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I've been keeping busy, so busy that I had forgotten to post further updates on my garden tractor. I have finally got this thing running properly after being nearly ready to throw in the towel several times. If you haven't been following this from the start, you can see the previous steps in...

After repairing the crack in the head, the engine ran a lot better and was able to handle mowing. However the coolant started finding its way into the sump again, and the engine was overheating after a while. Pulled the head again, and sure enough, it had cracked through the braze repair. So I...

After quite an ordeal my G5200H finally seems to be running properly. Unfortunately it doesn't have 3-point linkage, hydraulics or a rear PTO. According to the parts manuals the G series was offered with these features as options from the factory. Thus I am planning to do a retrofit. I am...

Been busy fixing problems on my little garden tractor. I decided that just throwing a sealant like K-Seal or Chem-i-weld into the cooling system and hoping for the best was only going to delay the inevitable and possibly make things worse. So I decided to bite the bullet and take the engine...

Been working on it for the past few days, and the head had a crack through the exhaust valve seat on the No.2 cylinder, and the head gasket was blown. Will detail the repairs in another thread.

Was running some injector cleaner through the engine on my G5200H when it started running rough and spitting a heap of oil out of the breather on the tappet cover. When I went to check the oil, it started dripping out the dipstick hole! It was coming out grey and murky looking. NOT GOOD! This...

Been living on about an acre of land on the outskirts of Bendigo in the south-east of Australia for a bit over 3 years now. My parents have an MTD Yard Man ride on mower that they are perfectly happy with. I however thought we could use something that is actually worthy of being called a...