G'day all. I'm Rick I have just moved to Toowoomba, bought a 6500 sq metre block down the range, and my first (second or third hand) ride on mower. Actually it's really my first ever mower powered by an infernal combustion engine. I had an electric one before, on a suburban block with very limited grass. I also had a Victa 160 back in the 70's. it was given to me by my dad when he bought one that actually worked....that's the mower that put me off mowers.
The mower is an old Greenfield 12, Anniversary model, I think it's a 32" cutter. It has a 12 hp Tecumseh motor.
The first thing I've noticed with this mower is that it's very noisy, the second is that the steering is bloody awful. The steering linkages are floppy, and the steering wheel could turn up to 45� before it was transmitted to the linkages. I pulled the steering wheel off and found there's an alloy boss on the shaft which was worn out. I've shimmed it and at the moment it seems alright, though there's still a lot of slack in the linkages.
I have a couple of questions. Is the Tecumseh a standard motor in these beasts?
How easy is it to get rid of the slack in the steering linkages?
How come they still used Imperial nuts and bolts when this was built? (I'm living in a caravan on the blck at the moment while a house is built, and have a very limited tool supply, which means only metric spanners)
How many more swear words will I learn if I set about changing the belts?
