Hello all, I'm new to the forums and new to the world of tractors. I just completed my first purchase, a Yanmar YM240 that I found locally on Craigslist. The prior owner was an older farmer a few towns over, who used it mainly for mowing his 2 acre lawn at the house. Other than that, he just tinkered with it in the garage. I think that it's in pretty good shape, very clean, and you can tell he took care of his equipment. He was good enough to offer to deliver it to my cabin about an hour away, so that was the icing on the cake and made it too good of a deal to pass up.
I bought this with the following goals in mind: mowing my 1.5 acre lawn around the cabin, clearing out approx 2 acres of overgrown pasture, and finally putting in some food plots for next year's deer season. It came with a finish mower, so now I'm in the market for a roto tiller and maybe a brush mower (have a DR field and brush mower, so I can alternatively do some brush clearing by hand).
I'm looking forward to learning as much as possible thanks to the other good folks on here, and I'd like to ask two questions off the bat. Please pardon my ignorance, if applicable!
1) The throttle does not stay where set for more than a second or two, having the tendency to move downwards towards off. From reading around, I think this is a pretty common thing, but couldn't find a discussion of the problem for this particular tractor. Any tips on how to modify the linkage to get it to stick in place?
2) I wanted to get it good and greased, but I have no idea what type of grease the prior owner used. Should I be concerned about mixing greases in any place in particular? Is there a safe bet on what to use, or is it best to find out if possible? (I plan on calling and asking the prior owner, but just in case he doesn't know either).
Ok thanks so much for your time, look forward to learning as I go.!
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