Photos of Bolens 1455 with mower deck

Here's some photos of the Bolens 1455 with its mower deck today, after yesterday's blow-out of the mower gearbox:

I took the mower deck off this afternoon, with the help of two guys who were at my place doing some landscaping work, so I now have the gearbox accessible.  Next is taking the gearbox off the deck and then starting to take it apart to determine what blew out, although I probably will replace all gaskets and seals just in case.  This mower does promise to do a good job no matter how tall the weeds.  And the rail-mower itself will be using a 12hp version of this engine to power only the mower deck so it should be equally powerful.  But we have to take care of the gearbox seal and gasket issue so we do not face blown seals or gaskets more than once.