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Originally posted by coatsy:
I changed the oil and plug and filter last fall when I put it away for the winter.
Someone told me the belts are good till they break however I tend to disagree.
Change the oil in the spring before you use it, not fall after you are done.
Belfts can stretch and wear which could cause increased resistance causing more load, but unlikely. However, belts are cheap and easy to replace.
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I have a '64 John Deere lawn mower that still rips trees out of the ground in second gear, it's even manual, I love that thing, we use it for utility work and we use the 10 year old Deere to cut grass, both run like they are new, don't go cheap, get a Deere, had nothing but good luck with them.
'99 Spruce Green SE "Sport" 'Tour, 2.5L MTX...80K and running like it just rolled off the lot.
Tryin' to add an extra .5L ASAP
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Take the Flywheel fan shroud off and make sure it's not clogged with grass and stuff.
Former owner of a 1995 Ford Contour GL w/ 2.0L ATX
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1999 Mystique Sport 2nd owner bought it in Sept 03
120000km 4 door, leather, loaded pics on cardomain, coatsy
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Flywheel fan shroud is the thing that covers the engine...  That red thing... That. (With the I/C label on it)
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Proud owner of a 2005 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L V6 Vulcan
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Originally posted by coatsy:
The heating up makes sense as she mows great in med to low gear till about half way through, then near the end I have to giver full throttle and ride er in high to finish ,
You really should be mowing with the thing at Full Throttle all the time . They're designed to operate that way. Look on a Briggs & Stratton, Toro, MTD, etc... site for a FAQ. They'll overheat and bog down if you don't run them WFO. Running them "Flat Out" keeps the air flow for cooling up in the range of efficiency.
'97 Mercury Mystique Zetec/ATX (Wife's)
'96 Ducati 900SS (Mine!)
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My mower does the same thing. The grass builds up underneath the mower deck and clogs things up.
Sometimes I scrape the grass off and spray the deck with wd-40. WD-40 helps to keep the grass from building up on the mower deck.
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If I had a big lawn, and had money, this is what I'd mow with:  A Bob-cat Zero turn radius mower Best mower ever IMO... Cuts evenly, does a large section, and gives that professional look afterwards, 0 turn radius is nice to do a 180�° turn so the lawn doesnt look like someone was going in Foward, Reverse, foward, reverse, with the tire marks... So far that thing is very reliable, started up fine in cold weather after sitting for a few months, (Probaly below 32�°F), However it had a sticker price of $7,000 
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Proud owner of a 2005 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L V6 Vulcan
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