Buying, Fixing, And Detailing The MOST Popular JOHN DEERE Ever Made

[@mvboutdoors]

Don't forget to hit the grease points on deck/pulleys and steering

[@kentuckycornbread8502]

And the air filter with blade sharpening.

[@boscoalbertbaracus1362]

Yea many things he has no idea about it seems.

[@adrian_c7964]

This has to be the 1st ceramic coated mower on KZbin. JR, you forgot to use the gold wrench on her though.💛🔧😄

[@neilbarratt1523]

He did you must have missed, though he didn’t have the fancy presentation of it.

[@jasonw3303]

Bring me the gold ratchet !!!

[@jballard3253]

YOU MISSED IT - look @ 11:53

[@rsprockets7846]

I spent 5 mins watching a ride mower get detailed?????

[@clifbradley]

On the next episode of WatchJRGo: We drag race my lawn mower against Hoovie's Countach. Let's just say the spark plugs weren't the only things that got gapped!

[@jacekburghardt2858]

lawn mower races would be great

[@DEXEuphoria]

Lmao

[@crownhic6827]

Lol

[@Tittles-nv4vz]

Bro hahaha

[@CharleySuede]

@@jacekburghardt2858I had some buddies back in high school who used to swap the gears and have lawn mower demolition derbies.

[@alansmith4734]

The Lawn Mower needs the OEM Cup Holder, called John Deere Original Equipment Holder #AM131898 @ $22.71 on Amazon.

[@WatchJRGo]

Ordered, pretty cool that fits any mower! amzn.to/3gDsNtl

[@rsprockets7846]

Needs lift kit. Chrome hub caps three point hitch accessory trailers. And bluetooth....

[@rsprockets7846]

Oh yeah a safari bar and led driving light

[@thebluexb]

WatchJRMow is finally back, let the jokes commence!!

[@cavalierliberty6838]

I'd watch it

[@thedeadcamel]

WatchJRDoe

[@enjoirox1]

Beat me to it lol

[@rsprockets7846]

I need the prequel.....watch jr. Fertilize

[@wa2436]

My grandpa had a yellow deck one when I was younger that I cut his grass with many times. Today, that some mower ended up at my house after I got it back running. Hoping to have it for a long time!

[@The_Jonstigator]

I bought my STX38 yellow deck back in the late 90's at an estate sale. I thought it was a temporary mower until I could afford a new one. That little mower mowed so nice and so easy to work on that I just kept it. The 12.5 engine is bullet proof. Sadly, the spline on the pully on top of the axle stripped a few years back. I bought a cub cadet to replace it. Even with a 25 HP engine and a 50 inch deck I miss my STX38. I finally ordered that pully and will treat it as a winter project. Can not wait to have it back.

[@ryanputnam9462]

Been waiting on some watchjrmow content for a long time!

[@steveorules3972]

Putnum county ny?

[@carlashton9331]

"Today on WatchJRGo, we put twin turbos on the mower to cut our mowing times in half!"

[@Frank-mx2hh]

The grass definitely looks greener on the other side!!

[@downsyndromebear]

😂 I'm pretty sure your first "watch jr mow" was one of the first videos of yours I saw.

[@djpat5998]

I remember my grandmother use to make us mad when we were young. She lived out in the country and had a riding mower and wouldn't let us use it to cut her big ass yard and field. She made us use the push mowers and it would take us all day to cut her yard. We would travel 2 1/2 hours to visit our grandmother and as soon as we arrived she put us to work. Lol

[@austinalbright9837]

Sounds like your grandmother and mine were sisters. She would also cook us a 7 course meal for lunch and get offended if we didn't eat seconds. Good times.

[@darinberend2103]

God bless her soul

[@brandonbman5921]

R8’s and Atoms and Deere, oh my!

[@GeoVestAdvisors]

You need to paint those rims John Deere yellow. That said, they're great little machines

[@mikestulir9238]

REAL John Deere paint is so easy to find, but I am sure he will do the right thing and use whatever garbage they have in the back corner at O'Reilly.

[@uncommonlogic1698]

Simple Green or Mr Muscle, wash with water ,spray and soak, rinse again. All the grass stains disappear and oxides gone. Wax and enjoy

[@hiram1115]

Finally got to watch Jr mow

[@madmex2k]

On the next episode of WatchJRGo: We install a LS crate motor, custom blades, and a 10-speed transmission on our John Deere mower

[@davedelarosa319]

For some reason watching you mow uphill had me flashing back to when you were offloading the Sidekick seemingly forever ago.

[@victorhutton1535]

Big John Deere lawn tractor guy! Love it!!!

[@ajw828]

I have a feeling you are going to be on a Cleetus Level of caring about the grass by the end of the summer 😆

[@towboatjeff]

Have to have someone as good as the lawn care nut to take care of it.

[@michaelreynolds1904]

Nobody cares for grass like Cleetus does.

[@CODxCAMPERx]

@@michaelreynolds1904 you haven't gone down the youtube lawn care rabbit hole then.

[@danielseelye6005]

There's something to be said about the Serenity you can achieve when mowing on your rider. With all the things in his mind for his business and the work being put in the new shop, taking the time to zone out while mowing can save a life.

[@SomeBigFatGuy]

Maybe it could be his Freedom Factory burnout pad tractor? How much smoke could we get off those tires? 🤣

[@michaelporter3555]

If it has grease fittings on the deck spindles and steering you need to grease it to complete the maintenance.

[@JimFlanagan4206]

This channel is great! One day you're working on a twin turbo Audi R8, the next a John Deere riding mower. Tomorrow will probably be a slightly used NASA lunar rover. Keep up the great work.

[@ajw828]

I’m just waiting for more sump pump content 🤷‍♂️

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

That would be fun to watch him accidentally put his foot through the wall.

[@wonkster1970]

I worked for a John Deere dealership for over 15 years as a maintenance mechanic. I worked on the Motorsports edition. The Yellow deck was welded and the black one was stamped. I don't think the black deck had the gauge wheels on it. There should be spring that holds up the gear shifter when it is int neutral. Some of the newer models had a ground wire issue. The ground wire was connected to one of the engine mounting bolts. We used to put an external star washer between the frame and the ground wire. They also had a black plastic hold down cover for the battery. That cover was held down with 2 springs.

[@pablopicaro7649]

HAD a JD riding mower (they area all contracted out) was SLOW and hard to maneuver. Sold for a Hustler Super-Z 60" -its and extreme machine

[@mrtyreus0]

Grew up mowing my yard as a kid on a 1967 JD 110. Miss that little beast. They really didn't change all that much over 30 years.

[@waynep343]

JR. have you ask your local Fire department when they retire some of their hoses. if you might get some for your truck. since they are for decoration mostly.

[@RudyRudolph]

man i love this channel. you buy anything. i just was recently gifted a 1995 JD LX178 with the liquid cooled engine. was sitting in a field since the early 2000s so it has a lot of work that needs to be done, but the engine turns over. i'm planning to do a full restoration to make it look as factory/brand new as possible!

[@Vr6.christos]

I was more amazed on how long that train was. You had it fast forward and that train was there for a good while

[@TheBarberShopScott]

Atleast 2 times a day... They block it for up to an hour as it's one of the spots that trains can pass each other.

[@CR7659]

precision scheduled railroading - fewer trains but they're much longer. it also wasn't going very fast but accelerated through the video

[@rsprockets7846]

Get em beat gotethanol trains over 120 ccars

[@joelpalmer]

Now that you have a ride on mower, we want to see that grass looking like center field at Yankee Stadium. complete with stripes.

[@wurlyone4685]

Finally the content we've all been waiting for... WatchJRMow is where it's at!

[@12yearssober]

Your left arm deserves a shout out for all it’s hard work.

[@MrGaryRoberton]

Mustie1 would be Proud.......

[@JohnDoe_88]

You're in good hands with that mower and that mower is in good hands with you for sure

[@pablopicaro7649]

Next episode, LS swaping the Mower

[@chasewalter8915]

I love a good episode of WatchJRMow

[@craigtiano3455]

I bought my STX38 in 2001 for $400, when it was 10 years old. It still faithfully mows my lawn. I've treated it to 2 starters, 20 oil changes, 10 oil filters, 5 spark plugs (Champion RC12YC), 5 batteries, 4 front tires, 2 rear ties, a coil pickup, a seat, 2 replacement bags for the bagger attachment, and two changes of belts, in the last 20 years. It's got around 1000 hours on the it, and I'm still running the original Kohler 12.5. It's got some blow-by, of course. When you re-fitted the hood, you didn't show using a hook tool to re-attach the springs. If you don't re-attach the springs, the hood will fall off the first time you go down hill or hit a bump. Unbroken hoods on these are few and far between, and command ridiculous prices. You'll want to drop your deck periodically and clean off grass that ends up on top of it. It'll foul the belts otherwise. You didn't show it, probably because you didn't know it's there, but there is a spring loaded belt tension release on the right side of the top of the deck. If you hit something, you'll hear a thud and the blades will stop spinning. Drop the deck to re-engage the spring loaded lever to put the belt tension back.

[@robertobuenrostro2781]

I can't wait for the next episode of watch JR go, as he goes mowing the lawn even faster. 🚜⛳🏁

[@scotts1867]

Saturday I drove from Missouri to Derby to see a friend and realized they lived about 5 blocks from your shop! You ever do shop tours?

[@RyenTheBeerGuy]

Now you gotta get some chrome hubcaps , and a stack out the hood with a Clapper.

[@ajw828]

I left Rich Rebuilds’ video for this, better be good! 😂 Update: no ragrets. Not even a single letter.

[@DunnDifferent]

Power tool powered cars and lawn mowers rank too high on my list to make them compete... good thing I already watched Rich’s video.

[@ajw828]

@@DunnDifferent I need to quit slacking for real!

[@Bierkameel]

This video is lacking in stroopwafels.

[@joannaatkins822]

RIP mower, you're going out with a BANG

[@zkdadof4]

I highly recommend changing the differential fluid, too. I bought an 80s JD, and it blew out on me.

[@jamesluke7377]

I thought that the JD mowers of that era had all JD Yellow wheels. I seen what appeared to be 3 white and 1 yellow??? LOL

[@knightta82]

Now this is the content I like to see!

[@timr86868]

Where's the crawler from years ago??? That's how I found your channel.

[@BSGSV]

Can't wait for the mods and turbo charging of the STX38.

[@ChrisLincolnHomes]

My dad bought a JD 160 lawn mower back in 84 or 85 I think. I think I put tens of thousands of miles on it cutting their grass, neighbors grass, etc. Then a few years later we bought a snow thrower for it. One particular storm it was heavy wet snow and I blew the bearing right out the side. Overall it's been a killer lawnmower. Beat the living hell out of it and it's still running to this day at my sisters house.

[@31dknight]

Another great video from JR.

[@rtap8170]

This was like an episode of reliving my childhood, learning how to wrench on my parents identical JD mower lol

[@thomas316]

Just need to chrome the wheels, fit a spoiler for downforce, put downwards facing LED stripes on and set up a sound system with a boombox to really impress your friends. 😅

[@shadygingergarage]

I've got a Cub 1320 and a 1315, both with the 12.5 Kohler, and I LOVE them!

[@billkrause4585]

Mower Tip 1; Do yourself a favor and put an inline isolation valve up stream of the fuel filter. These Tractors have a tendency of gravity dumping all the fuel out of the tank into the oil crankcase and piston chambers when the carburetor float-needle and seat fails open when you store the tractor after cutting. Nothing like attempting to start the tractor with liquid fuel in the piston chamber/s (Chambers if it's a twin motor). This happened to me three times, before installing the fuel isolation valve. I now have a very good habit on checking the oil dip stick before starting the tractor and turning the fuel valve ON before cutting the lawn and OFF again before storing it until the next time. Another plus, with this fuel valve CLOSED and running the engine carb out of fuel, you don't have to drain the fuel tank and its a good time to change the fuel filter. Just put in some fuel additive for winter if you like. Mower Tip 2; The heads are made of soft Aluminum, so don't over tighten the Spark Plug. Been there, done it... You'll hear the piston head hit the plug tip, if you do. Tip 3; Have allergies? Wear a dust mask helps when cutting grass.

[@dirty2jz283]

Potential Racing Lawn Mower from John Deere. No mowing the lawn better than at 50mph. I used to do wheelies in my Briggs and Stratton Ride on, you should do.

[@hansonschmid9548]

All you need now is a pair of white new balances to match your C4 and your Deere!

[@ajw828]

Haha time to break em back out! IIRC, he had some with the official Corvette owner uniform when he and Elliott went to see the C8.

[@ianelsley71]

Brilliant randomness, JR.

[@dr.trombone2747]

WATCH JR MOW LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@rowdenscarranch9561]

WatchJRMow Is BACK!!!!

[@ajw828]

That’s a very nice zero turn radius kit at the end.

[@Suction_]

Why can't I find these deals? Every rider below $600 in my area looks like it went through the hood on a joy ride, fell down a cliff and then repaired with fruit stripe gum and flex tape

[@apolcz]

You need to do a Musty1 collab!

[@sureshkumarc.k6534]

Everyone needs to collab with mustie

[@zxggwrt]

Ok but they are Really far apart!

[@sureshkumarc.k6534]

@@zxggwrt yeah whatever

[@ckarnik]

I have the exact same mower. You can avoid the oil filter mess by removing the two square 1/8 NPT plugs in the filter housing and running pipe out past the edge of the frame. There are several air filters on eBay.

[@100PercentJake]

ALL HAIL TRACTOR CONTENT

[@hawkinsjd11]

ceramic coat. of course you are! one bottle of Avalon King coated my Boxster and Civic! That stuff is pretty awesome.

[@BiologicalEngineer]

Something tells me that lawnmower's blow-by isn't going to be alleviated by that massive tank of nitrous.

[@eXMytheral]

I mean the blow-by won't be a problem after the engine grenades.

[@rsprockets7846]

I see a turbo in its fiture

[@46bovine]

I think I would have done the maintenance and then the cleaning and polishing. But that's just me.

[@brianscofield2457]

Man I got an old JD 260 lawn tractor need I g an overhaul... You have inspired me... Thank you sir

[@peters4144]

318 would be the holy grail of JD’s.

[@AutoAuctionRebuilds]

Bro bring it to Oklahoma and I’ll race you against my 24hp Husq :) let’s race

[@danielc.1227]

he may beat you because of that transmission those 24 hp husq have a slower trans if its a hydrostatic -most newer mowers are those old 5 speeds are fast

[@danielauen7790]

@@danielc.1227 I got my hydrostatic 24hp husq up to a staggering 6mph! then again, It doesnt have a deck, so weight savings.

[@raulpeyton8370]

dont know if anyone gives a shit but if you are stoned like me during the covid times then you can watch all the new movies and series on InstaFlixxer. Have been binge watching with my gf for the last couple of weeks xD

[@remyanderson8526]

@Raul Peyton yup, been using instaflixxer for years myself =)

[@RedneckTaZ]

JR channeling his Mustie1 video vibe for this one.

[@tokuzumi1]

Nice! My neighbor is moving and gave me his yellow deck STX 38. Mine practically looks brand new. Only issue is a vapor lock issue when the mower has been running for a half hour.

[@joebegley3062]

Can't wait for it to turn faster

[@tabajaralabs]

And of course, you're going to paint the bucket seat yellow and reprroducing the adhesives to copy the sport version =D

[@onetime359]

He's correct I expected nothing less then a ceramic coat!!

[@validdiamond9785]

The ending was great !

[@seetheforest]

Nice to see one in pristine brand new condition.

[@ajw828]

Finally some solid tractor content! 🚜

[@mjh5947]

My brother had one that came with his house. 5 acres and we did FAR more with that thing before he upgraded than what's recommended. It was a champ though.

[@davidhollis1117]

Another vehicle with a working battery - you’re on a roll now!

[@SteveBassen]

Wrecking house on daily content the last few days! 💪

[@DunnDifferent]

I’ve never been so entertained by someone washing a lawn mower.

[@fairlaner69]

Check bolts that hold motor down on bottom side. They tend to work loose which can cause issues with exhaust pipe. I found out hard the hard way. If you turn the front tires you can slip a smaller oil pan in that space to catch the oil.

[@stevesnvegas9040]

Runs better than the R8

[@ShaneEwing]

It would also be cool if you remove part of the yellow strip on the front with led lights

[@daddynichol52]

Cleetus and JR; Let the turf wars begin....

[@balesjo]

We have a diesel John Deere 455 lawn tractor that came with the house. Has had a lot of problems and has to be repaired frequently, but it does the job on the large lawn. Has headlights that allow mowing in the evening when its cooler.

[@kevinkyser1274]

Oh yea...detailing a mower....I’m in.😂..put some headlights on it so you can mow at night😂

[@Golfsmithin]

I think one of these days I’d like to see those tire tracks cleaned too.

[@nick_espositojd1101]

The STX38s with the yellow deck had headlights as an option. Mine was your exact one and I loved it

[@ItzMaxton]

Hell yeah I love mower content.

[@gs3504]

Those hoods are delicate, went through a few!! Don't drop it!! 12.5 is the correct Kohler.

[@proudtexan5513]

Don’t forget to grease the steering gear etc and it will turn a lot easier

[@jballard3253]

OPPS!! you forgot to service the mower deck!! What, you didn't know that?? OK, here you go: On the blade towers, there should be a grease fitting just below the pulley that needs attention. HINT: IF they're there, they probably don't grease the 2 bearings BECAUSE they're sealed!! FIX: remove the deck, then the blades & pulleys. Next remove the shaft, then the top & bottom bearings. Now, after cleaning the inside of the tower, if there is NO grease fitting, install one in an area you can access when he deck is on the mower. Then OPPOSITE the grease fitting drill a small "weep hole" and tap it, then install a bolt into it. NOW on the bearings, take a razor knife and REMOVE the plastic shield on the side of the bearing that faces the inside of the tower, on both bearings. Re-assemble the deck, remove the "weep hole" bolt and "pump it up" with grease & re-install the weep hole bolt. Your done!! - Regular maintenance on these towers will make then last a lifetime.

[@michaelbenoit248]

That same engine we have on our LT160 & still runs like new w just about 1000hrs on it: They used that same engine for like 10yrs. Yeah the plastic hoods do suck, if that one breaks just get a JD130, 160, 165, 170, 175, 180, & or 185 hood. Also be aware that since it’s a light weight standard transmission mower that it’ll want to flip over if you get on a hill, the earlier GTs w 4 spd transmissions didnt do it, but this one would do it.

[@ZachariaZuehlke]

Sweet build bro 👌can't wait to see it take on the ariel atom at the dragstrip lol

[@jameslund221]

Just bought one for $75 needed bushings I bought the whole steering pedestal . Just switched the bushings around for now, till I need the new pedestal. 😊

[@htownblue11]

“Watch JR MOW!” New channel coming soon....hahaha

[@vaalrus]

I was half expecting a collab with Taryl… guess I can’t have everything. :)

[@RedneckTaZ]

Now, the enamel coating is fun however for the non-mower folks out there keeping a decent mower/lawn tractor cleaned and some regular wax or sealant and UV protectant on the steering wheel, seat and tires is protecting what's now a pretty good investment if you have a John Deere, Husquvarna, Cub Cadet or other nicer equipment.

[@JD-tl7ld]

I had one of these. In it's first two years of life, it went back to the dealer 8 or 9 times for various things. After that, she was wailed on for 19 years total. She was always underpowered for my needs, but she tried her best to do the work required. When the teething problems were out of the way originally, she really only required oil and filter changes and the odd starter motor every couple years. That last year I owned it, it was apparent that she needed more work that what she was worth. I hooked the old girl up and drug her up to the road with my old IH Cub and stuck a free sign on her. I suspect she's probably still out there.

[@sylvain.robichaud]

Watch JR Moooo!

[@georgobergfell]

I'm pretty sure your neighbours spraypainted their lawn green :D