Replaced main & mower drive belts once about 5 years ago and the mower bearings about 3 years ago. The FC540V engines were also used for lawn tractors with the 46″ mower. Other than routine maintenance, carburetor cleanings and a rebuild, and the occasional battery replacement, no other engine work ever needed. Original owner, seemed to be costly in 1990 at about $2500, but after 22 years of service, turned out to be a great investment. Return to John Deere Lawn Mowers from John Deere 170 You probably won’t see this tractor in a commercial operation, but rather in a residential setting. Due to it’s front PTO, the John Deere 170 is a highly flexible and versatile tractor capable of many different tasks from cutting lawns to getting rid of snow to moving (very small amounts) of earth. It has a wheelbase of 1.13m (48 inches) and measures 1.65 m (65 inches) long. The shipping weight of the mower is 258 kg (570 lbs). The seat on the garden lawn mower is the traditional yellow that you will find on almost all JD lawnmower seats. The JD170 does not come with a cab, but you can get an optional one. Interestingly, the 170 has a front PTO that is available for a wide variety of attachments and implements such as a 38″ single stage snow blowers/snow thrower and brushes. The mowing deck on the mower is 38″ and is adjustable from 2 cm to 10 cm (1 inch to 4 inches). It’s fuel tank holds 8.3 liters (2.2 US gallons) of gasoline. This chassis on the John Deere 170 is a 4×2 2WD.

With this transmission, the 170 lawnmower has a top speed of 5 mph. This transmission requires 1.1 liters of oil. It is a Peerless 800 gear transaxle transmission that give 5 gears going forward and 1 in reverse. The transmission is where the John Deere 170 gets very interesting. It’s air cooled and uses a dry foam air cleaner. This is a natural aspirated, 0.4 liter, gasoline engine with just 1 cylinder.

The JD 170 came with a Kawasaki FC420V engine. It had a production run of just 1 year from ’89 to ’90. The John Deere 170 is a ride on lawn mower built by John Deere at their Horicon factory in Wisconsin.

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