<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">Residential grade mowers will break long before they have an oil related failure so changing the oil isn't required. Of course they are so cheap it isn't worth the labor to diagnose a problem much less fix it when you can buy another at Wal-Mart. So it was probably a commercial mower which are built to better standards and thus worth fixing and changing the oil so it lasts longer. </div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div id="sig11221025"><div>-- <br></div><div> Henry Miller<br></div><div> <a href="mailto:hank@millerfarm.com">hank@millerfarm.com</a><br></div><div><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div>On Mon, Jul 6, 2020, at 13:33, Ken Knierim wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div>Usually when they get worn down to the point where the ends come off it's usually because they hit something and the worn pieces snap off. Sometimes they don't break on both sides and it really tears up the decks because it's incredibly imbalanced. That one doesn't look like it hit anything; it's too uniform from side to side and actually looks like someone tried to sharpen and balance it.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Yeah, I did some time as a small engine mechanic for various lawn service fleets during electronics school. Some crews only brought things into the shop when they wouldn't make noise anymore. I asked one guy when he changed his oil last. He replied "you can change lawnmower oil?" <br></div><div><br></div><div>Ken in AZ<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 9:46 AM Stephen Offiler <<a href="mailto:soffiler@gmail.com">soffiler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>I've never seen anything quite like that old blade. Hard to imagine running it long enough to get like that. Seems like it would have cut so badly it would be hard to tell if the mower deck is even engaged or not.<br></div><div><br></div><div>SO<br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 12:00 AM <<a href="mailto:bradloomis@charter.net" target="_blank">bradloomis@charter.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal">To Dean VP,<u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal">I am the ‘operator’ of a Deere 455 at work. Which also means I’m the mechanic. Because of your uploading of the manual on such machines on the associated JD page on Faceplant I now have access to info I would have had to wing it through. Heck, it’s almost an antique, a 1999. I love that poor abused machine. I want to take it home badly. It fires right up ever single time, even tho the starter is a wire to the battery that has to be touched to the post to get it to crank. But varoom and it’s off and running. That and replacing the 21 year old mower blades, now it actually mows. They literally tossed a rear blade and a drag before I could salvage them. More money then sense and a need to ‘clean’ things up. <u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal">Again, thanks for that upload. A wealth of information. <u></u><u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u><br></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal">Brad<u></u><u></u><br></p></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div> AT mailing list<br></div><div> <a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br></div><div> <a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br></div></blockquote></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div> AT mailing list<br></div><div> <a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br></div><div> <a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br></div></blockquote></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>AT mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br></div><div><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote></body></html>