363. Part 17 How to install the mower deck on a 42 inch Snapper

[@ACF6180T]

Hey Jim great video ! Nice to see the completion would have liked to have seen the 1642 in action & hear it running, Thanks for the journey learned allot & the doing the formats the way You did was perfect ! SNAPPOUT.

[@garlandmunger7876]

Great series Jim - absolutely the best! My vote is to keep the videos just the way you are doing them now. So very helpful!

[@jimjackson9381]

Thank you very much for your comment and I do plan on leaving them the same. I hope your a subscriber I could really use your help, Jim

[@frederic4430]

Jim just perfect video. People can skip some parts if they to other like me would go all the way through and sometimes backward. Just awesome as I see it

[@Tom.Connolly]

Agree , dont skip over as its good to work along with you at the same time and pace while doing the repair.

[@lonniebrock3282]

I lost the butterfly in my briggs carb and why I found this was I couldn't get the drive pulley off to check the governor and noticed that my carb was coming apart and had remembered your video about this problem running open thanks so much to you it saved me a ton of work

[@jimjackson9381]

Well I’m glad I could help you and I ask everyone, I hope your subscriber that helps me. Jim

[@sleepyjoe8622]

I agree with several others comments, how nice of an ending it would’ve been with you actually firing it up and mowing some grass. At least maybe show a video of the owners reaction when picking it up. I mean even though you didn’t buy a battery I’m sure you have one to test it with. Like Taryl Fixes All would say: Fire it up, fire it up, fire up, fire up, fire up!!

[@dorflonnigan4413]

Excellant how to video, learned a lot thank you

[@Gmcworrior1]

Hi jim. Thanks for the great info.

[@stevef8993]

Great job Jim! Very helpful series.

[@jimjackson9381]

Thanks Steve I hope it helps some people. Jim

[@ronaldduncan1983]

Jim. please continue to make your Snapper mower videos with all of the disassembly and reassembly details, this is for the less mechanical Snapper owners and users. Thanks..

[@jimjackson9381]

Ronald don’t worry about that I don’t plan on changing how I run my channel this channel is meant for the people that aren’t super mechanically inclined I am here to help you and everyone else fix her machines the right way, if you have any questions or you can’t figure it out by watching the video please email me and I will help you through it. I know what it’s like to be stuck in not being able to figure something out I don’t do computers don’t want to never have but with some help from KZbin I can usually get through what I’m trying to do, otherwise I go next-door to the neighbor kid and he helps me.Jim

[@jimjackson9381]

I hope your subscriber it’s free. Jim

[@ronaldduncan1983]

@@jimjackson9381 Yes, I am a subscriber, have been for a long time, I even bought some of your tee shirts.

[@Bill-xc8le]

Hopefully Bruce decides to buy a new seat for his machine!

[@sleepyjoe8622]

After the final total of this restore Bruce would have to take out a 2nd mortgage to afford a seat.

[@Bill-xc8le]

@@sleepyjoe8622 LOL!! I agree, I've been thinking the same since the start!!

[@jasonschroeder2535]

Jim you are doing a very good job on rebuilding that snapper lawnmower when are you going to do it again

[@jasonschroeder2535]

@@REVNUMANEWBERN I know right ..but I learned a alot from this

[@larryterkhorn2155]

Wished you would have fired it up, but great series.

[@jeffsanderson2737]

Good job

[@rollingpinproductions7424]

Great video Jim! Now I know how to do it. It is so hot after work here in the county side. I now have a forest. So my father is a guy to use his brush hog. Then I can mow the yard.

[@94jimmy5]

Informative as always. Thanks for all you do, Jim.

[@shinhostergroup]

The final stage would have been to start and operate it after all that hard work.

[@stevetorres76]

Thanks Jim… great video. Would you happen to know what the length of that drive belt is for the 42” inch deck?

[@jimjackson9381]

Steve a buddy of mine an hour away I’m helping rebuild his 42 inch machine and he said his belt is 52 1/4 inches long thanks. Jim

[@rodneysweetnam8653]

@@jimjackson9381 Hi Jim - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. Something doesn't add up here. My 1996 model, E281216BE, has a non adjustable belt. I use a Dunlop AA73, whose pitch is listed at 1854mm = 72.99inches. I would have thought that the 42inch belt would be way longer to get around the additional pullets and extra blade spindle. I enjoyed the videos just as they are presented. If folk don't need the technical info, they can sit back and enjoy your idle banter as you work. I was hoping for an idea of the cost of the parts needed and the number of hours you spent on the project. We don't need to know the cost of your time. Wonder what your next project will be!

[@jimjackson9381]

@@rodneysweetnam8653 I will ask him to ck it and make sure on the size. Jim

[@jimjackson9381]

@@rodneysweetnam8653 Hey Rodney I don’t know if I wrote the wrong number down when I sent it to you or put it online can’t remember which but it’s 52 1/4 inches long and I just texted him and asked him to double check and I’ll let you know. Jim

[@greghobbs1728]

Love your videos & Snapper, but they are more obsolete every day.

[@sleepyjoe8622]

Could’ve bought a nice zero turn.

[@jimjackson9381]

Well they still are building the rear engine machines and nothing on the market will pick up leaves the way these do. Jim

[@radiowave75]

What years did they make these? I rarely seem them come up for sale. Is it possible to put a 42" deck on a mower that had a different size or is it specific to that model?

[@jimjackson9381]

They didn’t make very many 42 inch decks because they’re not a high vac and they don’t bag as well as a single blade, if you look on your engine tag at the code number the first two numbers will tell you what year the engine was made and they don’t typically carry engines over to the next year. Jim

[@radiowave75]

@@jimjackson9381 I see. I don't use a bagger just side discharge. I'm interested in one because I ran a snapper for years and it was tough. I sold it and bought a very nice cub cadet 1863. It's heavy duty but I don't care for it. It's more maintenance and i have to use a lift to maintain it ect...I like the simplicity of the snapper. I like the idea of the rear engine rider with a larger deck. I wish they still made a larger deck.

[@jimjackson9381]

@@radiowave75 I guess only thing I can say is watch craigslist or Facebook marketplace. Jim

[@lead5s]

i just aquired a 42 inch snapper rer, my question is, i have 2 28 inch snappers, one i mow with and the other im using for parts, will the 28 inch deck fit and run ok on the 42 inch snapper? the only reason i wanna chage the deck is cause the 42 inch wont fit through my fence gate.

[@jimjackson9381]

It would probably fit but you’re going to have to put a different pulley on the drive disk I’m sure a 42 inch is not the same diameter I have a friend that’s working on his I’ll get a hold of him this weekend and have him measure the diameter of the pulley and let you know. Jim

[@lead5s]

@@jimjackson9381 thanks a bunch jim!