Decided to have a go at redoing my belly mower deck for the D-200. Purchased a complete working deck, but with a not so good shell, in a job lot of tractors and parts, along with a good shell. The complete deck was bent up a bit and had rusted through. So I started with redoing the support above the good deck. Wire brushed it and then sanded it on both sides. Then I sprayed on a coat of primer. Somewhere along I noticed that there was 2 of the spot welded nuts missing. So I go out and took a look at the support on the complete deck. Yep, it had all the nuts still on, but; the spindles have to be removed along with the idler support bar. No problem except one of the spindles had the nut welded on, and another had a broken housing. Oh well got out the grinder and cut the nut off. Ruined the shaft, but the good shell had one spindle still on, with a good shaft. So round two, redone the wire brushing and sanding, then sprayed two coats of primer on it. Also refinished the idler support bar and the quadrant. The job lot of parts also came with a good gauge wheel support and the two good carriage draft bars.
