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Originally Posted by shot_gun
I would check the idler and the mule(double pulley) pulley. The ne in the back. You can take the belt off around the deck pulley and just run the belt from the engine to the mower and see if you still have an issue. Then check the blades themselves to see if they are bent. Is there any vibration when you engage the deck? Make sure the deck belt is on the pulleys and the belt guides are in the corect position. If the pto engages better when the belt is wet then the belt is probably slipping providing a smoother engagement. Grab a hold of the mule pulley with out the belt that goes to the engine and see if you can rotate that by hand. If you can then mabey there is something wrong on the engine side. It's not running on one cyl. is it? |
Shot Gun... Thanks so much for the info. I am definitely an armature at this. I did try rotating the blades without the engine-to-deck belt on and they turn very easily. I did look at the blades and they don't seem bent.
As far as the engine running on one cylinder, I think it is running on both, but I'm not sure. When it was cold I fired it up for about ten seconds, shut it off then touched the exhaust coming out of each cylinder and both were hot. So I assume both are firing. If compression was low on one or both cylinders, would it still run smoothly but not have enough power to correctly start the deck?
Thanks again.