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Went to get the D170 out today after sitting under the house for about 2 months. Tank was full with Sea Foam in the gas as a preservative. Use it throughout the season whenever we add gas. The engine cranked fine but the engine wouldn't start so the battery is good?. Normally it'll start...

Wife was out mowing the yard yesterday with the JD D170 we bought at an estate sale 2 years back. Sweet machine, replaced a Scotts 1642 that we'd had for ~23 years (was still working), and now she can cut an hour off mowing our lawn. She actually enjoys mowing the lawn so who am I to take that...

Was getting ready to install a $400 John Deere mulching kit for our D170 (54" deck) only to find out I was going to have to drill 4-5 holes in my mower deck to attach the 3 pieces! It's like they sent me an expensive bunch of parts and I had to figure out how to make them fit? Quite...

My Scotts 1642 tractor with a Kohler Command 16hp engine has started acting up again. When I turn the ignition it might try and crank but will only rotate about 3/4 turn at most. Sometimes it will try to turn, sometimes not. When it won't move at all I can sometimes "free" it up by pressing...

Had an oil leak develop on my Scott's 1642 and the JD service department told my wife it must be the head gasket so to replace it, we did. Discovered there was nothing wrong with the head gasket but replaced it anyway since we had it off. Leak was actually coming from the governor rod, will...

My Scott's 1642 uses the 1156 bulbs for the headlights but I was wanting to replace them with brighter LED bulbs. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time finding out what what the lumen ratings are on the various alternatives. Everybody claims theirs is the brightest. Anyone got any suggestions...

Strange situation today. Wife could not get the mower to turn over even though battery read 12.47 volts. She suggested we try to jump start anyway? When we connected the jumper cables to a spare car battery the mower immediately started turning over even with they key in the off position and...