I just want to say thanks in advance for any help I get in this topic. I should have listened to my old man all those years ago when he kept telling me to pay attention since eventually I would be the one taking care of everything.
Over the years something went wrong on the mower deck and my dad decided it would be easier and cheaper to replace the whole thing. Recently the mower belt snapped and I had to replace it. The replacement deck uses a different size mower belt and im in the dark on what size. I took a measuring tape, measured the snapped belt and it came out to be 87" so thats the size I put on the deck. Now im experiencing a couple problems I wasnt having before.
1) The mower at times will always be engaged even when I have it set to disengage.
2) When I engage & put it in gear and start to move there will be a weird grinding/dragging noise coming from the mower deck and the blades will start moving slowly like they are having trouble moving. I will also start to get a slight burning? smell. It kinda smells like its burning but at the same time doesnt smell like a burning smell. Its really weird and has me a bit confused.
Also if anyone can help me with this other problem that has been happening recently. When I first start the mower it will sometimes stall as I turn up the idol. Other times I can get the idol up but it stalls when I start to go. Once its been used a bit and warmed up it works just fine and doesnt give any problems. Im thinking maybe its carburetor.
Once again many thanks for checking out the topic and trying to help.
