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All of them have a potential of being good if they have not been abused by lack of maintenance or used to constantly mow in rocks or...

A "golf cart with a mower deck". Pretty cool for the times but never quite caught on.

Seat switches were not on very many models when this machine was made around 1977 or 1978 according to what little I have found. Larger...

A little-known trick about nylon trimmer line is to wet it with water before use. It's true and it works. I usually wet my loaded...

A little-known trick about nylon trimmer line is to wet it with water before use. It's true and it works. I usually wet my loaded...

This favors one of the coils getting hot and failing. You would need an adjustable type of spark tester attached to each coil wire to...

Darn this site, it erased my reply again. Check the gaskets and make sure one is not upside down and blocking the carburetor vent, it...

Hello Monty72, The X300 series was a new model back when I was a JD service manager for a local dealership. These are great mowers that...

The owner/ operator manual usually has the deck adjustment information in it. If you don't have the manual, it will be available online...

According to the number, this is a single cylinder push mower engine. Does it have an auto choke function? Compression release is only...

What model number rider? They are not all the same. Is the foot brake/ clutch locked down? At the rear of most riders there will be a...

Set each valve to .004 inch where feeler gauge just fits with a slight drag between the rocker tip and valve stem. Do this with engine...

Hi Bartles, John Deere does not build the mowers. they "private label" their lawn equipment from other sources that specialize in those...

Hello Ebtate8 You are inserting a separate help request into an existing post, I'll reply to you though. I understand the aggravation...

Yep, most DIY articles appear to be written by AI with a lot of filler words and very little technical content. On the other side of the...