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Goto e-bay, search for "Mower manual". Things pop up there quite frequently, and it's how I got manuals for my Oliver mower. Things to look for: Check the cutting bar. Knife must move without too much effort. Stone guards (the pointy teeth that stick out front) all need to have good flat cutting plates. These sometimes disappear. The knife should slide across the plates with little or no gap. No missing teeth, and they need to be sharp. The hold-downs (curved fingers over the top of the knife) get worn and might need to be replaced. On the pitman, most good tractor supply places carry replacement pitman arms. They were designed to break under stress before something more costly snapped. (Old-timers would keep a few replacements around during cutting season.) Take your old one to the store, you can probably match it up. Most mowers used the same basic stone guards too, you can buy them at the store and make them fit without much modification. I was also able to match up a new knife by taking in my old one. The sickle-bar mower is great for mowing pond banks. Nothing else would do mine. I can even run it down under the water, out from the shore a few feet, enough to cut lots of cat-tails and weeds. Cuts through anything hiding in the weeds too, like this big snake I didn't know was there. Dangerous to small pets and children too. BE CAREFUL! I had my knife disconnected from the pitman once, pushed the bar up for transport, and watched it slide down and hit the ground. If my fingers had been an inch to the right, I'd need both hands to count to 4. Good luck.
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