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Hey-I just bought an old and unloved F2100 front deck mower. here she is arriving home. I had some trouble getting her into 4wd-in fact the seller had trouble-which knocked $1500 off the price:) When I got her home I sprayed some WD40 on the 4wd linkage, which freed up the little detente ball...

So another problem was the PO was using ether to start her when cold, due to a problem with the glow plugs. I isolated them, and put power into one at a time-found the 2nd one has a short in it. So I've bypassed that one, and wired it so that only 1 and 3 get power-now she starts up like a new...

Here she is, arriving at her new home

Yeah all true. I'll post a pic shortly. There's a bit of deferred maintenance to catch up on. Pretty much everything on the mower deck is badly worn, idler gears, wheels, mounting balls. The engine cut out solenoid has been replaced by a bit of fencing wire. The seat is shot. The bonnet looks...

Hey I fixed it! Turned out it was just the little,detente ball bearing which sits between the base of the shift lever and the side of the gearbox. The PO never used 4wd and the ball had frozen up. Gave it a good squirt of WD40, jiggled it about a bit and Voila! It works. Seems to be a great...

Help!!-I'm a new owner of an old and somewhat tired F2100. 4wd wont engage. I cant get the lever to move to the 4wd position. Dont want to force it-might break something. Ive tried with the engine running and stopped, clutch depressed, rolled the mower back and forth a bit. No go. Any ideas? Thanks