Cub Cadet LT1042 Service

[HarleyDog]

I bought this riding mower 10yrs ago brand new from Lowes. Although many of you who are very mechanic minded will faint when I say, "I've never changed the oil, oil filter, air breather or spark plug." It has 144hrs on it. However, last year I went to TSC and bought all the shit to do so, including deck belt, I started working too much I was never home. i did attemp, but was quickly frustrated when I couldn't figure out how to drain the oil, and also quickly learned the deck belt I bought was too big.

Well, today I exchanged the belt (no shit, they exchanged it 1yr later) and changed spark plug, oil, belt and oil filter. Couldn't change air filter because I had wrong one. Mower runs like it's brand new!

Thank God for YouTube tutorials which taught me how to drain oil and get to the spark plug.