I have a 6 year old Toro lawn tractor with a Kohler SV540s engine that is blown. Replacement by local service center is over half the cost of a new tractor, neither of which I can afford. Does anybody know if any other vertical shaft motors will bolt up the same? I don't care if it is a pull start or if it isn't the same horsepower.
Not real pleased with the low quality of Toro now. My old Toro riding mower wasn't even a tractor. Just a sit down mower. And it lasted over 14 years. And my son used it for small lawn mowing jobs he did in high school. So it got 3 times more use and lasted over twice as long as this newer one with the blown engine. My Toro snowblower is 20 years old and still running strong.
The mechanic at the service center that checked the engine didn't recommend Toro at all. He said they are made from cheap Chinese junk parts now. He recommended a John Deere with a Kawasaki engine. And they don't even sell them there so he was sending me to the competition. Too bad I can't afford that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Not real pleased with the low quality of Toro now. My old Toro riding mower wasn't even a tractor. Just a sit down mower. And it lasted over 14 years. And my son used it for small lawn mowing jobs he did in high school. So it got 3 times more use and lasted over twice as long as this newer one with the blown engine. My Toro snowblower is 20 years old and still running strong.
The mechanic at the service center that checked the engine didn't recommend Toro at all. He said they are made from cheap Chinese junk parts now. He recommended a John Deere with a Kawasaki engine. And they don't even sell them there so he was sending me to the competition. Too bad I can't afford that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.