Hey guys, searched everywhere and can't really find a decent answer and thought I'd try here. I have a 1997 Murray 42" rider given to me from my father who used to mow 1 1/2 acres many of times as his house was built on an old horse farm. In 2003, he pulled it out of his garage and I took it home to S. Florida where it continues to cut only 1/2 acres now every two weeks or so. It's had a lot of grass cut and have fixed a few things on it recently like the deck brakes, transaxle linkage (being loose) and the crankcase gasket (along with oil seal, pump gasket, etc), which leaked recently.It's got the Tecumseh OHV 17 engine and still runs fantastic with that oil smoke out of the exhaust puff at startup every time (never fails). Engine runs great, not a real problem with the mower except for that whole gasket deal but the engine never starved of oil (caught it in time). My question is ... I've used this mower for the last 3 years and just the other day, it started to vibrate. Not while the blades were turning but while the engine was running. To the point where the desk was just vibrating and while mowing, my feet started to feel numb as they rested on the deck while cutting. My question is ... since this is different from what I'm used to, am I expecting this engine to start giving out? I actually watched the stack pulley shaft and it wasn't vibrating at all ... the only thing I could see was a slight variation of the track in the lower pulley of the stacker pulley (that comes off of the crank). VERY slight ... I ordered a new one just in case ... but why would this happen all of a sudden? I didn't hit anything that would have smacked up against it. Am I looking at the wrong part or is there something in the ignition, etc. that could cause similar symptoms? Thanks for any help or guidance.
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