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Hi everyone, I picked up a Cub Cadet 109 with mower and tiller. She ran pretty decent, but just died on me the other day. I scanned the archives and thanks to your good posts, I got it running again. I put in a new coil, and the condenser and points are waiting for me at NAPA.

Heres my questions and issues:
- runs decent driving around, but under load (really long grass) she is bogging down, and I need to stop the mower to get it rev up, then repeat. I have played with the carb settings and I am checking the gas flow and changing the filter today.
I am hoping the new points and proper gap will help this? Do I have the mover drive belt too tight? Thoughts?

- she blows smoke from the crankcase vent (I hope its the crankcase vent) near the carb - there was no breather hose, should there be?

- If everything is working properly, does the 109 have enough power to cut tall grass (I am talking 2 ft high hay effectively - maybe I need goats instead) or am I asking too much from it?

Thanks for your help - Great forum!