May not matter too much, but my mower is an X570. I am doing some routine maintenance, so I have the mower deck detached and rolled out. I'll clean it all off, but while there, are there any lubrication points I should hit since it is fully accessible? Obviously, keep away from pulley grooves and the inner side of belts :--)
But this makes it a lot more tolerable!
Still planning on planting barley after I assemble all the needed implements but for now this doesn't suck.
And the perfect way to finish the evening.
Got a Briggs & Stratton 23hp twin cylinder on my JD 425B zero turn. Mowed yesterday with no issue, went to finish up today and it’s all of a sudden running poorly. The sound has changed noticeably, it almost sounds like it’s down a cylinder and has a hollow sound to it, on top of a knock/tick. It’s also down on power significantly, so much so that it struggles to even turn the blades with PTO engaged. It’s now emitting a noticeable amount of black smoke as well.
Engine has 600 hours on it, one owner and I’ve always changed oil and done all other scheduled maintenance. This year it got an oil change, fresh plugs, fresh air filter, and fresh fuel filter. The oil level today was at the bottom of the “fill” mark, but there was no noticeable shimmer or metal in it. I pulled both plugs and one does seem fouled out. I cleaned them up with some light sand paper and brake clean but no change. I’ll get new plugs on Monday to see if it helps. Both plugs are sparking and the air filter is clean with no debris. Fuel is fresh and filter seems clear.
Any thoughts on what may be causing this?
Currently refurbishing a 1968 112. The right side of the dash has the ammeter and headlight switch. The left side came with an empty hole and a flip switch which wasn’t connected to anything. Any ideas what would have been OEM in these spots?
my new/used (less than 50 hrs.) X370 shut off for the 2nd time, just stops(yes i've got gas). 1st time water filled the bowl under the carb. happened again today, after 2x cutting my acre after removing water. i used heet after 1st one. i've got new gas and using top tier, if that matters. anyway i still have my 15yr old X300 with the 15yr old battered deck but the tractor runs fine. my question is while i'm waiting for the 370 to be fixed can i use the 370 deep 42" deck on my X300. the hook up looks identical but wondering if there's enough clearance for it to work. any help is appreciated also, any idea why mower is just stopping and won't re-crank? thanks
My creative way of popping the bead on my 1943 John Deere LA. If I cant find a replacement OEM rim, im going to attempt to repair this one.
I was mowing a few days ago and saw a spark fly from under my deck to the front tire. Killed the PTO, found that one of the idler pulleys had lost a bearing. John Deere has updated the design, maybe because other peoples were failing as well.
The old one didn’t have a bearing, just balls rolling around a track. I never saw any balls… from the picture, you can see why.
Got me a new pulley today, and it has a real bearing.