Re: (ET) Front wheel question

[Christopher Zach <cz alembic crystel com>]

For the motors I have had most of my thin motors fail with shorted 
armature windings and most fat motors fail with dropped magnets. 

Fixing dropped magnets is simple. Fixing shorted armatures is very hard

On August 9, 2025 9:13:11 PM PDT, David Kirk <david kirk net> wrote:
>I just picked up two E15s with build dates of August 14, 1970 and 
>December 9, 1970 (correct?) so they are very close in age and they seem 
>to be sitting all eight tires being original "GE" branded. The question I 
>have is why is one tractor wearing a set of front wheels/tires that are 
>wide and the other tractor has the skinny wheels found on my E12?  Did 
>someone switch the wheels long ago, or was there a reason some E15s would 
>get wide front wheels/tires and others got skinny ones? They look 
>identical other than the front wheels.
>
>Serial Numbers HN14848 and LN09736
>
>Skinny mower motors or the larger ones, which are preferred and why?  Is 
>there a modern replacement mower blade available today?
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