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  • mgonitzke
    mgonitzke replied to the thread Electric lift on 129.
    You will get full travel with an attachment installed. Adding a pin through that second set of holes allows down pressure to be applied...
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    "The Original GT Plow Day" - Since 2001 All garden tractor makes and models welcome. Friday night plowing 5PM until we quit and...
  • mgonitzke
    mgonitzke replied to the thread Electric lift on 129.
    Electric lift on a 1x9 is pretty uncommon...this is not helpful at all. In what way is the travel "too short?" Not lifting the deck...
  • mgonitzke
    mgonitzke replied to the thread Won't start.
    Take the breather cover off and see if the valves are both moving when the engine is rotated. It should be pretty obvious if one is...
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    Do all three spindles spin freely with no spindle belt on the deck? How about the tensioner idlers and the idler pulleys at the front of...
  • mgonitzke
    mgonitzke replied to the thread Cub Cadet 107.
    I would clean up and paint the dash tin where it is supposed to be painted, then cut out the logos and labels and apply them to the...
  • mgonitzke
    mgonitzke replied to the thread Adding PTO to 71 Help.
    IIRC the Cub top shaft is much longer. I vaguely recall someone posting here years ago about modifying one to work in a Cub Cadet. You...
  • mgonitzke
    mgonitzke reacted to dschwandt's post in the thread IH Cub Cadet 70 with Like Like.
    If this is indeed a machine shop that has worked on small engines in the past, they should already have this kind of info at their...
  • mgonitzke
    mgonitzke replied to the thread IH Cub Cadet 70.
    That information is in the Kohler service manual, which you should be referring to for numerous other things during the course of a...
  • mgonitzke
    mgonitzke replied to the thread Adding PTO to 71 Help.
    You will need a Cub Cadet-specific top shaft with the splined end for the rear PTO. The transaxle housing and differential are the...
  • mgonitzke
    mgonitzke replied to the thread Won't start.
    Contact point file, a piece of ordinary paper or cardboard, or electrical contact cleaner. Do not use sandpaper, emery cloth, or other...
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    mgonitzke reacted to kmcconaughey's post in the thread Snow Removal Advice for 1650 with Like Like.
    Justin, yes, IF you have the snowthrower properly set up. As I mentioned, no rust on the inside of the auger housing and no rust on the...
  • mgonitzke
    mgonitzke replied to the thread Cub 125 42" Mower Deck Spindle.
    The one on the bottom should be installed "backwards" so that excess/old grease can escape when the spindles are greased.
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    The center wire coming out of the rectifier is the one that connects to the battery through the ignition switch. Looks like that would...
  • mgonitzke
    Relief valve update,Timarca contacted me this morning and is sending a new valve and a small pin magnet to clear the old out.I was super...
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