110 John Deere
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I recently purchased a JD L and got a belt pulley assembly with it. It was taken off of the tractor by the person who restored it as he was concerned with safety issues during shows and displays. He liked to let the tractor run and he was concerned that some little kid would get caught in the turning pulley as it supposedly is a direct drive (the pulley supposedly turns whenever the engine runs). I've not reinstalled it so I'm going only on what the seller stated. My question is "Is this true? Is this the way Deere designed it?" The install point is behind the clutch plates of the tractor, but I see no controls to engage/disengage the pulley. If this is the case, how does one "set" the tractor to do a belt task? As soon as the belt tightened sufficiently to run the implement, it would run...NOT VERY SAFE! Also, unless you were extremely lucky to get things aligned perfectly, the belt would likely not stay on. Am I missing something here?