HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE

My MTD ranch king riding mower will not start with the blade belt on the engine pulley. Any help?

O.K. this model has the blade engagement that is also the deck height adjustment lever.(pull it all the way up to disengage)
When I bought it everything was as it should be. Then I took the deck off my ranch-king. After I put it back on I cannot start the engine with the belt on the pulley. If I take the belt off the pulley I can start it and drive it, but obviously my grass won’t get any shorter! I have fiddled with it a bit to no avail. PLEASE HELP ME.

I own a few MTD tractors – I like the tractor, just hate the deck setups. Id suggest removing the deck again and start over. It mightve been a good idea to take pics before removing it the first time- but its too late.
Okay, my White LT12 is similar ( still an MTD product) – it has 4 ‘legs’ that come down, with a 5th ‘adjustment leg’ and a plate in the back along with a seriously heavy duty spring. Everytime ive removed the deck- i have a serious time trying to put the dang spring back on – it hooks waaay back at the rear axle.
Deck is out from under the tractor, lower the engagement/lift arm all the way down- check for any binding in these arms- they tend to ‘stick’ alot. I suggest greasing the moving points and the plate assembly tward the rear.
Make sure the belt is run the correct way , thru pulleys, idlers, ect.
I jack up the front of the tractor ( since the arms hang so low) – then slide the deck back under. Hook up all the pins and lower back down, attach the plate/spring and lift the arm to off position, try cycling the lift assembly to make sure nothing binds.
It should work now. I had a few times where the arms would bind or twist and screw up the deck hieght/engagement.
Kidd

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