Repair-It

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jT9krTY6Ceg

And the fix: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UytMfRytNXg

Nice machine. But that is a lot of complexity for a 38 inch cut...

Overhead cam w/ timing belt, liquid cooling and an inline twin. Surprised it isn't fuel injected....it already has an electric fuel pump. The main point of a lot of that is quietness. Those liquid cooled small engines are SUPER quiet, because of the insulating factor of the water jacket. Still, I don't know that I'd want to add cooling system maintenance to my lawn tractor service. And, my machine is still running after 30+ years of service so...