Well it's together and running. Much quieter, less vibration, and the
grass is nice and even.
I think part of the problem though was the center motor on the old
deck, it's been running slower for awhile. Maybe it was dragging its'
magnet and it just disintegrated. Not sure.
But the new deck is great and I do think it's a Bill Gunn model. More
solid and stiff than the older deck design.
C
On 8/23/26 17:51, Chris Zach via Elec-trak wrote:
So looking at this new deck I wonder if it was one of the Bill Gun
ones.
It has the straight deck without the "flower" type indents around
the motor holes. The flower design is a late model deck.
It has two welded on stiffeners like the old style decks (this is
not on the newer style)
It is totally unrusted. Not a spot anywhere and in one place where
the paint chipped it looks almost stainless.
It has some sort of paint on the bottom and a fresh coat on the top.
I have to measure the gauge with calipers, but it is pretty darn stiff.
It has a front handle like the early decks
It has the reinforcement panels on top and bottom for where the deck
mounts to the arms.
The arm mounting is welded to the deck, it does not use bolts.
It does not have any space for the elec-trak serial number plate.
I'll double check but I don't think the holes are there either.
I'm in the process of putting everything back on it, will take till
tomorrow. But it does look like new so either it's a completely new
old stock that someone put the stiffeners on or it's a Gunn deck.
Any thoughts?
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