should i buy??
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twall
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The black plastic cover to which you refer goes on the deck - it's a pulley cover. The auto blade stop are the steel 'pedals' attached to the deck.
The plastic is just a safety cover. If you're keeping it, and don't care, it isn't really needed. The screws tend to fall out of the cover, or they had a lot of belt problems, and it usually found its way into the garbage.It makes the whole thing look a little cleaner, though.
That style seat (but with the Snapper logo on it) isn't available anymore, but any plain jane lowback replacement seat will work.
That blade has the 'hi-vac' wings on it, they are used for more lift/blow with a bagger unit. If you're not going to use a bagger - I'd take them off and sharpen the blade. Looks like you have one sharpening left, IMHO.
BTW, I'm sure you know that steering 'wheel' is on 180 degrees upside-down. The white ones didn't have that style wheel, they used a metal yoke.
She's a tad rough, but keep us posted! I've messed with worse!
The plastic is just a safety cover. If you're keeping it, and don't care, it isn't really needed. The screws tend to fall out of the cover, or they had a lot of belt problems, and it usually found its way into the garbage.It makes the whole thing look a little cleaner, though.
That style seat (but with the Snapper logo on it) isn't available anymore, but any plain jane lowback replacement seat will work.
That blade has the 'hi-vac' wings on it, they are used for more lift/blow with a bagger unit. If you're not going to use a bagger - I'd take them off and sharpen the blade. Looks like you have one sharpening left, IMHO.
BTW, I'm sure you know that steering 'wheel' is on 180 degrees upside-down. The white ones didn't have that style wheel, they used a metal yoke.
She's a tad rough, but keep us posted! I've messed with worse!
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i took the seat in to get reupholstered ...i did it in red [$30]......i bought that pulley cover [$40]....and a couple cans of red paint [$8].....im trying to get white engine paint next...and some decals [they're still cheap to buy]....ive painted the rear wheels white yesterday ...its amazing how the brand new ones look almost identical to this oldie....that steering is a simple fix....i tried factory red....but the dealer says they've had alot of problems with consistency ....i will update soon.:thumbsup:...thanks
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got the seat back today.....took it for a test drive....everything works great except reverse takes a strong arm to put in gear??...bought some engine and body paint....and my new blade....i went ahead and balanced the old one anyways and all the vibration is gone :thumbsup:
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Nice going thusfar! The reverse thing is normal, they all do it.
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Nice looking job on the seat. 30$ was sure a good price. The last seat I needed I bought used from a mower salvage yard cost me that much. That seat I had to make fit. We just don't have anyone around here that does upholstery work. I have tryed to reupholster my own but my skills are very poor at that job.
