I remembered the serial numbers helping someone awhile back on the MTD Facebook group.
I found your manual.
View and Download MTD 141-669 owner's manual online. Garden Tractor with 32'' Rotary Mower. 141-669 lawn mower pdf manual download. Also for: 141-659, 191-651.
www.manualslib.com
Thanks for the help, Jim! Good job helping someone on that FB page. Obviously 141 is not a production number like a lot of serial number prefixes.
That’s a cool little tractor, it’s good to see you got it running again. I just saw one of them pop up on Marketplace…
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Looks to be about the same as mine, Nick! If the engine is not locked, it's well worth a hundred bucks I would think. I really doubt that I could get any more than that for mine here though, even running. Looks like he had the same problem I did on the front wheels. My uncle had run that thing on bad wheel bearings to the point the hubs were wallered out bad. I found some different wheels that worked and were close to the right height. Don't look like that guy did. Those are pretty tiny!
The older Sears / Ropers used a right angle gear box similar to whats shown. Could very well be the same. Though they are tough to come by too today..Just something to keep your eye open for..
I have 2 near perfect decks of the same just can't bring myself to let them go
Those right angle gearboxes may have come from some independent manufacturer. A long time ago Noel said his MF8 had the same gearboxes when he saw a pic of this MTD. Evidently several manufacturers used similar or the same ones, Bill.
I went against my gut feeling when I installed the gas tank the other day and used that old fuel shutoff. Sure enough it started leaking after I went in the house last night! Fortunately there wasn't huge smelly mess to clean up. I pinched the fuel line and pulled the tank. Tank has a male 1/4" pipe fitting and all I had was a male valve. Dug around and found a coupler. There was plenty of room to use it so no problem.
Then I dug in some more junk and found a nob for that kill switch. I think it's an old radio knob.
Then I started thinking. Opps that creates more work---LOL! The 3 point on the MF1450 really doesn't do to great pulling trailers. If the tongue weight gets light the 3 point pivots up. It doesn't have a provision to lock it down. Thinking this tractor could have a stationary female hitch receiver on it for the trailers. It needs to be higher than the "drawbar" on these tractors for the trailers to ride level.
Haven't brought in the trailers yet to find a good height but this is the area I think. The ones that use a ball is a bit variable as I have several different male receivers. The freebie toolbox motorcycle trailer is a bit different though. This is what I built a few years ago for the T-frame on the 3 point. I can pin the gravel drag to it an adjust how much pivot. Stole that idea off of sleeve hitch pics I've seen. It works for that M/C trailer well. That's how I pulled it home.
Built it from one of those cheapie HF receivers. Think they are 11 bucks.
Propped up a piece of 2" I.D. square tubing in the area where it would be positioned. Need to figure brackets and a length to cut it at. Can probably use some existing holes if I figure the brackets right.
We are probably going to do a spur of the moment vacation over Labor Day weekend and the following week. Loree is burned out at work and decided it's time to burn up what little PTO she has. We will swing over to the Salt Lake City area, and visit several of my cousins then head south to I-70 east to Denver to spend a couple days with my sisters. Maybe we will be able to stop at the Arches National Park on the way. We can't hike or anything so seeing places that we can drive to might be doable. I downloaded and printed some maps and possible routes today for her to look at. Time is going by fast!
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