New to forum.... Need help with my project!

[plugnickle399]

I just bought an old MF 12 garden tractor and I need help with everything!
First thing, am I in the right place??
Next thing, is this unit a 6 volt or 12? if 6 how expensive, hard is it to convert to 12volt?
Belt routing and sizes. The drive belt that is on it is way too tight I think???? starts to move as soon as you turn the key and wont stop moving once going.
When not running how do you disengage the tranny so you can either push or tow it??

Thanks for your help guys, I will try to post some pics,serial #'s, model #'s tomorrow!

 

[radioman]

This is the right place for you. however the MF-12 sounds like the lawn tractor I used to drive all of my teenage years mowing the lawn.

its a 12 volt I beleive, just like any standard lawn tractor. (had to use bettery chager a few times after winter). As for the belt, are you referring to the drive? you need to press the foot brake before starting, it will spin around, but will not engage. You should be able to disengage the gears by shifting into neutral by moving the lever that is on right of steering wheel all the way down then one up if the labels is torn off. It has 6 gears and reverse. I remember you have to push the lever back and forth to find the sweet spot as its very finicky.

One word of caution, if this is the same tractor I drove as a kid, becareful with the mower hieght adjustment, the deck adjustment tends to get bent easly due to soft teeth when going over a small lawn hill that pushes up on the deck.