I have to admit that I get a kick out of her on this mower. Although the 560 is the baby of the PRO line up, the 27 HP Kawasaki makes her feel like she is running a Big Bud tractor at full bore. The biggest thing with me is that she is confident and feels safe on it. The steering wheel models...
Dawn is good stuff - I use a lot of it. I'll give that a swirl too. The degreasers can dull the paint if left on too long. Please don't ask how I know that.
We have been married 39 years now and she never mowed a lick of grass on a riding mower - ever. All push mowing even at home before we got married. When we built new in 1996 on our current place and we were both younger - she could now the entire grass yard - not flat either - with our 19"...
Soaking mower blades in water to soften the grass build up - I swear. Just plain water? Dry grinding the grass build up off mower blades before I sharpen ranks right up there with a sharp stick in the eye with me. Pray tell.
If you PM me - I'll email you the manual. I can't upload here due to the mega sized 2.6 mb file size. I ended up going to a Parker distributor for the kit with the H1000 oil (one gallon), the filters and magnetic plugs included. Pricey - but I plan on changing everything out at 300 hours and...
Cub is still running good. But I agree - the dealers don't share any information about a drain / refill / filter change on the these lower end models. They are perfectly good homeowner models and do a nice job. Like anything mechanical - everything needs maintenance at some point. I bought...