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romanccm

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I am working on a JD five mower, making one good one out of two wrecks- will have parts left over for anyone who is looking, BTW- my question for anyone who knows is how does the lever lift work? Niether of mine have it, and I can see where it would bolt on, but not how it would hold up- seems like the bar would just flop down if you weren't holding on to it.

Since it was made when there were hand clutches, I can't see that being the case.
 
The lever locked in the forward or up position. Dad had the foot lift on the 35 A. It was handy, course both dad and I have long legs. We could raise the bar with our left foot while we handled the clutch with the right hand and the steering wheel with the left hand. It was quicker than hydraulic and we had some 'feel' for it.
 
Take a look at the diagram below.

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Note hand latch(Key 1), detent rod(Key 2), lifting lever(Key 3), lifting sector(Key 17), detent spring(Key 47), lever plunger(Key 48), and spring stop(Key 49).

The lever plunger "locked" in the notch on the left side of the lifting sector in travel position.

Pull the hand latch to release the lever plunger and lower into mowing position.

Raise the cutter bar to lock the lever plunger back in travel position.

Take a look at the photo below.

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As mentioned below by [b:654c4848f0]fixerupper[/b:654c4848f0], the "[i:654c4848f0]lever locked in the forward or up position[/i:654c4848f0]".

Hope this helps.
 
As has been noted in other threads about this mower, Deere made this mower very versatile. It could be mounted on any brand of tractor that was made at that time. Likewise, they had many different lift systems. I have seen at least 3 different ones.
One of mine is set up for a hydraulic cylinder. The other one has a cable set up that works off the rockshaft of a 2 cylinder John Deere. The one my Dad had was mounted on an MT and had a linkage set up that worked off the lifting arms of that tractor.
If you don't have a manual for your mower you should probably get one. It shows what all was available and will be helpful to you in figuring out what you have.
 
james, i have found that the #5 works much better behind a red tractor. really increases the value of the mower too if you mount a marker cylinder of an 800 cyclo planter on the mower to lift it. a little red goes a long way. btw, that one you got ever mow??? looks pretty clean. your phriend....glenn


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Well you know how it goes sometimes.

Get something all spruced up and nice, then Nancy tells me that it is too pretty to mess up.

So far have not cut one blade of grass with it.
 
Mine looked just like yours last year James. I cut about an acre of grass with it around our pumpkin patch three times last summer. Still looks good, but got some grease on it here and there. Any chance you could have Nancy call my wife? It may help me out a bit!
 
Agree on getting an operator's manual for the mower.

Through the years, different changes were made and the volume of information of some manuals is more than others.

We have several of the <a href="https://youtu.be/zytzhAxRVsY">No. 5 Operator's Manuals</a> which are very helpful.
 
Shortly after this mower was "spruced up", we upgraded to the JD 350 mowers.

Unfortunately all it does now is collect dust and cobwebs.
 
I have a No5, and a 350. Both in working order. Got a MINOSagri 190 DRUM mower. I haven't looked back.
 
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