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My name is Angie. I live in rural Wisconsin. A year or so ago, my Dad died (old age) and I inherited his Sears SS/18 garden tractor and a showblower attachment and a plow attachment. I have gotten the old tractor running well, but not perfect.
As I find most of the parts are NLA from Sears, as Roper is out of business, I am scouring the net for parts and information. I am sure Dad never threw anything away, but to date, Mom and I have not found the original owners manuals. Until then I have used a website with a lot of free Sears manuals to get a few pieces of info, and parts lists.
SS 18 tractor is a 1977 917.25961
Mower deck is a 917.253260 (probably also a 1977 model)
Snow blower is a 842.260032 (unknown year)
Dozer Blade is a 917.25331 (unknown year)
Along with attachments I also got rear wheel weights, and rear tire chains for this tractor. I also got a Rubbermaid manufactured Craftsman branded dump trailer, but it has no Sears parts tag so I can't tell you what it is exactly.
Yesterday I discovered Dad's apparent lack of maintenance and cleaning of the 48" mower deck, and found the tensioner spring for the belt is broken in half. (I have yet to find a replacement) I also discovered 36 years of old grease and dirt under the belt cover, and a lot of rust and frozen bolts (I will get those at a local hardware store)
So that's my story. Personally I'm a 57 year old single woman with 2 grown children not at home. I'm a bit of a mechanic, being raised by a Dad who liked
to wrench his own cars and equipment. I do it now because it's cheaper than taking it to a mechanic, and because I like it. In my younger (thinner!) years I built custom street motorcycles out of old metric bikes, but that is all behind me now (I still ride an old Suzuki Intruder in the summer time).
I hope I can learn a lot here, and maybe help out when and if I discover any parts that are hard to find
As I find most of the parts are NLA from Sears, as Roper is out of business, I am scouring the net for parts and information. I am sure Dad never threw anything away, but to date, Mom and I have not found the original owners manuals. Until then I have used a website with a lot of free Sears manuals to get a few pieces of info, and parts lists.
SS 18 tractor is a 1977 917.25961
Mower deck is a 917.253260 (probably also a 1977 model)
Snow blower is a 842.260032 (unknown year)
Dozer Blade is a 917.25331 (unknown year)
Along with attachments I also got rear wheel weights, and rear tire chains for this tractor. I also got a Rubbermaid manufactured Craftsman branded dump trailer, but it has no Sears parts tag so I can't tell you what it is exactly.
Yesterday I discovered Dad's apparent lack of maintenance and cleaning of the 48" mower deck, and found the tensioner spring for the belt is broken in half. (I have yet to find a replacement) I also discovered 36 years of old grease and dirt under the belt cover, and a lot of rust and frozen bolts (I will get those at a local hardware store)
So that's my story. Personally I'm a 57 year old single woman with 2 grown children not at home. I'm a bit of a mechanic, being raised by a Dad who liked
to wrench his own cars and equipment. I do it now because it's cheaper than taking it to a mechanic, and because I like it. In my younger (thinner!) years I built custom street motorcycles out of old metric bikes, but that is all behind me now (I still ride an old Suzuki Intruder in the summer time).
I hope I can learn a lot here, and maybe help out when and if I discover any parts that are hard to find
