Tips for searching any site because Not all site's search work very well --- Here's a tip for searching for any site using Google. WRITE IT DOWN* Searching a site like http://manuals.mtdproducts.com/mtd/Public.do they ask for the product's model. When you don't know the model you're stuck until you search this way: Put this into Google site:http://manuals.mtdproducts.com/ manual Any page related to any manuals will come up. Try it even if you're not interested right now. Any site can be searched this way. Want to search Granger.com for something odd that Granger search doesn't work for? put site:granger.com odd thing you want to find Here's some tips to help you get better results for any search. tip: if it's a super common thing but you know exactly how it shows up on the site use quotes to nail it down. into google put site:http://gardenweb.com "cardboard shredder" Any occurrence of "cardboard shredder" exactly like that will show up. but tip2 .. this site:http://gardenweb.com "cardboard shredder" won't find a page that says .... shreds cardboard because "cardboard shredder" is't the same as "shreds cardboard" in that case change the search to site:http://gardenweb.com cardboard shredder and google should figure out that the page which has .... shreds cardboard is one of the pages you want to see. Use "" to enclose a 'search term' when you know exactly what you're looking for or exactly what you know is on the page you hope to find. The tip for using " " to contain the search term works best when you have way too many hits and you know exactly what you're looking for. Last Tip: put into the search (for any search engine) the words THAT YOU EXPECT TO BE ON THE PAGE that you're hoping to find. Why it works like that. .. imagine what's on the page you hope to find.. A search engine can't read your mind or know what you want just by the words you type.. although they're getting smarter they can't read your mind.. you have to 'read the mind of the page you hope to find" then put that into the search. Search engines where you sign up with an account are watching your search behavior. Google does this. They are learning how you think and they do a better job at this. They will also show you things to buy or results that may not fit what you want to find today.. because it learned what you wanted yesterday. Beware of being manipulated. We're all already slaves to the way of the world. .. be aware that your behavior online is geared since 2010 towards selling you stuff you were looking for yesterday. Good luck. need more help? PM me and I'll help or ask a question in a help forum. Teach yourself how to learn: * I create a simple Wordpad (or Word) or just a document file for hints and tips for any subject of interest. Put them all in the same place. Don't worry how to name them. Pick the first thoughts that come to mind and name it 'all' of those like Google.Tips.Searching.doc and then you can search the folder for any of those words and your document will pop up. Use this tip for garden tips, wood working, ideas, whatever. I have over 300 self made documents. My reserch is about 'the brain' and how we learn. When you write things down (and don't just bookmark) you actually learn something and you remember facts and relate to the information and become an expert and knowledgeable. WRITE DOWN things that are important. If you lose the paper you still learn the information.

Before you start knocking the original poster, you may ask what he had to buy and what he had laying around. It can make a big difference, and I would consider the cost of the things I had to buy I made my brother a picture frame, and it cost nothing. I had a piece of 8' 1X2 in the garage and I had the glue. If I look at the actual cost it was much more. The 1X2 cost about $7. A small bottle of glue cost about $4. I worked on it about 2 hours, and at $30/hr that is $60. So my free frame actually cost about $71. This is not expensive the equipment, the electricity and the building upkeep and taxes, which would and another 10 to $20.

Loger, I might be missing (or misunderstanding) something here. I hope I don't offend anyone, but both of you DO understand that the idler wheel IS the belt tensioner, do you not? The back side of the belt rides against the idler wheel, and the spring pulls the wheel into the belt to tighten it against the pulleys. Click on the link marked "Troy Bilt owner's manual" in my first post, and go to the section on changing the deck belt. There are two illustrations. See the instruction to use a ratchet in the idler bracket and rotate it counterclockwise to relieve tension on the belt (in order to remove the old belt.) When installing the new belt, you have to use the ratchet to rotate the idler wheel toward the front of the tractor in order to stretch the new belt around it. When you release it, the idler will snap toward the rear of the tractor, and as it does so it will push against the BACK of the belt to tighten the belt against the pulleys. This method is commonly used on mower decks. I have five riding lawn mowers/lawn tractors in four different brands, and all of them employ this method of tensioning the deck belt. The most common mistake folks make in installing deck belts is to fail to realize that the BACK of the belt is what should be in contact with the idler wheel, the inside, or V-shaped part of the belt rides in the pulleys that turn the blades. Note that there are two idler wheels, but only the one toward the left side of the deck is a tensioner - i.e. on a movable bracket. The idler on the right merely changes the direction of the belt's travel.

I have that unit it is a bitch to engage I have no problem engaging it the trick lowly engage the handle and listen for it to engage it takes practice and we name ours the beast