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    Cheetah II - 37hp Vanguard EFI

    Hate to hear your having belt problems with the new mower. My Cheetah is about 5 years old with original belts. They do flop around some but everything works fine. Hope your dealer and Skag come to your rescue. They should.
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    Which Scag?

    I don't think you can go wrong with any of them. I have family and friends with all three. I have a Cheetah with the 850 Kawasaki and 61 inch deck. I like it and plan to use it for the rest of my days. My son has the Tiger Cat and it is 3 years old and it has been perfect. My best friend...
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    Cheetah no start - bad relay under key switch panel

    My Cheetah is 3 years old and has 140 hours on it now. I am happy with it. However, I have replaced the key switch, battery, and this week the start relay with diode went out. All of these issues caused a sometimes no crank condition. That gets old fast. Should I have to replace anything...
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    Towing Pushing a Cheetah

    The other day, I thought an OSHA switch was bad but the intermittent cranking problem turned out to be a bad battery. Anyway, I was broke down in a field in the hot Texas sun. I wanted to push the Cheetah about 500 ft to my garage but I could not find the transaxle release valve shown in the...
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    Mower deck mower deck pedal mod

    I have a Cheetah with a 61" cut. We have about 75 hours on it. We really like it but my wife and I have both complained about the knurled round steel shaft that Cheetah calls the mower lift pedal. As senior citizens, we would like a pedal that has more leverage and a larger foot surface so we...
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