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I knew the head gasket was bad because after I replaced the themostat and mowed the yard coolant was bubbling in the reservoir. I checked the head with a straight edge and it was not warped.

I replaced the head gasket in my g1800 last year. The themostat went bad and it overheated. The gasket was $35. The repair manual was more than that but it was easy. I left the intake and exhaust manifolds attatched to the head and removed it as an assembly. The head had 14 bolts which I...

I rebuilt mine using a 20 ton press. I reused the gears and put the same spacers back in the same spot. I just replaced all the bearings. Mine was getting noisy but not locked up. Works great now.

I had to unbolt the radiator and lift it slightly to get the drive shaft out. The cool thing is every bolt was 12mm except the steering wheel.

I rebuilt mine with new u joints a couple months ago.

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I had this problem and found a solution. You need a low voltage starter relay. As the wiring and safety switches get old the resistance increases and you cannot always get enough voltage (less than 12 volts) to the starter contactor. The solution is to add a low voltage starter relay and...

It shares the same sub frame as the snow blade.

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I just replaced the head gasket on my g1800 with a 3 cylinder diesel. The service manual said to re-torque after 30 minutes of run time.