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Your welcome

 

Hard to go wrong with the MTD built stuff, parts are available from many different sources.

 

Trying to mow here but it too danged hot. I mowed all the shady spots hoping the sun would recede a little. Nope. Waiting till 7pm or so.

 

For years I mowed late at night at home, the nearest neighbor is a 1/4 mile away.
I used a magnet mount work light on the ZT.

 

Ive heard some mowing aroud 10-11pm here

 

If it keeps this up I'll mount some Nilights like I put on my 3240. 18w LEDs I think.

 

Started stripping the cowling.

I'm leaning towards the breather plate gasket in the center of the block "v".

Still want to pop the flywheel to verify that the front main seal is intact.

Once you are this far, it is easy math to just keep checking the usual suspected places for a significant oil leak.

 

Kinda reminds me of the time I was gettin’ a haircut & the Boss walked in. Saw the Co. car out front of the Barbershop/Poolhall.

Told ‘em it grows on Co. time.

 

I pulled a brushhog blade off waiting on the sun to drop. Swisher designed it poorly and the bolts tighten and the blades stop swinging. Threaded stumpjumper and a locknut on top to jam the bolt a little loose on the blade so it will swing. Everyone who has one has this problem. It needed shoulder bolts.

I'm thinking of buying a bolt with some shank and let it jam on the stumpjumper threads so it can't tighten up unless y'all have any better ideas.

 

McMaster - Carr has 3/4" clevis pins - not sure they would be strong enough compared to a grade 8 bolt.

https://www.mcmaster.com/pins/clevis-pins-7/

 

How about a regular shoulder bolt? They're made for applications like that.

 

I thought about those but the hole in the blade would have to be opened up cause the threads are smaller than the shank. The blade is probably hard(ish).

 

I only looked at the setup briefly and I couldn't get dirty so I couldn't poke around much. I'll see about measuring it, and if I need to, get some better pics. Thank you gentlemen!

 

If you have a Tractor Supply near you they have one as well. Might could buy one and see if it fits, if not return it.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/countyline-box-blade-shank?cm_vc=-10005

 

They'd probably walk out with you without buying to check fit

 

More than likely

 

Yep. 3/4". Someone on the tractor forum said he puts his bolt in from the top and that helps

 

Got all stainless hardware for the trailer floor from McMaster Carr cheaper than I could get galvanized. This was half the cost of the lumber

 

You might want to do a google search to see if there was ever a recall on that line of bushhogs for blade issues. How many hours do you think you put on it before the bolt seized up?