Hi All
Having a few problems that are driving me a bit nuts. I'll be grateful for a few thoughts if possible please.
I have one of these. I've noticed that there are a few branded variant of this MDT machine. Mine is a Lawnflite so not uncommon I think.
Started it up at the start of the season and when I tried to engage the cutter by moving the lever forward nothing happened - the blades would not engage. Thought it must be a stretched belt and chatted to the man in the parts department at the company I bought it from. He said that was unlikely, the Kevlar in them does not stretch, so I suggested perhaps it was the sleeved cable attached to the lever that pulls jockey wheel to tension the belt. Perhaps that had stretched? Both of which I thought were possibilities. I ended up buying both (for £120!) Both were OEM.
When I took off the cable and the belt and held them against the new ones I could not detect any difference in size or any damage to the old ones.
Fitted them and now the blades engage but take ages to get up to speed and cannot maintain speed on anything but the highest setting. The grass did get quite long over this time, so I've cut on the highest setting and waited a few days for the lawn to dry, and tried on the second highest setting, but still lose power when you drop the deck to the next setting down.
I had a good look at the pullies and guides and can't see anything wrong. Has anyone any thought? Feels like I've messed something up somewhere.
Also, just a stupid one, but do I really need the pulley covers on? I've seen videos of variants of this machine (when I was working out how to drop the deck) and almost all did not have the covers on the top of the deck. They made working on the pullies 10X more difficult!
Thanks for listening!
Lole
Having a few problems that are driving me a bit nuts. I'll be grateful for a few thoughts if possible please.
I have one of these. I've noticed that there are a few branded variant of this MDT machine. Mine is a Lawnflite so not uncommon I think.
Started it up at the start of the season and when I tried to engage the cutter by moving the lever forward nothing happened - the blades would not engage. Thought it must be a stretched belt and chatted to the man in the parts department at the company I bought it from. He said that was unlikely, the Kevlar in them does not stretch, so I suggested perhaps it was the sleeved cable attached to the lever that pulls jockey wheel to tension the belt. Perhaps that had stretched? Both of which I thought were possibilities. I ended up buying both (for £120!) Both were OEM.
When I took off the cable and the belt and held them against the new ones I could not detect any difference in size or any damage to the old ones.
Fitted them and now the blades engage but take ages to get up to speed and cannot maintain speed on anything but the highest setting. The grass did get quite long over this time, so I've cut on the highest setting and waited a few days for the lawn to dry, and tried on the second highest setting, but still lose power when you drop the deck to the next setting down.
I had a good look at the pullies and guides and can't see anything wrong. Has anyone any thought? Feels like I've messed something up somewhere.
Also, just a stupid one, but do I really need the pulley covers on? I've seen videos of variants of this machine (when I was working out how to drop the deck) and almost all did not have the covers on the top of the deck. They made working on the pullies 10X more difficult!
Thanks for listening!
Lole