[Fastbuck]

After looking close at the parts drawing and comparing the 1811 to my 1872, I have egg on my face for saying the implement lift was installed upside down. It appears that the hyd actuator is fully extended and the mechanism is jammed in the full up position. I didn't do anything about that problem but I went down to the local dealer and picked up some supplies. First job was to change the Hydro filter. A lot of bad words were uttered. No where near as much room in that area as on the 1872. I finally took the cooling fan loose and moved it forward and out of the way which gave me a little more room. Then I couldn't find my good oil filter wrench. Decided to use the old punch a hole through the filter with a screwdriver trick. This wasn't easy either but I finally got the old filter off. Bubba must have really put the muscle to it when he put that on. Got the new filter on and topped off the fluid. Seems like I lost a lot more fluid than I usually do on the 1872. I started up the 1811 so I wouldn't overservice the hydraulic fluid. Started right up again but quit after 3 or 4 minutes. That is one of the problems I'll have to chase at a later date. I picked up a couple new plugs to put in next time I work on it. Decided to work on the brakes since they are locked up. Figured it would be easier to work on them if I took them off and work on them in a vice. Had trouble getting them off without taking the rear wheels off so I had to fight the wheel weights off to get the wheels off. These weights are plastic affairs filled with concrete. There were cracks in the plastic and all sorts of creepy crawly things were living in there. I saw ants, spiders and centipedes all over the place. The ants were the worse since they fought off the invader with all they had. But I won that battle and got the weights and the wheels off. Boy, those wheels are really rusted bad under those weights. I'll have to sand blast the worse one. I'm surprised the tire is still holding air. Doesn't sound like I did a whole lot but I spent 2 or 3 hours on it. Nice thing happened though. The wife got on the 1872 and mowed about and acre and a half which works out to a little less than half the size of the lot. First time she's mowed grass in several years.