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Happy new year everybody.

Today I picked up this 1992 or 1993 SW61 to compliment my other older walk behind, a 2003 Giant Vac 48". I think I have an obsession with belt/gear drive mowers, I just love working on, tuning and mowing with them!

The kid I bought it from didn't know a darn thing about it but I am guessing by the condition of the components it was a lightly used estate machine. As you can see by the pics there's very little rust and wear/tear on it, I'd say she definitely escaped commercial service.

Here some pics of today's Job #1 which involved cleaning it up because I dislike working on dirty machines
























Job #2 is straightening out the wiring and fabricating a battery tray for the electric starter because it was missing

Checked under the shroud tonight. Some dirt residue but no nests

Now that's a nice mower......... I have a friend of mine that owned a Scag dealership not that far from me.... He redoes them all the time... He still is a consultant for the woman that bought him out 10 years ago though.......

The only one thing I don't care about on that mower is there is no pedestals to stand on, like a stand behind mower....

That unit should last you a very long time ..........

Plus Tard Mon Ami ~!~!

Nice machine for sure. But I'll stick with floating deck hydro walk behinds. :smile:

Boudreaux In Eunice La. said:

Now that's a nice mower......... I have a friend of mine that owned a Scag dealership not that far from me.... He redoes them all the time... He still is a consultant for the woman that bought him out 10 years ago though.......

The only one thing I don't care about on that mower is there is no pedestals to stand on, like a stand behind mower....

That unit should last you a very long time ..........

Plus Tard Mon Ami ~!~!

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Its in great shape and I'm putting in the TLC so it lasts another 25 years!

This is the closest Im ever going to get to a stander and it looks like its going to be fun...

Darryl G said:

Nice machine for sure. But I'll stick with floating deck hydro walk behinds. :smile:

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A floating hydro would be nice

tdipaul said:

Its in great shape and I'm putting in the TLC so it lasts another 25 years!

This is the closest Im ever going to get to a stander and it looks like its going to be fun...

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Great idea........... I like that pedestal..... Looks like the ones they on the older stand behinds years ago..... More comfortable with that on there...........

Plus Tard Mon Ami ~!~!

Thanks

Performed some maintenance this week. She's ready to mow now

Oil/filter



New left side alu spindle (the main shaft of the original was bent, causing a hefty vibration)



new shaft on order so the spindle can be used as a spare



new high lift blades and two new belts



big *** fuel filter



and a chute for safety's sake

Be careful with that high lift blade........... If your yard is sandy it will sand blast the underside of the deck...... LOL.....

Looking good Mon Ami ~!~!

Boudreaux In Eunice La. said:

Be careful with that high lift blade........... If your yard is sandy it will sand blast the underside of the deck...... LOL.....

Looking good Mon Ami ~!~!

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High lift blades are almost a requirement for cutting our cool season grasses in the Northeast USA.

Nice find!

Something I noticed (and may be wrong), the picture below the oil and filter, with the new spindle, the deck appears to have a hair line CRACK. Goes somewhat semi circular, likely when the spindle bolts underneath. Maybe 2-3" long..

You may want to inspect that further and if need be, get it welded before it gets worse..

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I see what you mean and just checked it out. I could be wrong too but I think its just a scratch that has rusted and looks like a crack. The circular steel plate is 1/8" thick and welded on top of the deck and I cant see anything underneath in between the bolts. There's a lot of metal here but will keep an eye on it!

tdipaul said:

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I see what you mean and just checked it out. I could be wrong too but I think its just a scratch that has rusted and looks like a crack. The circular steel plate is 1/8" thick and welded on top of the deck and I cant see anything underneath in between the bolts. There's a lot of metal here but will keep an eye on it!

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1/8" thick really isn't much IF impacted with an object at speed. I'd have to turn the welder (MIG) down a bit to keep from burning thru it... Normal wear and tear, no problem..

With that pic from underneath and the rust there, I'd at least grind that rust away and paint with galvanized paint/ truck bed liner or something.

Just with the impact and bending the spindle, it took a hard hit. With that rust, even easier to bend/crack the deck...

Looking closer (with the underneath pic), it's cracked, following the spindle.

A quick "V" grind and bead with a MIG welder would fix it. Shouldn't cost much.

As long as you don't hit anything again (like the PO) with it, as you said, keep an eye on it...


MY BIL bent the deck on his JD years ago after hitting something (where the spindle comes thru). No cracks and we were able to straighten it with a BFH... Still going many years later..

What did you use to clean up with around the engine and deck? I've thought of using Gunk Engine Degreaser on my Scag but thought it might be too harsh on the paint.

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Simple Green, a quick hit with the pressure washer, then a dose of WD40 on everything except the belts and the brakes.

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Tried some larger 15" tires to replace the badly cracked 13" originals. More speed for the sulky!












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Tires look good on it and nice job on the refresh of that machine. You've got a nice solid machine there.

Thanks Darryl

Upon testing the machine, the engine was dying out with the blades engaged, here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwV4zaEpq2A


Check for output beyond the fuel pump and it was just a dribble so replaced it with one of these and now it works fine

You could see the fuel filter running almost dry in that video...

Probably the reason you got a good deal on it! Bet they didn't tell you about it..

Nice, cheap fix!!!

The filter is never really full at any point in time but its obvious there's more activity going on it it now.

I took the old pump apart to have a look-see and the diagram springs were missing. Somebody had messed around with things