Recent content by Gibson2

Salesmen...pffft. I spoke with a guy in the JD service department yesterday. I wanted to know what is "acceptable" play in the front axle pivot bushing. He walked me out back to a mower exactly like mine where they had just rebuilt the front end. The customer, reportedly, bought from them...

Whoa...seriously? I thought I had read (yeah I know the internet..rolling eyes) that 1000-1200 hours is about tops. Seems like when I tell someone it has over six hundred hours (dealer) the say "that's allot". I figure I put 30-40 hours max a year on it but I have never paid attention to the...

Appreciate the reply's. This has a been good engine, and a good mower. Need to crunch the numbers some more.

Thanks for the links Mark. Nobody has any oppnions on rebuilding?

Greetings to forum. What have is 20 year old JD with Kohler CV23s with 632 hours. No smoke, runs strong. Had some issues with starting the last few years so I hosed it down with carb cleaner this year, blowing out all the ports etc. Fortunately the gaskets and o-rings etc. were still good...