The mower deck deck drive belt for this tractor with a 42"deck calls for an IH-490489-R2 belt , which tells me nothing about the length or width of the belt. However, a Google search brought up an Ebay listing for said belt and listed it as an 81 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch wide. Off to Tractor supply I went and bought both an 81 and an 82 inch belt as apparently Tractor supply doesn't carry half sizes. Turns out that the 82 inch belt fit the best so on it went , but during the install I noticed that the center "button" of the PTO clutch was pretty worn so I figured I may as well make this right , right now. I was fortunate enough to have a complete PTO overhaul kit so I completely rebuilt the PTO before running the mower deck. So without further delay, here are some pics. And yes, the original owner did some touchup work with a spray can, but he did use the correct paint.
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