairs? Regretting this purchase already.

Anyone have any tips on something I might be overlooking on starting the mower, or any other insight on how to navigate costly “repairs” vs warranty coverage on a mower we have only used 1.5 hours in the last 4 weeks?

Hello, I was looking to get some advise from some of you.......I have about 2-acres to mow and I saw this tractor on FB market place for $2000.

It has a 48" mower and 44" snow blower. Includes weights and chains. 22-Horse Power.

955.10 hours. Is this a good deal for $2000? Thank for your input.

Guys selling this 425 for $2500 with 1400hrs on it I’m just wondering if it’s worth it or not

Hello all,

The ball joint on my mother’s LX173 popped off while I was mowing earlier and I’m trying to see if anyone has any advice for reattaching the ball joint to the socket. I tried just manually attaching it back and it would go in the socket, but would pop right back out once I tried to do any kind of turn. Has anyone else run into this or does anyone know of a solution?

Any help is appreciated.

John Deere S220. I recently did a full service, changed spark plugs, oil, air, & fuel filters, and did an oil change.

I mowed a day after servicing, and no issues , which was around 2 weeks ago. Mowed today and no issues with starting the mower initially. Finished mowing and parked up the mower.

Went to put the mower back in my shed after about 20mins and it wouldn’t start. It just clicks when I turn the key.

Tried taking off the spark plugs and putting them back in case they got loose and still won’t start.

See video. Any idea what else it could be?

I have an L110 and the belt keeps coming off. I think I need to replace the belt, but I see this transmission fan looks like it hits the belt so I was wondering if something else needs replacing as well. Thanks for any advice.

Hey everyone. Does blade alignment matter when reinstalling the blades?

John Deere S130 engine is surging, it cuts fine. The oil conversion from the “easy oil change” was done about a month ago and no known or noticeable problems until I started lawn mower today and it running as it is. Any idea what could be the problem? I have included a video. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

I’ve installed the mulching kit and would like to remove the chute. It looks like JD put some serious engineering to making that nearly impossible. I would settle for something that would permanently jam it open.

The problem is that the chute scrapes against my fence gate.

My best solution so far is to prop it open with some threaded rod. Need to get a couple nuts to lock it vertical (this prototype pictured is my wood gluing threaded rod). I would also wrap the other end with foam or flex seal to protect the chute. I’m just not sure how much damage this will do over time to that little black plate it would be bolted to. I could design a springy version if I had no other options.

Has anyone else been here before?

First off excuse my terrible photography. I wanted to make something that would keep the chute up for getting into tight areas. There is a square hole on the edge of the deck that I have this in. The magnet I bought is actually way too big to fit over that hole so I have it on the other side to hold the rod while not in use.

The rod itself is made from a 1/4-20 bolt with an over sized washer welded to a piece of 3/16 round bar ~14” long and a shorter piece to make it a T handle. If anyone wanted to try and make something like this, I’d use a 5/16 carriage bolt which is the size that fits that square hole I believe. It’s also long enough that I can reach down and flip the chute up while on the tractor.

TLDR; I’m bad at taking pictures in the moment, but my idea kinda works

So my mower deck went to a screeching halt while cutting grass when the bolt came off of this pulley , and bent the bolt shaft so I’m curious, does anyone know if this is an easy fix or something I need to get cut off and welded back on?

What is wrong? The grass wasn’t long. The blades are the gator mulching blades. I’d prefer distributed grass clippings not the rows I am seeing.