john deere la125

I bought a clean used 570 hour John Deere LA125 with a bad head gasket for $150 a few weeks back. It had and held oil in it, but she smoked like nothing you have ever seen after around 3-4 minutes. So I ordered the head gasket, valve cover gasket, new oil filter, spark plug, fuel filter, I...

Having trouble finding the John Deere LA125 part in the attached photo. Anyone have a link to a source to purchase? I'm unsure of the part name.

I have a John Deere that has a blown Briggs and Stratton engine and I want to replace it with Kohler engine from the same 100 series . Does anyone have any experience doing this or replacing with another type of engine. I'm looking for tips and potential problems.

What are the best blades for mowing with this mower?

I have a 2009 LA125 with manual pto lever and was wondering if its possible to get an electric pto clutch for a LA145 and install on my 125?