Recent content by My Hoe

Thank you--and I'm glad it's "not just me." LOL

I didn't bother looking up the model numbers to see if this is a vertical shaft engine or, as has been suggested, a horizontal shaft engine. On my 2005 Khohler V-Twin (I forget the model, but it's something like 24 hp on a Cub Cadet lawn tractor with a 54" belly mower) I seem to remember a bolt...

To do the annual "mouse nest eviction" that will cook an air cooled engine if not removed?

Wow...that attitude is sure to get you the help you seek! /s And FYI: Did I miss where you EVER named the brand and model of RER you have? Everyone is making the (good) educated GUESS that it's a Snapper, but Sears/Craftsman and other companies had similar designs back in the day as well...

Came here to say the same thing. Not that I've ever even heard of a toothed "timing belt" on a mower deck that would allow for such "clocking" - and if it did exist, I would expect the belt to get knocked "out of time" by blade strikes into hard objects or just clumped up grass.