Yardman 1996 vintage

[upnorth]

only way I can tell which yardman this is, is, there's a nylon fan on top of the hydro-static transmission just above the drive pulley.
today I was mowing with no problem and forward and reverse motion stopped. moving the forward - reverse handle did nothing. I pushed the mower forward and noticed a spring had let go and was laying on the ground.
I brought up several yardman prints and found springs but can't figure out which one this is.
without measuring it - it looks about 1/2 inch diameter, roughly 5 inches length of the coiled part with two hooks 3/4 inch long from the coiled part on both ends.
this is an extension spring.

 

[gfp55]

only way I can tell which yardman this is, is, there's a nylon fan on top of the hydro-static transmission just above the drive pulley.
today I was mowing with no problem and forward and reverse motion stopped. moving the forward - reverse handle did nothing. I pushed the mower forward and noticed a spring had let go and was laying on the ground.
I brought up several yardman prints and found springs but can't figure out which one this is.
without measuring it - it looks about 1/2 inch diameter, roughly 5 inches length of the coiled part with two hooks 3/4 inch long from the coiled part on both ends.
this is an extension spring.

Maybe you could post your model # serial # off the tag from under the seat.

 

[upnorth]

there is nothing under the seat or anywhere else on the mower.
the engine is a briggs 13.5 hp.
38 inch mower deck

 

[gfp55]

there is nothing under the seat or anywhere else on the mower.
the engine is a briggs 13.5 hp.
38 inch mower deck

Maybe you could post some pictures of your mower then

 

[SeniorCitizen]

I believe I'd be looking for a motion idler bracket to hook one end to and the other end location won't be far away, maybe about the spring length.

 

[Fish]

put up the transmission's numbers then!!

 

[upnorth]

I went poking through several prints on the yardman and found the fan above the drive pulley on the transmission.
This I cross referenced to: 146Y834P401 (1996)

 

[upnorth]

I'm not sure what the model number is now. I went looking for the battery box and there's none listed, least where my battery is.
Mine is under the seat in a sheet metal U shaped thingie. Another thing, my fuel tank does not mount under the seat. It is a large plastic tank located in the engine compartment just after the control panel "looking forward."
The hydro-static transmission has a fan bolted to the top of the pulley.
All the diagrams I looked at, the V shaped idler pulley mounts on top of a bracket, not underneath a bracket.
Its a bloody spring that I'm after. Five inches long relaxed, 1/2 inch diameter. Two hooks about 3/4 inch long "after" the coiled part of the spring.
In an MTD site, I've searched every print blow up from 1993 through 1999.
Another thing, My forward-reverse handle is on the right rear fender with a center detent.
You push it forward to increase forward speed, back to hit the detent, then backwards to get the reduced speed in reverse.
It uses a briggs & stratton engine, 13.5 hp stamped on it.
I'll get some pictures in a few minutes.

 

[upnorth]

Pictures of mower showing engine, fuel tank location, direction shifter - deck lever etc.

 

[DJlawnboy]

Looks like that mower was at The Battle of the Bulge.