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  1. windetch

    L185 fuel issue

    Hey all, question on my L185 It's back on mowing duty for my small two acre field, with a 5' Woods finish mower. Does fine, mowed a few times this year, but today it had an issue. Got ~ halfway done and it bogged a little, then surged - rpm dropped til it almost died then it jumped back...
  2. windetch

    Coolant questions

    Finally got around to getting my L185 out to mow an overgrown field. It did great, except that ~ 2 hours in (I was mowing slow, 3rd low) I noticed the steering rod was damp and a trickle of fluid was flowing out the whistle. Shut it down and let it cool, the flying debris had fully coated...
  3. windetch

    Picked up a finish mower, couple questions

    Hey guys Picked up a used Frontier GM1060R for my L185, it's got Woods stamped on the gearbox. Deere has it listed as rated for 15 - 40HP, so my 17HP L185 should handle it alright. I'm a little curious about the chains running down from the top link Most other finish mowers have solid...
  4. windetch

    Picked up a L185

    So about a month ago I bought my first property with 2.5 mostly clear acres. Since then I've been kinda tossing around the idea of picking up a compact tractor to play around with. My grandad had a pair of B-series Kubotas that were rather tough little things, so I was leaning in that...