[st.mitch]

Been searching all over for the manual or some shop notes on the forward/speed/reverse control arm and any adjustments that can be made. As far as I can tell, it is a 1992 model and was manufactured by MTD (maybe that is the forum I should be posting in?) It has no separate gear shift lever below the seat like every manual I have found clearly details. While sitting at the wheel, there is just a brake/clutch pedal and the lever to engage the mower deck on the right and on the left is the forward speed adjust and the forward/neutral/reverse lever. There is a threaded link on the end of the control arm to adjust the position of the lever to match that of the actual mechanism that switches the direction of travel (that being a pin of sorts, with two springs separated by a washer and threaded with a nut on the exposed end. The other end disappears into what seems to be a predecessor to the hydrostatic transmission.

The mower runs like a champ, the problem is with getting it to stop or getting it to go in the direction intended. Sometimes it will stop moving right when I press in the brake, other times it will just slow way down, other times it seems to do nothing until I pull the lever in the opposite direction. Then, it will sometimes stop moving while in the neutral position, other times it will just throw itself into the opposite direction.

So, if any of the mechanically minded souls on here care to try and walk me through the way to adjust this contraption I would greatly appreciate it! I know just enough to be dangerous around a machine not intended to make sawdust...