When I purchased my 147 in the spring the grille was (and still is) held in with washers and machine screws. My dad's 125 has a wire holding it on. Neither are the stock clips.
I've never mowed over a grill but I can see how it happens-- you wouldn't know that it fell off until you mowed it.
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Daniel G.
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(May 1970) 147 w/an IH spring assist, 48" deck, 42" blade, 1969 73, #2 trailer, 10" Brinly plow and (on loan) Dad's #2 tiller.
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