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#21 ·
Thanks for the excellent and quick reply! You surmised correctly, I just use it to mow our grass (and leaves in the fall), a bit under an acre. My L110 didn’t literally stop working, the deck was getting very rusty (I had “rebuilt” it about seven years ago with new pulleys and spindles and some quick sanding and painting, it had about 500 hours on it when I got my new one last week.
I planned to get a new mower next spring, but then one of the anti-scalp wheel brackets broke off a week or so ago. In doing some quick research I saw basic lawn tractors were very difficult to find at the moment and when I saw one at our Cub Cadet dealer I figured I get it so I wouldn’t have to take a chance in the spring.
Thanks again for your information. I’m enjoying this forum.
 
#22 ·
Enjoy your new machine! It's a great forum, with a lot of helpful, knowledgeable members.

Though we ARE kinda good at helping people spend their money! :)
 
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#23 ·
RedOctobyr said:
Enjoy your new machine! It's a great forum, with a lot of helpful, knowledgeable members.

Though we ARE kinda good at helping people spend their money! :)
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zico21
In 2002 I had 3 Garden tractors It's Now 2021
I have
6 Cub Cadet Garden tractor
5 John Deere Garden tractors
1 Ingersoll Garden tractor one of the starting Garden tractors in 2002
1 Wheel horse Garden tractor
1 White Garden tractor one of the starting Garden tractors in 2002
1 John Deere Compact tractor
1 John Deere Sabre Lawn Tractor
1 Cub Cadet Rear engine rider
1 Simplicity Rear engine rider
Just Put a down Payment on a Cub Cadet Zero turn today
Had a John Deere 425 one of the starting Garden tractors in 2002 traded for JD X485 in 2003. JD X485 replaced with a JD X748 in 2014

So 19 riding Machines or should I say 16 collected since 2002 see what this forum has done to me and there are Many more Members who have a Lot more then me . Now Keep In Mind 3 were Given to me and The Sabre was Inherited .

Probably what doesn't Help I have a Army pension to spend with! My House is Paid off! All My Kids are through college & out of the House and I still work full time(but from Home) BTW all 3 Kids our Garden tractor collectors like me My Daughter collects Massey Ferguson & Murray Her twin Brother Collects Gilson and There Younger Brother Collects Roper and Deere and He is a John Deere design engineer. Though technically My Cub Cadet XT3 GSX is the wife's tractor .and she was a Massey Ferguson Tractor Mechanic in Canada Before I knew her. She's a Nurse now

Oh and I grew Up next door to the The IH Cub Cadets & IH ROPS test engineer so I got to see many Cub Cadets before they even saw production

I was mostly a John Deere man all my life Until I found tractor forums in 2002 Prior to the Deere 425 I had Bought a JD 240 Garden tractor In 1988 My 1st new Tractor. I had owned a Used JD 130 Lawn tractor before that and a used JD R70 rear engine rider before that. But usually only owned 1 tractor at a time Until 1992

So this forum breeds Tractor addition .So don't be surprised if You get the Bug.(y)
 
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An update on my new mower (2022 XT1 LT42). After using it for the first time for about an hour I turned it off to clean it with my leaf blower, it wouldn’t start (I had turned it off/on briefly several times while mowing). I could hear the solenoid/starter make a very brief noise noise but the engine didn’t turn over at all. I called the dealer and they quickly came and brought it to their shop. After a couple of weeks of them dealing with staff shortages they returned it today. They said they had experienced the same issue in their shop very intermittently, and tried replacing the starter, solenoid, battery and had examined the engine. Apparently, the issue only occurred when the engine stopped at the peak compression point in its cycle. In the end, Cub Cadet tech support told them that they had heard of other cases of this with the new engine used in the 2022 XT1 LT42.

It was suggested that “this was normal” and that one just needed to try starting it a second time and it should start. I certainly had tried doing this when the issue first occurred with no success. They returned the mower to me today so I could get my lawn mowed and leaves bagged and told me to call them right away if I had any issues. The mower worked great and I stopped and started it several times. I am very pleased with the performance of the mower and the bagging system worked better than what I had on my old John Deere. I will add that our local dealer has an excellent reputation in our area and the personnel were understanding and professional and as a retired technical manager in a different field, I was understanding and patient. Hopefully, all is well, but only time will tell.
 
#27 ·
zico, glad to hear that it's behaving better. And you still have plenty of warranty time, to keep an eye on it.

If it happened again, 2 things you could try:
  • remove the spark plug(s), and see if it will spin using the key. This eliminates compression, but does not move anything else.
  • if that doesn't help, or as a tools-free test, manually turn the engine's flywheel screen, by maybe half a turn or so. Just to move it to a different point in the compression stroke. Then see if it will spin using the key.
 
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#28 ·
An update…I used the mower five times since it’s return to me and the problem continues. I would say I had trouble starting about ten times, but it would start immediately if I tried to start it a second time, except for the last time. in this case, it wouldn’t start after about four tries. I removed the guard over the fan and used a socket to rotate the fan/shaft slightly and then it started immediately on the next try.

The dealer is going to pick it up as I’m done using it for the season. I love everything about the new mower (it was much better at “collecting” leaves with the bagger system than my old John Deere) except for the starting issue, of course. Unfortunately, it will be months before I’ll know if has been repaired once it’s returned to me, but I’ll eventually post an update here.
 
#30 ·
Hi Zico, hope they sort it out quickly! I just bought a 2022 LT1, except mine is the 46" version. What engine is in yours? I have the Kohler V-twin 23HP. I've probably started mine a dozen times now and it seems OK. I'll keep an eye out for this issue.

So, mine started squeaking while going over rough terrain and I wasn't having it! Less than 4 hours and it's squeaking! Turns out the brake linkage where the pedal connects needed a little lube.
 
#32 ·
I stopped at my local dealer to see if they had any updates on my 2022 XT1 LT42 that had been in the shop since the end of November. (I understood that they might not get to it until they were done with all of their winter related business, so I wasn’t concerned) Good news! After going through all of the troubleshooting steps advised by Tech support (many of which they had done previously, months ago), Cub Cadet has a new engine on its way to my dealer.

I want to be clear that my local dealer has been professional and concerned about my issue with my new mower through out this process. Since I could still use my mower until our grass mowing season ended in November my only concern was that the problem was resolved for the coming mowing season. And since it was somewhat intermittent in nature, I won’t really know if the problem is resolved until I start using it again in the next few weeks. But for now, I have high hopes that everything will be good.
 
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