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(y)(y)(y) FIXED! Yesterday I took it to a repair guy, who could tell something looked 'odd' on the secondary variator. He pulled out a new one from a box, and sure enough.... the top spring should be several inches longer! After pulling my variator apart, he deduced that heat build up had...

Ok; changed the toothy trans belt, and thought all was fine. It ran well for an hour, then had some hill trouble the second hour, and finally barely hobbled to the shed to be put up. Very similar to what it was doing a week ago. Rats!

My D105 has had trouble going uphill... getting worse until last week. Even a gradual incline, it just sits and 'tries' while I press gas pedal, but no wheel movement. Sometimes I can let off the pedal and when I press it goes 12". One hill I did 89 presses to inch my way up the hill. So...

Thanks, Will. I know this thread is almost a year old. But those images may help diagnose my D105 troubles. It won't go uphill. Had the secondary variator replaced 2 years ago, but maybe bad again?? I've got the mower taken apart so I can get at the transmission. Just figuring out what...

Years ago Dad gave me his MTD 660/679 series lawn tractor, and it's done well with a few minor repairs here and there. On Saturday, I started it up and left it idling a minute while I walked away for a moment. Suddenly I heard a loud metallic 'pang'; even my wife heard it inside the house; and...