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Looking for pictures of belt / pto setup. I don’t know if I have all the parts to hook up mower and really need to get it going. 

 

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The parts in the seat are what I have.

 

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ACman

Also do you think someone added the floor boards or changed the hood ? Looks to be all original but all the images I come across have stirrups with that hood . Doesn’t look like there was ever a 8 in the white sticker on the hood stand . Wouldn’t take much to bring this one back . A seat/reupholstered  , escutcheon plate , cap for steering wheel, choke cable , gen/star belt guard and a wet sand/buff . The tractor isn’t here so I can’t get the model/serial #’s

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953 nut

Jeff, the mule drive they used at that time is a bit of a head scratchier. The odd shaped cam piece slides onto the deck and a smaller dowel on the frame bracket and the curved piece slides through a grooved wheel.

This manual is good at explaining it and I will Take some close-ups of it tomarow.

 

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953 nut

You are going to need a PTO to drive the mower, the Commando now is set up for a old gear drive RD deck.

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I’m betting it was used on this one which came from the same place :think: . Charger 12 runs no smoke but needs a lot . 

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953 nut

:text-yeahthat:            A 42" deck on an 8 HP :wh: wouldn't work too well. Here are a few pictures that might help.

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This cast iron thingey  :thingy: with the cam plate is the heart of the system. It is attached to the deck, held on with a snap ring and has a couple of points of attachment to the tractor. the small at the rear slides over a stud mounted to the tractor frame and the cam thingey slides in a bushing on the forward mounting point.

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the bolt that attaches to the flat idler bracket tightens the belt and the cam retains tension as the deck is lifted or lowered.

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May appear a bit cumbersome, but it has worked for a half century!

 

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Thanks Richard.... :) !

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