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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...

Borrowed my nephews 180C and had the same flooding problem until I looked up a YouTube video. Full choke, pull until you hear the first "poot", switch to half choke and it would almost always start on the 3rd or 4th pull after that. Saw one video (wasn't a "C" model) where the person...

I may have to consider this my Easter miracle. Took the front belt guard off and managed to secure a rubber oil wrench strap around the belt pulley. Took several tries but finally managed to get enough leverage on the strap handle to break it free to where I could rotate the pulley both...

Worked on the crankcase before when that L shaped piece was turned in the wrong direction and some little piece dropped into the pan. Wasn't a fun experience but got it back in place after tearing the thing apart. Not finding any engines that aren't an arm and a leg. Anyone know of any...

Took the mower battery out and connected the jumper cables directly from the truck to the battery wires on the mower. You can tell the starter wants to do something but nothing moves that you see. Can't get any good leverage on the top of the motor like before to try and force it back...

Just changed the oil for the season a little over a week ago and the level is good. Battery was low so I put it on the charger. Tried to jump it off of the truck battery but it would still only do a partial turn. Put the charged battery on there and it turned a little before stopping but now...

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...

Finally decided, what did I have to lose so I tore into the engine to go after the governor rather than spend around $400 or more having someone else try and fix it with no guarantees. That or go out and start looking at a $2000+ replacement mower, though we would have liked a much wider mower...

Found the problem with the starter. Somehow there was no right bolt holding the starter on. Who knows when that happened or how long the left bolt had been holding it in place? Was years ago the last time I ever messed with the starter. Anyway, it had finally dropped out of position New...

And of course... Murphy! Go out there his morning and the mower started fine and the RPMs seemed normal. Pat ourselves on the back. Yaa! Put it in drive but it moved so much slower than it should, didn't die on us though. Came back, loosened the clamp bolt to try what your suggested. Turn...

We actually managed to mow our yard Thursday by setting the throttle about 2/3rds of the way down toward stop which put the RPMs where they would normally be. Will post what we find when we crank it up in the morning.

Interestingly enough I was working on the governor rod tonight. That was where my oil leak was coming from so I had to replace the seal (hope that fixed it). Of course that rod will move in/out when you're messing with it. When I was bolting the L bracket back on I suddenly realized that the...

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...

I had the same problem with my Scott's 1642. What I finally discovered was that a transmission piece had gone bad. If I remember correctly it was some vertical rod that came up out of the transmission? Had to drop the transmission to replace it but it really was an easy fix replacing just...

Tried that first. Nothing to try and grab hold of except the screw threads. Finally succeeded in breaking the solenoid off by prying it back and forth. That took forever but it did give me better access to the threaded part of the screws. Tried cutting slots in the ends to use a screwdriver...

Wife went to start the mower this morning. She said that it cranked on the first try but did not start. On the second try, it started but she could still hear the whining noise (starter?). She turned the mower off and even pulled the key out but the whining continued. She grabbed a 10mm wrench...

Still working fine as of today. Holding onto the solenoid I got from HD for a couple weeks just in case. Can you point me towards the procedure of testing the solenoid to see if the key switch is the problem? I'm assuming I'll have to wait till it starts malfunctioning again? Since the frame...

Ran down to check out the mower this evening and it started up without any hesitation? Does it again I'm just going to rip out the solenoid and find a better more serviceable way to attach the new one. $14 isn't much a repair cost if that was, or becomes the problem again. Would still feel...

This just gets stranger the more I screw with it. Clamped onto the loose battery cables (not connected to original battery) with jumper cables yesterday morning and it cranked with the key just like normal! Hooked the original battery back up and nothing happened. Seems that sometime...

Engine is a Kohler Command 16. Just changed the oil in it but don't see that would have anything to do with it. Drove fine from the garage to it's storage location under the house after that.

Ran jumper cables from the spare battery to the battery still connected within the mower like I've done a dozen times before. Positive to positive, negative to negative. As soon as I touch the positive post on the external battery it tries to start. Key in the off position.

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...