Cub Cadet 1042
Hi first post. I bought a 1042 late last year for a winter project, not running with wiring unattached in a field , I thought this will be a challenge to keep me busy all winter. got it home and realized, that the old Briggs 19.5 hp motor was not original, after i unstuck one exhaust valve and pulled off the fly wheel to see the shear key was wiped out and the timing was about 180 degrees out, i got it running, this carb has the fuel pump built right on to the carb, so after a fuel pump rebuild kit it runs and drives great the 42 inch deck was not attached at the time, so I engaged the electric pto switch and the pulley started up very quite and smoothly, I replaced two bearing on the port side spindle, mounted the deck started her up and pulled the pto switch and the deck started up with a very hard and sudden violent engagement that it lost rpm for a second or two, but ran smoothly and quietly, i found a on line manual and it said to engage the deck at top rpm, so that is what i did. Is there somewhere on the deck that i should be checking or is this normal and should be expected?
Thank you very much.
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