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In the past I had used short steel cables with very small turnbuckles to adjust mower deck tilt when mowing on a hillside. This will work if you you do not need to adjust the mowing height as you mow. I had a real need to be able to adjust the height and was frustrated by the limitations of the two cables that connected to the foot pad bolt. I found a big turnbuckle (TB), at Harbor Freight made of stainless steel for $14. I knew that there had to be a way to adjust the deck tilt and still have the height adjustment and this big TB gave me the idea. On the discharge side of the deck there is a rod that goes from front to rear and is very substantial. There is also a hole in the deck lift/support arm on the same side as the rod. I added an eyebolt with big washers to the hole and hooked the TB to it and the rod and it works great. In fact I can reach down and turn the middle part of the TB to adjust on the fly. I have included a couple of pictures to look at and to see how simple the hook up is. It helps if you bias the tilt towards the discharge so that when the adjustment is made it is under strain and not neutral. I have a 12 volt window motor from a Mustang and I believe it will be adaptable to slide over the turnable part of the TB so that I can do it with the flick of a switch. Today I finally got to mow WITHOUT ridges between mowing rows!