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Curmudgeoness

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16. I wish it was just the belt.

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 08:35 PM

Jan 2013

I replaced the belt already, and that didn't fix it. I have a feeling it has to do with the link in the cable from the hand lever to the SP unit....and that is beyond me. This mower has a special place in my heart. I got it right after my SO was no longer significant and I had put him to the curb. Bought it in a box, brought it home, and it had a hundred parts and pages of instructions. I didn't think I could do it, put all the parts in a circle in the driveway and sat in the middle of it. Neighbors didn't think I could do it either. But I did it, and the one thing the instructions did not say to do was to attach the belt. Mower worked and ran, but SP didn't work. Shut it down and figured out that the belt was just hanging there. Got it attached and I was so proud to have a working mower. My first accomplishment on my own!

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Before you trash it, wear it out [View all] Sherman A1 Jan 2013 OP

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Great ideas! gateley Jan 2013 #5

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It's worse than that, actually. MADem Jan 2013 #9

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I use those old socks as dust rags. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #10

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Oh, I have a few more wire brushes Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #13

My lawn mower is a 1981 model, so you win.... Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #14

My SP broke down a year ago and I Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #15

I wish it was just the belt. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #16

Sounds like mine a few years ago Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #17