[rfrank]

Been awhile since Ive posted, been working on the 149 I got for free. (danger danger) after spend about 400.00 on normal wear items, belts, pins, half a pto and the rebuild kit. New trunion springs, welding up the trunion and making it sqaure and smooth sliding against the cam. I finally get an idea of how this 149 is going to work.

I still have a hydro slow down when going up an incline at full throttle. I have to nudge forward the hydro to keep a steady speed. Have done all the adjustments with neutral creep and all that. Notice it more when the hydro is good and warm after an hour or so of mowing. Still not used to a hand operating lever, but am getting used to it. Will be putting in a different used hydro later this year to see if that makes a difference.

The mower deck doesnt have any left to right adjustment for level, so I had to weld up a hanger bracket to get it level. Mowes OK although I have to admit my old mtd seems to cut it better still. Seems as though the old 42in deck just doesnt quite lift the grass enough to get an even cut.

The rototiller works nice wish I had another extension to make it 42inches wide.

The shredder 59m works great although it really is loud and it works the 14hp kohler harder than id like.

Welded up the drive hub and took some of the wallow out, but the driveshaft has some wallow so its something I ll probably adapt a double flex disc type of set up in the future.

Still need to work on the steering geer, but thats too be expected for a tractor of this vintage. It seems like there is always something to do with this tractor. I know its much better than anything I can buy for under about 2500 so thats motivation to repair, replace 30+ years of use, neglect and abuse. Nothing runs from a cub better than a deere. Be safe all.