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Hi guys! I have a John Deere 180 with the Kawasaki engine. The charging system is giving me fits! I put the body pan on, and managed to pinch some wires due to incorrect routing of same. This caused a "no crank" condition that was corrected by removing the body pan and re splicing some pinched...

I have a John Deere 180 with the Kawasaki engine. I changed out the dash with one from a donor tractor and after I connected the wires, I checked to make sure the engine would crank and lights, pto., etc would still work. Everything was fine. After buttoning up the dash. I tried to start and...

Hi Guys! First let me thank everyone for the advice with the whining noise on my 1622 grasshopper mower. Turned out to be a combination of too little torque on the pto clutch, and an improperly balanced engine to transmission shaft. Fixed with a dial indicator and a torque wrench. Now to the...

Hi Guys! I put the engine back into my 1622 after rebuilding.When I started it up I noticed a howling noise at low engine speed. It seems to be coming from the disc couplers that connect engine to the transmission. Noise seems to go away at wide open throttle. (or else the engine noise is...

I have an opportunity to purchase an 820 Grasshopper but can find zero info on it. The Mower shop website doesn't list one. Supposedly it is an 1984. Anybody? Also my current project of restoring a 1622 model (1985) is progressing nicely. Drives rebuilt, and frame painted and all wiring redone...

Does anyone know where I can get a set of decals for a 1622 Grasshopper? I'm in the process of restoring one and want to repaint (Lichen green and mocha brown) but want to replace the decals. Dealer cant seem to come up with them. Thanks! P.S. I finally found .020 undersize rods for the 16hp...