Being only a few seasons into my ET adventure, I'd never had a mower deck that was quite right.  Had two of em and a few extra motors, but rarely got through my acre of mowing without a motor that would start overheating, squeal a bearing, have a stuck brush etc...

Well, I splurged for a full set of those refurbished but mislabeled lime green $150 "Lawn Boy" large diameter deck motors from eBay last fall, and OHMygosh, mowing is EVerything it should've been with these tractors!  Now I just have to figure out the art of properly washering and torqueing the blade bolts, as these strong motors stop so quickly that the blade tends to unscrew itself...perhaps some blue locktite?

Now this gives me the time to tear down and properly rebuild a set of the old motors for when the limes get tired, and we should be mowing for another 50 years! 

-Jay Donnaway

Tacoma WA