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08-05-2010, 01:34 AM
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Engine mount bolt stripped on 128 - suggestions?
Model 128, "daily driver" - not a showpiece, not a puller. I was mowing along a few days ago, things got really "weird" - didn't feel right. Mower would not completely shut off, one rear wheel spinning fast occasionally - what the heck is going wrong here?!?!?
 I got it into the garage and discovered the front-most engine bolt on the left (carb/coil) side had worked completely out and was pretty much stopped against the axle. I jacked up the front with a floor jack, tilted the axle down so I could get the bolt (3/8 diameter) out. I now held a grease-caked bolt with remnants of a helicoil in the threads - so, someone has been there before and repaired a stripped-out engine mount hole. So now, what are my options? Yeah, to do it right I would (probably) need to pull the engine and investigate another helicoil, or (maybe) tap the hole in the K301 to the next size larger (7/16), if indeed the hole isn't already larger than that due to the helicoil being installed. Removal of the front axle to be able to get under it to drill/tap seems daunting; would pulling the engine be easier? I've never pulled the motor in the nearly 17 years I've run this tractor - never had a need to, so I'm not familiar with what might be involved (this post suggests what needs to be done prior to engine removal). Suggestions anyone? Thanks, Goony p.s. Eventually, I hope to finish refurb of the junk QA-36A snow thrower I bought a few years back. I bought a rebuilt "creeper" reduction ($$$!) but have yet to put it in either. 
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