I recently bought an old LX188 and noticed that the transmission fan popped off at some point in the past. It was just rattling around under the seat. Amazingly the fan appears to be ok, but I don’t see how it is supposed to be attached. I assume there was some sort of retaining clip holding it...

After growing up on a farm in eastern NC, then years of living in a condo, my wife and I are trying out the country life again. And that means cutting grass for the first time in a long time. To help out I just bought an old John Deere LX188 from a family friend. It needs some TLC so I figured...

So I bought an LX 188 about a month ago on Facebook. The guy said it needed a new drive belt. He just didn’t care to fix it and got a killer deal on a new one.... I could see the frayed ripped drive belt hanging down when I looked at it so I believed him. Bought the belt from John Deere so I...