[j.m.jackson]

The 1872 lives! I got it back together this weekend. As I was mounting the deck, i noticed that the engine was moving around a bit.

After further investigation, it turns out that there was NOT 1 bolt in the engine plate. 6 bolts, all missing. After lining the engine up and putting 6 bolts in the plate, and filling up the tank with gas, it mowed my 3 acres of grass like a dream. It could use a set of blades, and the hydro cam plate needs adjusting, but I'll get to that soon.

On the subject of supers in general, I drilled the mounting holes in the frame so I could use 1/4-20 self tapping hex head bolts to hold the tunnel cover on. The usual #12 hex head bolts were not available locally, and those need to stay tight.

The cover had been off, or without bolts, for so long that it stressed the lower power steering mounting bracket until it broke in two at the first bend from the frame. That's a thick bracket, I suspect it had to be repetitive stress that cracked/broke it that way. It was TONS of fun pulling the column so I could get the bracket out and weld it back together properly.