I'm a 75year old man same here just use on the farm they did replace my seat then chain torsoioner after that timing chain and head clutch never did work right got it back and it burned a lot of oil 60 miles to a refill I put rings in it didnt help inside cheve on primary stripped out replaced and now shifts good what do u do put it out behind the barn my macanic said antifreeze was left in cylinder for 2 week while they were waiting for the head to be shipped that's why it burned oil when I got it back User's recommendation: Dont buy any cub cadet product.