mower deck

I have a 50" mower deck on my Magnum that does 1 of 3 things when I pull the switch to turn on the mower deck. 1). Blades turn on ok. 2). Nothing happens. 3). The motor is dragged down until it dies. Seems to change whenever it wants to. Any suggestions? Ty

Over the weekend I bought a Troy Bilt riding mower (22 hp engine 46 in deck) from a friend and the only issue it seems to have is that the deck wont engage in high gear. For reference, it has what I call a Hydro-Shift transmission (shift into forward high, forward low or reverse with a shifter...

13AK608G129 sn# 1E230H10530 (year 2000) Looked a several parts sites they all had the same exploded views but didn't list the belt.

I didn’t want to drill holes in the side of my deck so I bought 1” wide aluminum and applied it with double sided tape. I bought the 1”x1/8” thick 48” long aluminum flat bar and the Gorilla Heavy Duty mounting tape from Home Depot I cut 2 strips 13” long and beveled the ends, I pre-bent the flat...