While cleaning out a buddies shop today, I walked out to the industrial strip shared dumpster....and sitting perfectly flat in the bottom was a John Deer push lawn mower. Bag intact, looking slightly used but not abused.
The various decals on it say its a 4hp, and it is equipped with electric start (key is in the ignition, though its dead). I gingerly turned the blade by hand, and there is Some compression, though I dont know how much, or if its equipped with a compression release. I could hear a bit of compression, but it seems to me to be a bit low.
There is a decal on the units deck to the right side of the engine, with a serial number, and a part number..F0588, which does not show up on the JD website.
The battery is a small box of what appear to be NiCad D size cells, though taller, mounted on the rear deck and held in place by a couple of studs, making it easily snapped off and removed.. The deck appears to be aluminum, and the discharge chute on the right side has a black plastic chute that connects to a bag under the push handles. This is not self propelled
What do I have? Is it worth messing with? What voltage is it supposed to be, battery wise?
Chuckle..its full of oil with a full tank of gas.
Thanks to the mower guys in advance.
Gunner
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