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Well, I finally got the photo's of this beast......and mowed my yard with it, too!
The verdict isn't nearly as bad as the PO made it out to be.
His description: Engine leaks oil .... TRUE
Throttle is sticking ...TRUE
Starter doesn't want to turn over engine...FALSE
Hydrostat Auto Drive won't pull hills.......FALSE
His assumption: Only good for parts! Gave it to me if I could use any parts from it.
MY Assessment:
The starter wasn't turning over the engine because the connections on the battery were slightly loose.
The Auto Drive works quite well, makes very little noise, and is climbing hills without any problems. I was cutting some 12" tall weeds on a fairly steep hillside by my house. The only thing that it did was bog down on the amount of weeds, and I just eased back on the speed of the drive, and the blades caught up and it was still climbing the hill.
Other noticed items he didn't mention or know about.
This has what I initially thought was a 52" deck, because of the routing of the belts. This looks like the same belt set up as the 52" Green Machine I just sold. Has a long 5/8" tractor to deck belt driving the left and the middle stack pulley which has a short 1/2" belt from middle to right pulley. The big belt is frayed severely, and the short belt to drive the right blade is broken and gone. But I cut my entire yard with the left and middle blades. Even without the full complement of blades it was cutting grass very well, and the deck spindles sound quiet and the blades in action were blowing grass well outward of the shute.
It has good brakes, and the engine is tight internally, the carb needs a rebuild, as it tended to surge when not under a load, and needed a slight choke action to smooth it out. Once under load, no choke was needed.
The hood and body/seat pan has had some poorly done repaint work, and the left side hood decal is missing. The right side decal is in poor condition. I may be trying to come up with a decal like Mistavp05-David did on his Wide Body.
At this point, I'm considering keeping this one. Yea, I know, I've said that about almost every one of these I've gotten, but I like the Wide Body stance on the hill side I have to deal with. This one isn't in real bad condition over all, and I like the strong response of the Auto Drive, on this one. I'll probably sell my 95 Murray 12hp40" is a good mower, and I should be able to get an easy $350 for it. At some point I'll repaint this Wide Body. I may try to get some paint matched at the auto paint store for the Metallic Candy Apple Red and see if I can do a good job of a match on the original color.
The verdict isn't nearly as bad as the PO made it out to be.
His description: Engine leaks oil .... TRUE
Throttle is sticking ...TRUE
Starter doesn't want to turn over engine...FALSE
Hydrostat Auto Drive won't pull hills.......FALSE
His assumption: Only good for parts! Gave it to me if I could use any parts from it.
MY Assessment:
The starter wasn't turning over the engine because the connections on the battery were slightly loose.
The Auto Drive works quite well, makes very little noise, and is climbing hills without any problems. I was cutting some 12" tall weeds on a fairly steep hillside by my house. The only thing that it did was bog down on the amount of weeds, and I just eased back on the speed of the drive, and the blades caught up and it was still climbing the hill.
Other noticed items he didn't mention or know about.
This has what I initially thought was a 52" deck, because of the routing of the belts. This looks like the same belt set up as the 52" Green Machine I just sold. Has a long 5/8" tractor to deck belt driving the left and the middle stack pulley which has a short 1/2" belt from middle to right pulley. The big belt is frayed severely, and the short belt to drive the right blade is broken and gone. But I cut my entire yard with the left and middle blades. Even without the full complement of blades it was cutting grass very well, and the deck spindles sound quiet and the blades in action were blowing grass well outward of the shute.
It has good brakes, and the engine is tight internally, the carb needs a rebuild, as it tended to surge when not under a load, and needed a slight choke action to smooth it out. Once under load, no choke was needed.
The hood and body/seat pan has had some poorly done repaint work, and the left side hood decal is missing. The right side decal is in poor condition. I may be trying to come up with a decal like Mistavp05-David did on his Wide Body.
At this point, I'm considering keeping this one. Yea, I know, I've said that about almost every one of these I've gotten, but I like the Wide Body stance on the hill side I have to deal with. This one isn't in real bad condition over all, and I like the strong response of the Auto Drive, on this one. I'll probably sell my 95 Murray 12hp40" is a good mower, and I should be able to get an easy $350 for it. At some point I'll repaint this Wide Body. I may try to get some paint matched at the auto paint store for the Metallic Candy Apple Red and see if I can do a good job of a match on the original color.
