Recent content by mkbrown87

I own a used John Deere X530 with a 54" mower deck. I notice that if I try to engage the mower deck after just having started the JD, it will cause the engine to cut off. If I allow the engine to warm up a couple of minutes, then it will slow the engine until it fully engages the PTO, then...

This is after I cleaned all of the built-up grass clippings that were stuffed under the metal body panel.

I bought a used X530 a couple of years ago. I could never get the mower deck height adjustment to function properly, but worked around it by adjusting the anti-scalp wheel and letting the deck ride on those to the desired height. As the season is beginning, thought I would fix this issue once...