Piss me off will ya.

The wide open throttle issue turned out to be the idle screw turned in so far that the little spring looked like a flat washer and the no forward/ reverse issue turned out to be no shear key at all in the axle for the drive wheel.

That little idle screw had escaped my attention, it’s behind the air cleaner housing on the side of the carb.

Now I need to swap the decks, order new bags for the rear bagger set up and it should work.

There are still some minor issues like getting a new seat and a different kill switch but swapping out the decks will make it a functional mower.

Finally.

My thanks to my buddy for giving it to me, and the gentleman who traveled clear across the state to bring me the other one with the good deck and rear bagger set up.

My thanks also to Leigh and several others for hooking me up with wiring diagrams and repair manuals for these things.

It’s been a battle no doubt but as you all know all too well, I’m a stubborn sonofabitch.

I win, BFYTW.

That’s a big Rat Trap man.

I can’t believe I didn’t remember about these things!

I have been racking my brain for over a freaking MONTH, trying to figure out how to mount the 220 Volt motor that an EXTREMELY GENEROUS reader gave me, ALONG WITH a freaking VFD, underneath the bench to upgrade my Smithy 3 in 1 machine with.

Over a month actually.

The poor guy probably thinks I forgot all about it.

Not by any stretch of the imagination actually.

As we all know, I have been busier that a one armed paper hanger in a hurricane but this little issue has been there in the back of my mind, tickling my subconscience this whole time.

As I was searching for something completely unrelated, I stumbled across this mounting bracket that you can just freaking buy, to solve this very problem!

$45 plus whatever that prick Bezos wants for shipping, it’s already ordered as I type this.

When it gets here, it will be a matter of taking some measurements and welding two pieces of flat bar across the back of the bench to the uprights , drilling a couple holes and mounting the bracket!

Since the adjuster is already built in there will be no muss and no fuss.

After that it will be figure out which pulleys I need for this thing,

cut a hole for the belt, drill some holes to mount the block, figure out where I want to mount the vfd and done!

It will be at least a week before the bracket assembly gets here, don’t worry, I have more than plenty to keep me busy in the mean time but I am stoked that there was such a simple cure for my problem.

Forest for the trees kinda thing I guess.

Because they are all laughing hysterically when they go by his stupid ass.